What is Praveen Balakrishnan's FIDE rating?

Praveen Balakrishnan's FIDE rating is 2500 standard, 2403 rapid, 2440 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Praveen Balakrishnan's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Praveen Balakrishnan played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 1,050 over-the-board games by Praveen Balakrishnan (1,005 classical, 27 rapid, 37 blitz), with 48% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Praveen Balakrishnan's Chess Stalker profile.

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Open Praveen Balakrishnan's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Praveen Balakrishnan's style, before facing them.

Praveen Balakrishnan

United Statesborn 2002FIDE ID 2064871

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

2350

2450

2550

2511 · Sep 2023

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2024

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2025

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2026

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Sep 2023Oct 2026

2500Classical

2440Blitz

2403Rapid

2529peak, Jan 2023

1,050games

503wins, 48%

268draws, 26%

278losses, 26%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2529 · Jan 2023

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.5% average

Solid conversion: 92%

Very consistent (91%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.c4 as

(70% in 47 games)

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Based on

1,050 games

Based on 1,050 games

Openings

1,050 gamesBased on 1,050 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Sicilian: 2...♞c61.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c625 games, last played 9 months ago52.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e527 games, last played 6 months ago70.4%wins

Sicilian: Najdorf1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 a629 games, last played 6 months ago69.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 359 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 359 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.8%

Middlegame

93.3%

Endgame

95.4%

Clutch factor

+5%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

94%157g

EqualEqual position

95%134g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

89%68g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

25%

84 err

17%

59 err

17%

58 err

14%

49 err

13%

45 err

13%

45 err

Critical moment

Move 38 avg

1-15

24%

16-25

20%

26-35

24%

36-45

32%

46+

32% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

116Errors mapped

e4 / c5Hotspot zone

Critical squares

1616 err

1414 err

1111 err

e4/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes

Stockfish

Caruana, Fabiano(2795)

Move 40 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−3.6a5??

Movahed, Sina(2596)

Move 22 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−4.8b6??

Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G.(2420)

Move 34 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−3.4e8??

Bodemar, Jonathan(2154)

Move 53 · Endgame · Blitz · 2025

−6.4g5??

Haug, Havard(2416)

Move 59 · Endgame · Blitz · 2025

−100.0g8??

Sindarov, Islombek(2129)

Move 43 · Endgame · Blitz · 2025

−96.2d4??

Idani, Pouya(2611)

Move 25 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

−2.7c1??

Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian(2655)

Move 42 · Endgame · Blitz · 2025

−99.9c5??

Nesterov, Arseniy(2595)

Move 28 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

−4.0h1??

Damaj, Mohammed(2119)

Move 27 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

−3.9d7??

Recent games

1,050 games

Lentzos, Ioanis(2162)

Pall Mall FIDE Open 2026 · 6 Sept 2026

1–0

Bharat Kumar, Balahari(2069)

Pall Mall FIDE Open 2026 · 6 Sept 2026

0–1

Mesropyan, Hayk(2138)

Pall Mall FIDE Open 2026 · 5 Sept 2026

½–½

Farrand, Tom(2099)

Pall Mall FIDE Open 2026 · 5 Sept 2026

1–0

Keohane, Ben(1988)

Pall Mall FIDE Open 2026 · 4 Sept 2026

0–1

Koutlas, Nikolaos(2314)

grenke Chess Open 2026 · 6 Apr 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

225 endgames (58.1%) · force Opposite-Color Bishops (11%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

58.1%

225 / 387

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Opposite-Color Bishops: only 11% win rate (9 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

1,050 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

531 games50%W25%D25%L

531games in this linewon 50%, drew 25%, lost 25%

Move

1. e4

2936m

50%24%26%

62%

1. d4

1253w

47%30%23%

62%

1. ♞f3

598m

42%31%27%

58%

1. c4

476m

64%1323%

70%

1. b4

55y

60%40%

60%

1. f3

16y

100%

1. g3

111y