What is Surya Shekhar Ganguly's FIDE rating?

Surya Shekhar Ganguly's FIDE rating is 2562 standard, 2536 rapid, 2491 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Surya Shekhar Ganguly's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Surya Shekhar Ganguly played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 2,743 over-the-board games by Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2,356 classical, 190 rapid, 216 blitz), with 44% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Surya Shekhar Ganguly's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Surya Shekhar Ganguly?

Open Surya Shekhar Ganguly'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 Surya Shekhar Ganguly's style, before facing them.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly

Indiaborn 1983FIDE ID 5002150

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2578 · Sep 2023

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2562Classical

2536Rapid

2491Blitz

2676peak, Jul 2016

2,743games

1,204wins, 44%

973draws, 35%

563losses, 21%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2676 · Jul 2016

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.9% average

Solid conversion: 88%

Very consistent (91%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(70% in 152 games)

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Based on

2,743 games

Based on 2,743 games

Openings

2,743 gamesBased on 2,743 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Catalan1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.g322 games, last played 3 years ago72.7%wins

Pirc Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞f625 games, last played 4 years ago72.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 538 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 538 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.6%

Middlegame

93.5%

Endgame

95.3%

Clutch factor

+5%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

95%186g

EqualEqual position

95%196g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%118g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

20%

73 err

20%

75 err

18%

65 err

17%

62 err

15%

54 err

10%

37 err

Critical moment

Move 43 avg

1-15

16-25

36%

26-35

29%

36-45

36%

46+

36% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

105Errors mapped

e4 / e5Hotspot zone

Critical squares

1313 err

1212 err

1111 err

1010 err

e4/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#38

♜f7?? vs Iturrizaga Bonelli

Endgame · Blitz · 2025

#25

♛d5?? vs Gokerkan

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

#35

♛b1?? vs Nurgaliyev

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

#29

♞xa1?? vs Narayanan S L

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

#51

♛f2?? vs Alekseenko

Endgame · Blitz · 2025

#30

♜d1?? vs Rapport

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

2,743 games

Amar, Elham(2587)

53rd Sparkassen Open A · 9 Aug 2026

½–½

Poh, Yu Tian(2473)

53rd Sparkassen Open A · 8 Aug 2026

1–0

Besou, Hussain(2420)

53rd Sparkassen Open A · 7 Aug 2026

1–0

Nitish Belurkar(2430)

53rd Sparkassen Open A · 6 Aug 2026

½–½

Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt(2425)

53rd Sparkassen Open A · 5 Aug 2026

½–½

Vantika Agrawal(2399)

53rd Sparkassen Open A · 4 Aug 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

397 endgames (54.7%) · force Queen vs Two Rooks (0%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

54.7%

397 / 726

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 Queen vs Two Rooks: only 0% win rate (5 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

2,743 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

1,408 games49%W33%D18%L

1,408games in this linewon 49%, drew 33%, lost 18%

Move

1. e4

10395w

49%34%17

66%

1. d4

1523m

52%36%12

70%

1. ♞f3

1358w

47%30%23%

62%

1. c4

766w

51%32%17

67%

1. g3

2Nov 1964

50%50%

25%

1. a3

24y

50%50%

75%

1. b3

15y

100%

1. e3

14y

100%

50%

Scouting report: Surya Shekhar Ganguly (GM, IND)

Surya Shekhar Ganguly

Rating & statistics

Play style

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Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Deep analysis

Critical blunders

Recent games

Endgame statistics

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