FM Niranjan Navalgund Full name Niranjan Navalgund Born 1994 (age 32) Place of birth Federation India Profiles # World Ranking 2183 Classical 2142 Rapid 2238 Blitz Bio The name Navalgund is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Niranjan. Most Played Openings White Pieces Catalan Opening: Closed (15 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (14 games) Catalan Opening (13 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (5 games) Slav Defense: Modern Line (5 games) Black Pieces Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (12 games) Indian Game: Black Knights' Tango (9 games) English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Indian Defense (7 games) Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (6 games) English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Closed (5 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Niranjan Navalgund (2208) Ayush Sharma (2454) 0-1 31 2026 Niranjan Navalgund (2561) Marcius Gomes Brandao (1904) 1-0 35 2025 Niranjan Navalgund (2538) Jan-Dietrich Wendt (2367) 1-0 48 2025 Niranjan Navalgund (2521) Salih Zeydan (2290) 1-0 23 2025 Niranjan Navalgund (2521) Liam Baruch (2356) 1-0 63 2025 Niranjan Navalgund (2522) Felix Rose (2317) 1-0 34 2025 Niranjan Navalgund (2537) Mathieu Ternault (2724) 1-0 46 2025 Niranjan Navalgund (2530) Victor Mikhalevski (2749) 1-0 36 2025 Niranjan Navalgund (2247) Christopher Guzman (2547) 1-0 37 2025 Niranjan Navalgund (2507) Vadims Daskevics (2403) 1-0 23 2025 Show All Games