GM Praveen Balakrishnan Full name Praveen Balakrishnan Born May 21, 2002 (age 22) Place of birth Federation United States Profiles #601 World Ranking 2502 Classical 2393 Rapid 2445 Blitz Rating Bio GM Praveen Balakrishnan is an American chess grandmaster at the University of Chicago. Most Played Openings White Pieces Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (5 games) French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (5 games) Catalan Opening (4 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (4 games) Sicilian Defense (4 games) Black Pieces English Opening: King's English Variation (10 games) Queen's Gambit Declined (9 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (5 games) Indian Game (5 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights, Mindeno, Exchange Line (4 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Praveen Balakrishnan (2880) Ondrej Toman (2659) 1-0 61 2024 Praveen Balakrishnan (2894) David Brodsky (2836) 1-0 27 2024 Praveen Balakrishnan (2490) Joachim Beisteiner (2079) 1-0 38 2024 Praveen Balakrishnan (2886) Roderick Nava (2701) 1-0 27 2024 Praveen Balakrishnan (2882) Derek Wu (2713) 1-0 38 2024 Praveen Balakrishnan (2894) Adam Collins (2520) 1-0 30 2024 Praveen Balakrishnan (2890) Pedro Gil Ferreira Da Silva (2506) 1-0 46 2024 Praveen Balakrishnan (2886) Vincent Riff (2685) 1-0 33 2024 Praveen Balakrishnan (2857) Vladyslav Sydoryka (2670) 1-0 61 2024 Praveen Balakrishnan (2856) Paris Prestia (2725) 1-0 87 2024 Show All Games