GMLiam Putnam
- FIDE ID
- 30938279
- USCF ID
- 15969005
About Liam Putnam
Liam Putnam began chess at seven and tied for second at the elementary-school nationals after only eight months of playing. At eleven he won the under-14 section of the North American Youth Championship. His progress continued through norm tournaments in New York, Budapest and Saint Louis.
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In January 2026 he won the Ciudad de Sevilla Open unbeaten, edging Praveen Balakrishnan on tiebreak. He also shared first at that year's National Open in Las Vegas and took the championship on tiebreak. He received the grandmaster title in 2026.
USCF rating history
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FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | 1st Azeri Chess Academy Open | Classical | 6 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-08 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Nikolai Vlassov | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 70 | Open |
| 302 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Liam Putnam | Mustafa Yilmaz | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 303 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 304 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Liam Putnam | Yuliia Osmak | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 305 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Rene Humberto Perera Alfonso | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 306 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Mihai-Lucian Grunberg | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 66 | Open |
| 307 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Liam Putnam | Leo Crevatin | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 308 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Pavel Chernomordik | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 309 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Luis Fernandez Siles | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 310 | 2022-12-13 | Titled Tue 13th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Liam Putnam | Jake Kleiman | 0-1 | 72 | Open |
| 311 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Liam Putnam | Henry Soto Hernandez | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 312 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Liam Putnam | Yi Xu | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 313 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Liam Putnam | Alberto Santos Flores | 0-1 | 68 | Open |
| 314 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Sargis V. Manukyan | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 66 | Open |
| 315 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Koen Leenhouts | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 316 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Liam Putnam | Jerzy Jesus Perez Leiva | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 317 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Benjamin Bok | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 318 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Liam Putnam | Konstantin Andreev | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 319 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Avi Harrison Kaplan | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 65 | Open |
| 320 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Maksim Chigaev | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 321 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Liam Putnam | Nikolai Vlassov | 0-1 | 69 | Open |
| 322 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Liam Putnam | Luca Albertini | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 323 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Anton Korobov | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 324 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Levente Miszler | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 70 | Open |
| 325 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Liam Putnam | Clement Meunier | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 326 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Liam Putnam | Tomasz Mika | 1/2-1/2 | 69 | Open |
| 327 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Liam Putnam | Qianyun Gong | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 328 | 2022-12-06 | Titled Tue 6th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Vladimir Demin | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 329 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Tom O`Gorman | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 89 | Open |
| 330 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Sai Han Thiha | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 331 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Liam Putnam | Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 332 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Liam Putnam | Alexander Reprintsev | 1/2-1/2 | 125 | Open |
| 333 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Maciej Czopor | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 71 | Open |
| 334 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Kamal Aghasiyev | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 89 | Open |
| 335 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Liam Putnam | Bayanmunkh Amin-Erdene | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 336 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Liam Putnam | Pavel Salman | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 337 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Hikaru Nakamura | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 338 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Grigor Dilanyan | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 96 | Open |
| 339 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Liam Putnam | Jaloliddin Ilkhomi | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 340 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 341 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Raunak Sadhwani | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 342 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Liam Putnam | Wojciech Przybylski | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 343 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Karsten Schuster | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 20 | Open |
| 344 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Francesco Bettalli | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 67 | Open |
| 345 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Liam Putnam | Michal Tworuszka | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 346 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Liam Putnam | Joaquin Jimenez | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 347 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Liam Putnam | Adham Fawzy | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 348 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Liam Putnam | Diego Adla | 1-0 | 69 | Open |
| 349 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Liam Putnam | Ivan Aldokhin | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 350 | 2022-11-29 | Titled Tue 29th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Ivan Aldokhin | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
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