GMLiam Putnam

USA Born 2008 (Age ≈18) Male
FIDE ID
30938279
USCF ID
15969005

About Liam Putnam

Liam Putnam grew up in Rocky Point, New York, and began playing chess at seven. After eight months of play he tied for second at the 2016 National Elementary Championship. At eleven he won the under-14 section of the 2019 North American Youth Championship. Show more

Liam Putnam grew up in Rocky Point, New York, and began playing chess at seven. After eight months of play he tied for second at the 2016 National Elementary Championship. At eleven he won the under-14 section of the 2019 North American Youth Championship. He earned grandmaster norms at a Marshall Chess Club invitational in May 2025 and the SixDays tournament in Budapest that November. In January 2026 he won the Ciudad de Sevilla Open unbeaten with eight points from nine games. His final grandmaster norm followed at the Saint Louis Masters in February. In June he shared the highest score at the National Open in Las Vegas and won on tiebreak. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2026.

Ratings

Classical

2507.1 +12.1

Live estimate

Rapid

2300

Published FIDE

Blitz

2451

Published FIDE

USCF Regular

2581

Published US Chess

Official classical ranks

World rank
#612
National rank · USA
#38

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2499 Sep 2026
Recorded years
2017–2026
Archived games
513

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Rating history

USCF rating history

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FIDE rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (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
401 2022-09-13 Titled Tue 13th Sep Late chess.com INT 8 Liam Putnam Jose Escartin Lacasa Won: 1-0 22 Open
402 2022-09-13 Titled Tue 13th Sep Late chess.com INT 7 Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 65 Open
403 2022-09-13 Titled Tue 13th Sep Late chess.com INT 6 Joseph Wan Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 68 Open
404 2022-09-13 Titled Tue 13th Sep Late chess.com INT 5 Liam Putnam German Bazeev Won: 1-0 30 Open
405 2022-09-13 Titled Tue 13th Sep Late chess.com INT 4 Liam Putnam Zachary Tanenbaum Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
406 2022-09-13 Titled Tue 13th Sep Late chess.com INT 3 Dmitrij Kollars Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 38 Open
407 2022-09-13 Titled Tue 13th Sep Late chess.com INT 2 Liam Putnam Avital Boruchovsky Won: 1-0 95 Open
408 2022-09-13 Titled Tue 13th Sep Late chess.com INT 1 Jarmo Hartikainen Liam Putnam Won: 0-1 48 Open
409 2022-09-13 Titled Tue 13th Sep Late chess.com INT 10 Rafael Leitao Liam Putnam Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
410 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 9 Christopher Woojin Yoo Liam Putnam Draw: 1/2-1/2 116 Open
411 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 8 Liam Putnam Alexander Rustemov Lost: 0-1 56 Open
412 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 7 Liam Putnam Alfonso Llorente Zaro Won: 1-0 1 Open
413 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 6 Mitch Fishbein Liam Putnam Won: 0-1 34 Open
414 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 5 Liam Putnam Leonardo Tristan Lost: 0-1 31 Open
415 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 4 Alexandros Papasimakopoulos Liam Putnam Draw: 1/2-1/2 77 Open
416 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 3 Marcel Winkels Liam Putnam Won: 0-1 31 Open
417 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 2 Liam Putnam Rodrigo Roman Won: 1-0 35 Open
418 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 1 Hikaru Nakamura Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 40 Open
419 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 11 Liam Putnam Mansur Gilmanov Won: 1-0 32 Open
420 2022-09-06 Titled Tue 6th Sep Late chess.com INT 10 Liam Putnam Aakaash Meduri Lost: 0-1 77 Open
421 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 9 Liam Putnam Attila Jr. Forgacs Won: 1-0 64 Open
422 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 8 Shah Dev Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 66 Open
423 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 7 Liam Putnam Daniel Jones Won: 1-0 38 Open
424 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 6 Liam Putnam Victor Kaminski Won: 1-0 53 Open
425 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 5 Asa Hoffmann Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 34 Open
426 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 4 Enes Tanriverdi Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 43 Open
427 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 3 Liam Putnam Wiktoria Smietanska Won: 1-0 40 Open
428 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 2 Liam Putnam Sereenen Gan-Od Lost: 0-1 56 Open
429 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 1 Marcel Winkels Liam Putnam Won: 0-1 35 Open
430 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 11 Mikhail Bryakin Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 40 Open
431 2022-08-30 Titled Tue 30th Aug Early chess.com INT 10 Liam Putnam Abtin Atakhan Won: 1-0 43 Open
432 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 9 Liam Putnam Evan S Rosenberg Won: 1-0 51 Open
433 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late chess.com INT 8 Gnel Melikyan Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 13 Open
434 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 8 Zachary Tanenbaum Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 57 Open
435 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late chess.com INT 7 Liam Putnam Evgeny V. Melikhov Won: 1-0 44 Open
436 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 7 Liam Putnam Harshavardhan G B Draw: 1/2-1/2 116 Open
437 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 6 Liam Putnam Daniel Rangel Won: 1-0 28 Open
438 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late chess.com INT 6 Liam Putnam Robert Sanchez Won: 1-0 60 Open
439 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 5 Balazs Csonka Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 62 Open
440 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late chess.com INT 5 Alvaro Alves de Almeida Junior Liam Putnam Draw: 1/2-1/2 93 Open
441 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 4 Liam Putnam Maksim Tsaruk Lost: 0-1 54 Open
442 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late chess.com INT 4 Liam Putnam Luis Oro Lost: 0-1 37 Open
443 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late chess.com INT 3 David Paravyan Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 61 Open
444 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 3 Miroslaw Lewicki Liam Putnam Won: 0-1 32 Open
445 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late chess.com INT 2 Philipp Sonnenschein Liam Putnam Won: 0-1 52 Open
446 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 2 Adrian Musat Liam Putnam Won: 0-1 30 Open
447 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late chess.com INT 1 Liam Putnam Dmitry Andreikin Lost: 0-1 54 Open
448 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 1 Liam Putnam Vladimir Belov Lost: 0-1 42 Open
449 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 11 Jakub Fus Liam Putnam Lost: 1-0 51 Open
450 2022-08-23 Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early chess.com INT 10 Liam Putnam Deysi Cori T. Won: 1-0 59 Open
  1. vs Jose Escartin LacasaWon · 1-0White · 2022-09-13 · Round 8Titled Tue 13th Sep Late
  2. vs Rodrigo Vasquez SchroederLost · 1-0Black · 2022-09-13 · Round 7Titled Tue 13th Sep Late
  3. vs Joseph WanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-09-13 · Round 6Titled Tue 13th Sep Late
  4. vs German BazeevWon · 1-0White · 2022-09-13 · Round 5Titled Tue 13th Sep Late
  5. vs Zachary TanenbaumDraw · ½–½White · 2022-09-13 · Round 4Titled Tue 13th Sep Late
  6. vs Dmitrij KollarsLost · 1-0Black · 2022-09-13 · Round 3Titled Tue 13th Sep Late
  7. vs Avital BoruchovskyWon · 1-0White · 2022-09-13 · Round 2Titled Tue 13th Sep Late
  8. vs Jarmo HartikainenWon · 0-1Black · 2022-09-13 · Round 1Titled Tue 13th Sep Late
  9. vs Rafael LeitaoDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-09-13 · Round 10Titled Tue 13th Sep Late
  10. vs Christopher Woojin YooDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-09-06 · Round 9Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  11. vs Alexander RustemovLost · 0-1White · 2022-09-06 · Round 8Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  12. vs Alfonso Llorente ZaroWon · 1-0White · 2022-09-06 · Round 7Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  13. vs Mitch FishbeinWon · 0-1Black · 2022-09-06 · Round 6Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  14. vs Leonardo TristanLost · 0-1White · 2022-09-06 · Round 5Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  15. vs Alexandros PapasimakopoulosDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-09-06 · Round 4Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  16. vs Marcel WinkelsWon · 0-1Black · 2022-09-06 · Round 3Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  17. vs Rodrigo RomanWon · 1-0White · 2022-09-06 · Round 2Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  18. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Black · 2022-09-06 · Round 1Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  19. vs Mansur GilmanovWon · 1-0White · 2022-09-06 · Round 11Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  20. vs Aakaash MeduriLost · 0-1White · 2022-09-06 · Round 10Titled Tue 6th Sep Late
  21. vs Attila Jr. ForgacsWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-30 · Round 9Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  22. vs Shah DevLost · 1-0Black · 2022-08-30 · Round 8Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  23. vs Daniel JonesWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-30 · Round 7Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  24. vs Victor KaminskiWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-30 · Round 6Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  25. vs Asa HoffmannLost · 1-0Black · 2022-08-30 · Round 5Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  26. vs Enes TanriverdiLost · 1-0Black · 2022-08-30 · Round 4Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  27. vs Wiktoria SmietanskaWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-30 · Round 3Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  28. vs Sereenen Gan-OdLost · 0-1White · 2022-08-30 · Round 2Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  29. vs Marcel WinkelsWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-30 · Round 1Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  30. vs Mikhail BryakinLost · 1-0Black · 2022-08-30 · Round 11Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  31. vs Abtin AtakhanWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-30 · Round 10Titled Tue 30th Aug Early
  32. vs Evan S RosenbergWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-23 · Round 9Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  33. vs Gnel MelikyanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-08-23 · Round 8Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
  34. vs Zachary TanenbaumLost · 1-0Black · 2022-08-23 · Round 8Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  35. vs Evgeny V. MelikhovWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-23 · Round 7Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
  36. vs Harshavardhan G BDraw · ½–½White · 2022-08-23 · Round 7Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  37. vs Daniel RangelWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-23 · Round 6Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  38. vs Robert SanchezWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-23 · Round 6Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
  39. vs Balazs CsonkaLost · 1-0Black · 2022-08-23 · Round 5Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  40. vs Alvaro Alves de Almeida JuniorDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-08-23 · Round 5Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
  41. vs Maksim TsarukLost · 0-1White · 2022-08-23 · Round 4Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  42. vs Luis OroLost · 0-1White · 2022-08-23 · Round 4Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
  43. vs David ParavyanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-08-23 · Round 3Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
  44. vs Miroslaw LewickiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-23 · Round 3Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  45. vs Philipp SonnenscheinWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-23 · Round 2Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
  46. vs Adrian MusatWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-23 · Round 2Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  47. vs Dmitry AndreikinLost · 0-1White · 2022-08-23 · Round 1Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
  48. vs Vladimir BelovLost · 0-1White · 2022-08-23 · Round 1Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  49. vs Jakub FusLost · 1-0Black · 2022-08-23 · Round 11Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early
  50. vs Deysi Cori T.Won · 1-0White · 2022-08-23 · Round 10Titled Tue 23rd Aug Early

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-051st Azeri Chess Academy OpenClassical6
2026-09-042026 Southern California OpenClassical3½

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