GMLiam Putnam
- 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.
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: 2026-11-09 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Alexander Grischuk | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 78 | Open |
| 452 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Liam Putnam | Edgar Hayrapetyan | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 453 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Liam Putnam | Hans Moke Niemann | 1/2-1/2 | 81 | Open |
| 454 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Pedro Gil Ferreira Da Silva | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 73 | Open |
| 455 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Liam Putnam | Daniel Girsh | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 456 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Liam Putnam | Guillermo Baches Garcia | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 457 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Shahdad Teimouri Yadkuri | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 458 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Augustinas Bazilius | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 459 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Christopher Woojin Yoo | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 460 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Oleksandr Yurovskykh | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 461 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Liam Putnam | Jaan Ehlvest | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 462 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Liam Putnam | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 463 | 2023-12-21 | SPICE Cup Open 2023 | Chesterfield MO USA | 8.14 | Ethan Guo | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 464 | 2023-12-21 | SPICE Cup Open 2023 | Chesterfield MO USA | 7.9 | Liam Putnam | Yiping Lou | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 465 | 2023-12-20 | SPICE Cup Open 2023 | Chesterfield MO USA | 6.14 | Troy Cavanah | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 89 | Open |
| 466 | 2023-12-19 | SPICE Cup Open 2023 | Chesterfield MO USA | 5.11 | Anna M. Sargsyan | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 467 | 2023-12-19 | SPICE Cup Open 2023 | Chesterfield MO USA | 4.5 | Liam Putnam | Justin Wang | 1/2-1/2 | 26 | Open |
| 468 | 2023-12-18 | SPICE Cup Open 2023 | Chesterfield MO USA | 3.13 | Liam Putnam | Eugene Yanayt | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 469 | 2023-12-18 | SPICE Cup Open 2023 | Chesterfield MO USA | 2.6 | Safal Bora | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 75 | Open |
| 470 | 2023-12-17 | SPICE Cup Open 2023 | Chesterfield MO USA | 1.22 | Liam Putnam | Zachary Hankun Liu | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 471 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Liam Putnam | Jakub Seemann | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 472 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Sargis A. Manukyan | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 473 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Alexey Sarana | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 474 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Liam Putnam | Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 475 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Sravan Renjith | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 76 | Open |
| 476 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Liam Putnam | Daniel Taboas Rodriguez | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 477 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Matthew Herman | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 478 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Liam Putnam | Daniel Kozusek | 0-1 | 67 | Open |
| 479 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Matfey Yurasov | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 480 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Liam Putnam | German Spata | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 481 | 2023-12-12 | Titled Tue 12th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Evgeny V. Melikhov | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 482 | 2023-12-10 | 107th Edward Lasker Mem | New York USA | 6.6 | John L Hughes | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 483 | 2023-12-10 | 107th Edward Lasker Mem | New York USA | 5.3 | Liam Putnam | Raja Harshit | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 484 | 2023-12-09 | 107th Edward Lasker Mem | New York USA | 4.7 | Liam Putnam | Evan S Rosenberg | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 485 | 2023-12-09 | 107th Edward Lasker Mem | New York USA | 3.2 | Mykola Bortnyk | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 486 | 2023-12-08 | 107th Edward Lasker Mem | New York USA | 2.7 | Liam Putnam | Bryan Enming Lin | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 487 | 2023-12-07 | 107th Edward Lasker Mem | New York USA | 1.9 | Chloe Gaw | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 488 | 2023-11-26 | US Chess Masters 2023 | Charlotte USA | 9.21 | Koustav Chatterjee | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 489 | 2023-11-24 | US Chess Masters 2023 | Charlotte USA | 5.21 | Liam Putnam | David Brodsky | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 490 | 2023-11-24 | US Chess Masters 2023 | Charlotte USA | 4.18 | Liam Putnam | Andy Woodward | 1/2-1/2 | 84 | Open |
| 491 | 2023-11-23 | US Chess Masters 2023 | Charlotte USA | 3.15 | Magesh Chandran Panchanathan | Liam Putnam | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 492 | 2023-11-23 | US Chess Masters 2023 | Charlotte USA | 2.19 | Liam Putnam | Praveen Balakrishnan | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 493 | 2023-08-29 | Titled Tue 29th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Liam Putnam | Abhimanyu Puranik | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 494 | 2023-08-29 | Titled Tue 29th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Orest Vovk | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 495 | 2023-08-29 | Titled Tue 29th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Liam Putnam | Uurtsaikh Agibileg | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 496 | 2023-08-29 | Titled Tue 29th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Grigoriy Oparin | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 497 | 2023-08-29 | Titled Tue 29th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Liam Putnam | Garv Gaur | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 498 | 2023-08-29 | Titled Tue 29th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Isaak Parpiev | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 499 | 2023-08-29 | Titled Tue 29th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Liam Putnam | Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 500 | 2023-08-29 | Titled Tue 29th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Liam Putnam | Michal Kopczynski | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
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