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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 2024-03-19 | Titled Tue 19th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Liam Putnam | Semen Novozhilov | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 402 | 2024-03-19 | Titled Tue 19th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Ivan G Stankovic | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 403 | 2024-03-19 | Titled Tue 19th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Liam Putnam | Alexandra Afanasieva | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 404 | 2024-03-19 | Titled Tue 19th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Gokhale Rishabh Chandrashekhar | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 77 | Open |
| 405 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Dmitry Gurevich | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 406 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Liam Putnam | Petar Bosnjak | 1/2-1/2 | 106 | Open |
| 407 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Liam Putnam | Daniil Plyasunov | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 408 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexey Sarana | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 80 | Open |
| 409 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Derek Wu | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 410 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Liam Putnam | Nikita Shandrygin | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 411 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Yuri Kozin | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 412 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Attila Turzo | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 413 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Liam Putnam | Evgenij Shuvalov | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 414 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Liam Putnam | Havard Haug | 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 415 | 2024-03-12 | Titled Tue 12th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Anish Giri | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 69 | Open |
| 416 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Pavel Shkapenko | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 417 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Aaravamudhan Balaji | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 418 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Liam Putnam | Wilson Guillermo Palencia Morales | 1-0 | 73 | Open |
| 419 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Liam Putnam | Alain Prieto Aranguren | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 420 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Alain Otero Marino | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 421 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Liam Putnam | Vinzent Spitzl | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 422 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Vantika Agrawal | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 102 | Open |
| 423 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Vasilii Titarov | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 424 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Liam Putnam | Nikolai Kabanov | 1/2-1/2 | 28 | Open |
| 425 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Derek Wu | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 426 | 2024-03-05 | Titled Tue 5th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Liam Putnam | Qingyu Yuan | 0-1 | 141 | Open |
| 427 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Roberto Ignacio Alarcon Bahamondez | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 78 | Open |
| 428 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Liam Putnam | Wilson Guillermo Palencia Morales | 1-0 | 68 | Open |
| 429 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Liam Putnam | Felix Kuznetsov | 0-1 | 85 | Open |
| 430 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Mahammad Muradli | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 431 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 5 | J Sai Agni Jeevitesh | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 432 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Liam Putnam | Viacheslav Malyi | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 433 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Liam Putnam | Amir Hosein Kashefi | 0-1 | 78 | Open |
| 434 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Ilja Derjabin | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 435 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Liam Putnam | Hector Luis Gil Alba | 1-0 | 66 | Open |
| 436 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Liam Putnam | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 437 | 2024-02-27 | Titled Tue 27th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Liam Putnam | Jain Kashish Manoj | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 438 | 2024-02-20 | Titled Tue 20th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Liam Putnam | Afruza Khamdamova | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 439 | 2024-02-20 | Titled Tue 20th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Liam Putnam | Krzysztof Szczurek | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 440 | 2024-02-20 | Titled Tue 20th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Patryk Chylewski | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 61 | Open |
| 441 | 2024-02-20 | Titled Tue 20th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Liam Putnam | Edward Jackson | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 442 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Liam Putnam | Deepak Aaron | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 443 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Dawid Janaszak | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 115 | Open |
| 444 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Francesco Bettalli | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 100 | Open |
| 445 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Olga Badelka | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 446 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Liam Putnam | Bharath Subramaniyam H | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 447 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Liam Putnam | Vjacheslav Weetik | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 448 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 6 | David Paravyan | Liam Putnam | 1-0 | 71 | Open |
| 449 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Jonas Eilenberg | Liam Putnam | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 450 | 2024-02-13 | Titled Tue 13th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Liam Putnam | Moritz Weishaeutel | 1-0 | 38 | Open |