IMJustin Sarkar
- FIDE ID
- 2010011
- USCF ID
- 12561884
About Justin Sarkar
Justin Sarkar was born in New Rochelle, New York, and studied applied mathematics at Columbia University. He became an international master in 2001. He shared the New York State championship with Aleksandr Lenderman in 2008-09. Show more
Justin Sarkar was born in New Rochelle, New York, and studied applied mathematics at Columbia University. He became an international master in 2001. He shared the New York State championship with Aleksandr Lenderman in 2008-09. At the 2013-14 Hastings Congress he shared first place with six other players, finishing sixth on tiebreak. He completed his third grandmaster norm in a Texas round-robin tournament in 2015, but did not reach the rating threshold required for the title. His educational appearances included a talk on chess and autism at a 2013 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory benefit. In December 2024 he won every game in a Marshall FIDE Premier tournament, including a victory over Jay Bonin.
USCF rating history
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FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | 2026 Marshall Chess Club Rapid Championship | Rapid | 3½ |
| 2026-10-09 | Marshall FIDE Blitz 86 | Blitz | 2 |
| 2026-10-02 | 2026 October Marshall Premier FIDE - Open | Classical | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 2020-03-01 | Marshall IM Norm 2020 | New York USA | 8.4 | Justin Sarkar | Leonid Yudasin | 1/2-1/2 | 10 | Open |
| 302 | 2020-03-01 | Marshall IM Norm 2020 | New York USA | 7.2 | Alex Fikiet | Justin Sarkar | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 303 | 2020-02-29 | Marshall IM Norm 2020 | New York USA | 6.5 | Justin Sarkar | Rubens Cezila Jr | 1/2-1/2 | 13 | Open |
| 304 | 2020-02-29 | Marshall IM Norm 2020 | New York USA | 5.3 | Justin Sarkar | Nikola Nestorovic | 1/2-1/2 | 52 | Open |
| 305 | 2020-02-28 | Marshall IM Norm 2020 | New York USA | 4.5 | Silas Lund | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 306 | 2020-02-28 | Marshall IM Norm 2020 | New York USA | 3.1 | Justin Sarkar | Jay Bonin | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 307 | 2020-02-27 | Marshall IM Norm 2020 | New York USA | 2.4 | Kevin Noboa Silva | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 308 | 2020-02-27 | Marshall IM Norm 2020 | New York USA | 1.3 | Justin Sarkar | Bahar Hallaeva | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 309 | 2020-02-02 | Portugal Open Rapid 2020 | Lisbon POR | 8.18 | Alberto Eggert | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 20 | Open |
| 310 | 2020-02-02 | Portugal Open Rapid 2020 | Lisbon POR | 7.8 | Justin Sarkar | Igor Janik | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 311 | 2020-02-02 | Portugal Open Rapid 2020 | Lisbon POR | 6.19 | Daniel Neves Fidalgo | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 312 | 2020-02-02 | Portugal Open Rapid 2020 | Lisbon POR | 5.27 | Justin Sarkar | Rui Filipe Pereira Marques | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 313 | 2020-02-02 | Portugal Open Rapid 2020 | Lisbon POR | 4.1 | Karen H. Grigoryan | Justin Sarkar | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 314 | 2020-02-02 | Portugal Open Rapid 2020 | Lisbon POR | 3.23 | Justin Sarkar | Hugo Miguel Da Costa Ferreira | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 315 | 2020-02-02 | Portugal Open Rapid 2020 | Lisbon POR | 1.31 | Justin Sarkar | Rodrigo Andias Sarabando | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 316 | 2020-02-01 | Portugal Open 2020 | Lisbon POR | 9.18 | Federico Casagrande | Justin Sarkar | 1/2-1/2 | 20 | Open |
| 317 | 2020-01-31 | Portugal Open 2020 | Lisbon POR | 8.14 | Justin Sarkar | Mario Balbuena Fuentes | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Open |
| 318 | 2020-01-30 | Portugal Open 2020 | Lisbon POR | 7.19 | Jose Cambando | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 319 | 2020-01-29 | Portugal Open 2020 | Lisbon POR | 6.26 | Justin Sarkar | Hugo Miguel Da Costa Ferreira | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 320 | 2020-01-28 | Portugal Open 2020 | Lisbon POR | 5.27 | Goncalo Nuno Neto Pires Silva | Justin Sarkar | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Open |
| 321 | 2020-01-27 | Portugal Open 2020 | Lisbon POR | 4.18 | Justin Sarkar | Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 322 | 2020-01-26 | Portugal Open 2020 | Lisbon POR | 3.2 | Aryan Tari | Justin Sarkar | 1/2-1/2 | 20 | Open |
| 323 | 2020-01-26 | Portugal Open 2020 | Lisbon POR | 2.27 | Justin Sarkar | Yasin Chennaoui | 1-0 | 68 | Open |
| 324 | 2020-01-25 | Portugal Open 2020 | Lisbon POR | 1.27 | Isabel Pereira Dos Santos | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 325 | 2020-01-05 | Charlotte Open 2020 | Charlotte USA | 9.9 | Justin Sarkar | Gabriel Petesch | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 326 | 2020-01-05 | Charlotte Open 2020 | Charlotte USA | 8.5 | Ulvi Bajarani | Justin Sarkar | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 327 | 2020-01-04 | Charlotte Open 2020 | Charlotte USA | 7.1 | Justin Sarkar | Rubens Cezila Jr | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 328 | 2020-01-04 | Charlotte Open 2020 | Charlotte USA | 6.15 | Justin Paul | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 329 | 2020-01-03 | Charlotte Open 2020 | Charlotte USA | 5.19 | Justin Sarkar | Grant Xu | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 330 | 2020-01-03 | Charlotte Open 2020 | Charlotte USA | 4.8 | Tanguy Ringoir | Justin Sarkar | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 331 | 2020-01-02 | Charlotte Open 2020 | Charlotte USA | 3.5 | Justin Sarkar | Valentin Iotov | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 332 | 2020-01-02 | Charlotte Open 2020 | Charlotte USA | 2.18 | Justin Sarkar | Rushaan Mahajan | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 333 | 2019-12-21 | Sunway Sitges Open 2019 | Sitges ESP | 9.39 | Justin Sarkar | Raymond Song | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 334 | 2019-12-20 | Sunway Sitges Open 2019 | Sitges ESP | 8.4 | Marc Narciso Dublan | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 335 | 2019-12-18 | Sunway Sitges Open 2019 | Sitges ESP | 6.38 | Leandro Krysa | Justin Sarkar | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 336 | 2019-12-17 | Sunway Sitges Open 2019 | Sitges ESP | 5.4 | Justin Sarkar | Sergei Lobanov | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 337 | 2019-12-16 | Sunway Sitges Open 2019 | Sitges ESP | 4.36 | Jonas Buhl Bjerre | Justin Sarkar | 1/2-1/2 | 62 | Open |
| 338 | 2019-12-14 | Sunway Sitges Open 2019 | Sitges ESP | 2.33 | Hannes Stefansson | Justin Sarkar | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 339 | 2019-10-12 | 41st Arco Open 2019 | Arco ITA | 9.4 | Justin Sarkar | Richard Scheftlein | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 340 | 2019-10-11 | 41st Arco Open 2019 | Arco ITA | 8.7 | Josef Ager | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 19 | Open |
| 341 | 2019-10-10 | 41st Arco Open 2019 | Arco ITA | 7.2 | Justin Sarkar | Nikita Petrov | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 342 | 2019-10-09 | 41st Arco Open 2019 | Arco ITA | 6.4 | Alessio De Santis | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 343 | 2019-10-08 | 41st Arco Open 2019 | Arco ITA | 5.4 | Justin Sarkar | Tobias Kuhn | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 344 | 2019-10-07 | 41st Arco Open 2019 | Arco ITA | 4.4 | Paolo Vezzosi | Justin Sarkar | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Open |
| 345 | 2019-10-06 | 41st Arco Open 2019 | Arco ITA | 3.4 | Justin Sarkar | Shazil Shehzad | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 346 | 2019-10-05 | 41st Arco Open 2019 | Arco ITA | 2.6 | Axel, Dr. Fehr | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 347 | 2019-10-04 | 41st Arco Open 2019 | Arco ITA | 1.96 | Justin Sarkar | Deyan Samuil Kostov | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 348 | 2019-09-07 | 21st Trieste Open 2019 | Trieste ITA | 9.3 | Andrey Sumets | Justin Sarkar | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 349 | 2019-09-06 | 21st Trieste Open 2019 | Trieste ITA | 8.8 | Justin Sarkar | Ardeshir Sepehrkhoui | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 350 | 2019-09-05 | 21st Trieste Open 2019 | Trieste ITA | 7.1 | Danijel Gibicar | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 31 | Open |