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Gautam, Santosh

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FIDEFIDE 12301655· Male· Nepal· Born in 1989

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Santosh Gautam, a 37-year-old Nepalese player, is rated 1710. He has slipped back 108 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent appearance: ODISHA OPEN (THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS CHESS FESTIVAL 2025-26 Category 'B' Below 1900). Also played 5 rapid events (including 64th Happy Birthday of Badri Lal Nepali FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament-2082) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 40 months (2015–2018), 14 months (2018–2020), 23 months (2022–2024) and 23 months (2024–2026). His peak of 1818 was reached at age 35 (Mar 2024); he also reached Nepalese #43 in Apr 2016.

Current rating

1710

Standard

Rpd1869·Blz1788

All-time high

1818

−108 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 35

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#106,298

#106,298 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
100 career games
at age 37
Feb 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+142 Elo)
1676 → 1818
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 35
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1818
at age 35 · −108 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1697 → returned at 1763
Feb 2024
2022
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1676 → returned at 1697
Feb 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Syamantak Sarkar 1,648
ODISHA OPEN (THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS CHESS FESTIVAL 2025-26 Category 'B' Below 1900) · Jan 2026 · +6.8 Elo
Evolution
-108
1818 → 1710
Tournaments
2
17 games
Score
7.5/ 1744.1%
5W5D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-B 1899 and Below)
Open Swiss
May 20262.5/7#4581472-53.8
ODISHA OPEN (THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS CHESS FESTIVAL 2025-26 Category 'B' Below 1900)
Open Swiss
Jan 20265/10#851598-54.0
Worst Elo result: ODISHA OPEN (THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS CHESS FESTIVAL 2025-26 Category 'B' Below 1900) (-54.0 Elo, finished #85).

Rankings

/
Nepal
#156
out of 947 players
Asia-Pacific
#14,243
in continent
World
#106,295
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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156🇳🇵Gautam, Santosh1,710
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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3
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4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
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14243🇳🇵Gautam, Santosh1,710
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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9
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106295🇳🇵Gautam, Santosh1,710