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Bhatia, Kanishka
WCM🇬🇧FIDE 2410095· Female· Scotland· Born in 2010
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Kanishka Bhatia, a 16-year-old Scottish Woman Candidate Master, is rated 2056 — just 11 short of her peak of 2067 (Aug 2025, age 15) and ranked 62nd among women worldwide under 16, and in the top 9% worldwide. She is on a breakout run, having gained +91 Elo over the past 12 months. 60 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Perth Congress 2026 - Open, Glasgow Congress Ken Stewart Open 2026, and Richardson Cup 2026 Quarter-Final. Also played 1 rapid (including Lothians Allegro Open 2026) and 1 blitz events (including Perth Congress 2026 - Blitz) recently. She reached Scottish #51 in Aug 2025.
Awarded WCM in 2024 (age 14). At junior level, she reached #2, #3 and #5 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2056
Standard
Rpd1889·Blz2015
All-time high
2067
−11 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 15
Aug 2025 · age 15
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
58 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#62
#62 · women worldwide under 16 · of 3,629
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
Apr 2026
2025
Peak Scottish rank: #51
at age 15 · rated 2067
Aug 2025
2nd Scottish U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2067
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2067
at age 15 · −11 from today
Aug 2025
100 career games
at age 15
Apr 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+133
1923 → 2056
Tournaments
10
51 games
Score
34/ 5166.7%
30W8D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #4 | 2037 | -7.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #17 | 2125 | +30.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | 3087 | +33.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #3 | 2617 | +23.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #7 | 1898 | -24.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #2 | 1913 | -12.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #5 | 2562 | +17.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/6 | #13 | 1911 | -49.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #10 | 2009 | -22.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2286 | +144.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsChrysoula-Paraskevi MitrakaWCM
🇬🇧SCO·1801
+9 −1 =1
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsAdvik Mittal
🇬🇧SCO·1911
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsDerek McCormack
🇬🇧SCO·1926
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsJake M Sanger
🇬🇧SCO·2129
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsAndrew McCusker
🇬🇧SCO·2042
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Scotland
#58
out of 459 players
Europe
#14,702
in continent
World
#20,053
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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