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Nikhil Gawande
🇮🇳FIDE 25015990· Male· India· Born in 1992
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Nikhil Gawande, a 34-year-old Indian player, is rated 1504 — just 1 short of his peak of 1505 (Sep 2025, age 33). He has held steady between 1500 and 1550 for 10 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearances: Goa Purple - 24th World IPCA Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Specially Abled) Standard and 5th National Chess Championship for Specially Abled Players 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Goa Purple - 24th World IPCA Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Specially Abled) - Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including Goa Purple - 24th World IPCA Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Specially Abled) - Blitz) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 28 months (2015–2018), 18 months (2018–2019) and 66 months (2020–2025, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1504
Standard
Rpd1545·Blz1575
All-time high
1505
−1 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 33
Sep 2025 · age 33
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#184,210
#184,210 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
Crossed 1500
at age 33
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1505
at age 33 · −1 from today
Sep 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 33
Aug 2025
2024
Crossed 1400
at age 32
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1200
at age 32
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 66 months
paused at 1155 → returned at 1493
Jan 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
5th National Chess Championship for Specially Abled Players 2025perf 2299 (+806) · 5.5/5 · #42
Top opponent
Goa Purple - 24th World IPCA Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Specially Abled) Standard · Jul 2025 · +14.1 Elo
Evolution
+11
1493 → 1504
Tournaments
2
27 games
Score
10/ 2737.0%
14W2D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsIniyan Gopinathen1,453·5th National Chess Championship for Specially Abled Players 2025·R7·-11.1
2.[L]vsSarthak Singh1,545·6th CFPD National Chess Championship for Differently Abled Players - 2026·R8·-8.8
3.[L]vsKannan.V1,651·6th CFPD National Chess Championship for Differently Abled Players - 2026·R5·-6.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/6 | #68 | 1924 | +10.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/5 | #42 | 2299 | +0.8 |
Rankings
/
India
#10,984
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#36,823
in continent
World
#184,159
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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