Vrandesh Parekh

Vrandesh Parekh, a 22-year-old Indian player, is rated 1955 — just 28 short of his peak of 1983 (Apr 2025, age 21) and sitting in the top 5% of Indian players. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 35 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included), 13 months (2022–2023) and 17 months (2023–2025). Also played 4 rapid events (including All India Open FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Tournament - 2026) recently.

At junior level, he reached #59, #60, #67, #41, #21, #18 and #14 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.