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Harshavardhan G B
IM🇮🇳FIDE 25059009· Male· India· Born in 2003
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Harshavardhan G B, a 23-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2493 — his current career high and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +52 Elo over the past 12 months. 143 rated games in the past year (≈91/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-11, V Open Chess Menorca 2026, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. Also played 8 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached Indian #48 in Jan 2026.
Awarded IM in 2020 (age 17). Earned GM norms at Asian Juniors Chess Championship 2022 and Asian Individual Men's Chess Championships 2025. At junior level, he reached World #49 in U20, World #55 in U18, World #23 in U16, World #87 in U14, World #99 in U12, World #25 in U8 and #18 nationally in U10.
Current rating
2493
Standard
Rpd2285·Blz2366
All-time high
2493
at best
May 2026 · age 23
May 2026 · age 23
Activity
131
games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo
143 past 12 mo · ≈12/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#51 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
23 entries2026
All-time peak 2493
at age 23
May 2026
Peak Indian rank: #48
at age 23 · rated 2490
Jan 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2400
at age 21
Apr 2024
2023
1,000 career games
at age 20
Jul 2023
49th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2449
Apr 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2400
at age 19
Aug 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+21
2472 → 2493
Tournaments
15
116 games
Score
71.5/ 11661.6%
46W51D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/6 | #39 | 2511 | +1.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #15 | 2490 | +1.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #31 | 2461 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/8 | #29 | 2383 | -3.3 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2592 | +11.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #20 | 2410 | -6.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #23 | 2622 | +10.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/10 | #15 | 2495 | +2.9 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | R256 | 2403 | -1.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/9 | #6 | 2431 | -2.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRaahul V SGM
🇮🇳IND·2402
+4 −4 =2
10 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsKannan Sa
🇮🇳IND·1931
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsHemanth Raam
🇮🇳IND·2249
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsShyam Sundar M
🇮🇳IND·1720
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met May 2017
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vsKarthik VenkataramanGM
🇮🇳IND·2566
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
India
#51
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#161
in continent
World
#634
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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