Mrudul Dehankar

Mrudul Dehankar, a 22-year-old Indian Woman International Master, is rated 2237 — just 19 short of her peak of 2256 (Dec 2019, age 15) and ranked 22nd among Indian women, and in the top 3% worldwide. She is rising rapidly, having gained +159 Elo over the past 12 months. 53 rated games in the past year (≈57/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 31st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai, FE 4 Bella Italia - A, and FE 23 Spilimbergo - Master. Also played 5 rapid (including Festival Caissa - Sceptre Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) and 5 blitz events (including Festival Caissa - Navaratna Blitz FIDE Rating Chess Tournanament) recently. She took a 33-month break between Dec 2019 and Oct 2022 (COVID-19 included).

Awarded WIM in 2019 (age 15) and WCM in 2015 (age 11). At junior level, she reached World #40 in U8 and #39, #22, #18, #13, #11 and #11 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.