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Nigash G
🇮🇳FIDE 25143336· Male· India· Born in 2007
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Nigash G, a 19-year-old Indian player, is rated 2135 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of Indian players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +170 Elo over the past 12 months. 77 rated games in the past year (≈58/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Little England 5th International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025, STAR CHESS FOUNDATION 2nd INTERNATIONAL OPEN FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENT, and 2nd Khannur Open FIDE Rated Classical Chess Tournament. Also played 4 rapid (including Smart Chess Academy 2nd International Open FIDE RAPID Rated Chess Tournament Karur 2025) and 1 blitz events (including SRR International Blitz Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) recently.
At junior level, he reached #46, #45 and #77 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2135
Standard
Rpd2026·Blz1903
All-time high
2135
at best
Dec 2025 · age 18
Dec 2025 · age 18
Activity
73
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#428 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
12 entries2026
46th Indian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2135
Feb 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
45th Indian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2135
Dec 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Dec 2025
All-time peak 2135
at age 18
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
Friends chess club 1st international OPEN FIDE rated chess tournament for RVS Trophies- 2025perf 2195 (+190) · 6.5/7 · #5
Top opponent
Evolution
+142
1993 → 2135
Tournaments
9
70 games
Score
57/ 7081.4%
50W14D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsM. Vinoth KumarFM1,929·PSNA Trophy 1st International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025·R9·+13.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 7.5/9 | #3 | 2141 | +37.1 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #169 | 2268 | +2.9 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7.5/9 | #2 | 2134 | +33.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7.5/9 | #5 | 2046 | +17.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7.5/9 | #4 | 2070 | +38.4 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
India
#428
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,804
in continent
World
#12,392
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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