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Garg, Neeraj Kumar
🇮🇳FIDE 25628372· Male· India· Born in 1978
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Neeraj Kumar Garg, a 48-year-old Indian player, is rated 1612. He has slipped back 125 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent appearances: All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26 and All India Civil Services Men Team Chess Championship 2025-26. Also played 1 rapid event (including 2nd Jabalpur International Open FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 22 months (2016–2018) and 88 months (2018–2026). His peak of 1737 was reached at age 46 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1612
Standard
Rpd1689·Blz—
All-time high
1737
−125 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 46
Mar 2024 · age 46
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#142,393
#142,393 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 48
Mar 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 46
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1737
at age 46 · −125 from today
Mar 2024
2018
Inactive for 88 months
paused at 1562 → returned at 1613
Oct 2018
2016
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1572 → returned at 1562
Nov 2016
Crossed 1600
at age 38
Feb 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-125
1737 → 1612
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
7.5/ 1550.0%
7W1D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsUdit Narayan Chakradhari1,466·All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26·R4·-14.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/5 | #149 | 2452 | -88.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/6 | #58 | 1657 | -36.4 |
Worst Elo result: All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26 (-88.8 Elo, finished #149).
Rankings
/
India
#5,339
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#22,556
in continent
World
#142,383
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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