CChessStats
Format
NN

Nihal N Shetty

🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 25796267· Male· India· Born in 2005

Follow Nihal N ShettyTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Nihal N Shetty, a 21-year-old Indian player, is rated 1789 — just 3 short of his peak of 1792 (Feb 2026, age 21). He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 13 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent appearances: First Move International Below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament and United Educational Institutions and Coimbatore District Chess Association 2nd International Fide rating below 1800 chess tournament 2025. Also played 6 rapid (including Festival Caissa - Crown Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) and 3 blitz events (including Festival Caissa - Navaratna Blitz FIDE Rating Chess Tournanament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 27 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 20 months (2022–2024).

Current rating

1789

Standard

Rpd1904·Blz1825

All-time high

1792

−3 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 21

Activity

20

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#79,743

#79,743 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

10 entries
2026
All-time peak 1792
at age 21 · −3 from today
Feb 2026
2024
100 career games
at age 19
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2022
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1526 → returned at 1716
Jun 2022
2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1520 → returned at 1526
Feb 2020

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
First Move International Below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament
perf 2049 (+259) · 7.5/8 · #8
Top opponent
vs Stuti Pradeep 1,718
First Move International Below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament · Nov 2025 · +8.0 Elo
Evolution
+11
1778 → 1789
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
14.5/ 1880.6%
14W1D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
First Move International Below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament
Open Swiss
Nov 20257.5/8#82049+15.0
United Educational Institutions and Coimbatore District Chess Association 2nd International Fide rating below 1800 chess tournament 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20257/8#251900-2.6

Rankings

/
India
#1,961
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,829
in continent
World
#79,742
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,751
2
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
3
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
4
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇮🇳Nihal SarinFollow Nihal SarinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,723
6
🇮🇳Vidit, Santosh GujrathiFollow Santosh Gujrathi ViditTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
7
🇮🇳Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.Follow Chithambaram VR. AravindhTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,692
8
🇮🇳Harikrishna, PentalaFollow Pentala HarikrishnaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,676
9
🇮🇳Pranav, VFollow V PranavTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,657
10
🇮🇳Karthikeyan, MuraliFollow Murali KarthikeyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,648
...
1961🇮🇳Nihal N Shetty1,789
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,751
5
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇨🇳Ding, LirenFollow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,738
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
8
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
9
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
...
9829🇮🇳Nihal N Shetty1,789
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
79742🇮🇳Nihal N Shetty1,789