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Prince Chirag Gandhi
🇮🇳FIDE 25928058· Male· India· Born in 2010
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Prince Chirag Gandhi, a 16-year-old Indian player, is rated 1946 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players under 16. He is on a breakout run, having gained +277 Elo over the past 12 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026, National Under-17 Chess Championship 2025-26, and Sports Club Below 1800 Rating Chess Tournament. Also played 8 rapid (including Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Blitz Rating Chess Tournament 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 28 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025).
At junior level, he reached #73 and #65 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1946
Standard
Rpd1725·Blz1649
All-time high
1946
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
57 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#132 · Indian players under 16 · of 3,023
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+277 Elo)
1669 → 1946
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1946
at age 16
Jun 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Feb 2026
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1624 → returned at 1669
May 2024
100 career games
at age 14
May 2024
2022
73rd Indian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1384
Jun 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
4th Gujarat International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2026 (Category A) · Jun 2026 · +31.7 Elo
Evolution
+277
1669 → 1946
Tournaments
7
73 games
Score
43/ 7358.9%
41W12D20L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsShivika RohillaWFM2,179·4th Gujarat International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2026 (Category A)·R10·+31.7
2.[W]vsDhairya Amit Shroff1,947·Karnavati Club All india Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament·R4·+28.7
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsYati Agarwal1,692·Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026·R4·-29.2
3.[L]vsManush Patel1,737·Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026·R8·-27.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/8 | #21 | 2106 | +82.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #31 | 1753 | -27.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/10 | #134 | 1952 | +52.9 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 8/8 | #1 | 2404 | +46.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/8 | #19 | 2052 | +88.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #147 | 1898 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/8 | #38 | 1851 | +26.4 |
Worst Elo result: Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026 (-27.0 Elo, finished #31).
Rankings
/
India
#938
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,478
in continent
World
#37,472
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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