Aditya Shardul Kadam

Aditya Shardul Kadam, a 13-year-old Indian player, is rated 1917 — just 2 short of his peak of 1919 (Feb 2026, age 13) and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players under 14. He is climbing fast, having gained +158 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 38th National U-13 Open Chess Championship 2025, h2e Power Systems Maharashtra State Open Under-13 FIDE Rating Chess Championships 2025, and AURIONPRO INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT. Also played 8 rapid (including 4th Anniversary Phoenix ChessBase India Chess Club FIDE Rapid Rating Tournaments 2026) and 1 blitz events (including 4th Anniversary Phoenix ChessBase India Chess Club FIDE Blitz Rating 2026) recently.

At junior level, he reached #89, #33 and #54 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.