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Nitin Kumar Pandey
🇮🇳FIDE 35058231· Male· India· Born in 1990
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Nitin Kumar Pandey, a 36-year-old Indian player, is rated 1489. He has slipped back 76 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament and 21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'C'). He had 4 career breaks: 12 months (2013–2014), 15 months (2018–2019), 40 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2024–2025). His peak of 1565 was reached at age 34 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1489
Standard
Rpd1523·Blz1656
All-time high
1565
−76 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 34
Mar 2024 · age 34
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#189,937
#189,937 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+259 Elo)
1306 → 1565
Nov 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 34
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 34
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1565
at age 34 · −76 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1275 → returned at 1519
Feb 2024
2020
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 1348 → returned at 1320
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournamentperf 2344 (+854) · 5/5 · #657
Evolution
-30
1519 → 1489
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
4W2D3L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsKavin Sharma1,432·2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R6·-11.7
2.[L]vsVenkat Ramana R1,698·2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R5·-4.6
3.[L]vsGaurav Nishad1,747·2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R2·-3.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/5 | #657 | 2344 | -26.6 |
Worst Elo result: 2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament (-26.6 Elo, finished #657).
Rankings
/
India
#12,140
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#39,267
in continent
World
#189,864
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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