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Neelkant Yadav
🇮🇳FIDE 35074938· Male· India· Born in 1991
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Neelkant Yadav, a 35-year-old Indian player, is rated 1480 — just 12 short of his peak of 1492 (Mar 2024, age 33). He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 125 months (2013–2023) and 24 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: 5th Nagpur Below 1700 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025.
Current rating
1480
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1492
−12 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 33
Mar 2024 · age 33
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#193,327
#193,327 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+333 Elo)
1159 → 1492
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 33
Mar 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 33
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1492
at age 33 · −12 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1154 → returned at 1480
Aug 2023
2013
Inactive for 125 months
paused at 1159 → returned at 1154
Feb 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-12
1492 → 1480
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4.5/ 950.0%
4W1D4L
Top 1 win
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsPimparkar Anay1,574·5th Nagpur Below 1700 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R6·-14.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/2 | #303 | 2372 | -11.6 |
Rankings
/
India
#12,866
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#40,814
in continent
World
#193,244
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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