Aditya P Melani

Aditya P Melani, a 24-year-old Indian player, is rated 1940 — just 23 short of his peak of 1963 (Sep 2024, age 22) and sitting in the top 5% of Indian players. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 17 months. 48 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 62nd National Chess Championship -2025, AURIONPRO INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT, and 21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'A'). Also played 2 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: 27 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2022–2023).

At junior level, he reached #50, #63 and #80 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.