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Bhanushali,Kunj
🇮🇳FIDE 35079891· Male· India· Born in 2003
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Kunj Bhanushali, a 23-year-old Indian player, is rated 1697 — just 1 short of his peak of 1698 (Dec 2025, age 22). He is progressing steadily with +41 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent appearances: SHRI DHANPAT RAI SACHDEVA MEMORIAL BELOW 1800 INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENT and Royal Jaipur Chess Under 1800 Classical FIDE Rating Tournament. Also played 2 rapid (including 3rd MAHARATHI INTERNATIONAL OPEN RAPID FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENT 2026) and 2 blitz events (including New Delhi Open International FIDE Rated Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He took a 28-month break between Jul 2019 and Dec 2021 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1697
Standard
Rpd1699·Blz1644
All-time high
1698
−1 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 22
Dec 2025 · age 22
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#110,779
#110,779 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1698
at age 22 · −1 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 21
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 21
Mar 2024
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2019
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1504 → returned at 1417
Jul 2019
2018
100 career games
at age 15
Jul 2018
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
SHRI DHANPAT RAI SACHDEVA MEMORIAL BELOW 1800 INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENTperf 1826 (+129) · 6.5/9 · #25
Top opponent
SHRI DHANPAT RAI SACHDEVA MEMORIAL BELOW 1800 INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENT · Aug 2025 · +2.0 Elo
Evolution
+40
1657 → 1697
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
12.5/ 1869.4%
9W7D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #25 | 1826 | +41.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 6/9 | #25 | 1644 | -1.8 |
Rankings
/
India
#3,191
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#15,128
in continent
World
#110,777
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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