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Nishant Raj
🇮🇳FIDE 35082531· Male· India· Born in 2000
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Nishant Raj, a 26-year-old Indian player, is rated 1635 — just 1 short of his peak of 1636 (Mar 2024, age 24). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 37 months (2016–2019) and 80 months (2019–2026). Recent appearance: 2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament. Also played 1 rapid event (including 1st Kangra International Open FIDE rated Rapid Chess Tournament -2025) recently.
Current rating
1635
Standard
Rpd1647·Blz1655
All-time high
1636
−1 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 24
Mar 2024 · age 24
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#133,799
#133,799 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2024
Crossed 1600
at age 24
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 24
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 24
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1636
at age 24 · −1 from today
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 80 months
paused at 1393 → returned at 1634
Jul 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
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 1869 (+235) · 4.5/5 · #295
Top opponent
Evolution
-1
1636 → 1635
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
4.5/ 675.0%
4W1D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsShreyan Gangwar1,477·2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R2·+5.8
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsSiddhant Mishra1,505·2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R8·-13.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/5 | #295 | 1869 | -0.8 |
Rankings
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India
#4,630
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#20,302
in continent
World
#133,792
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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