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Prashanth J Naik
🇮🇳FIDE 45001944· Male· India· Born in 2000
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Prashanth J Naik, a 26-year-old Indian player, is rated 1979 and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players. He is on a steady climb with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 94 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th Zion-Alwin International Fide Rated Open Chess Tournament, 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy, and Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000). Also played 7 rapid (including 1st Arunachal Pradesh International Chess Festival 2025 (Rapid)) and 2 blitz events (including 1st Arunachal Pradesh International Chess Festival 2025 (Blitz)) recently. He took a 27-month break between Jan 2020 and May 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2024 was reached at age 25 (Oct 2025).
At junior level, he reached #97 and #91 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1979
Standard
Rpd1906·Blz1859
All-time high
2024
−45 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 25
Oct 2025 · age 25
Activity
107
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
84 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#808 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 2024
at age 25 · −45 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 25
Sep 2025
500 career games
at age 25
Apr 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 24
Mar 2024
2020
97th Indian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1684
Oct 2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1684 → returned at 1711
Jan 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
All India Open Motilalji Firodiya Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026perf 2177 (+198) · 7/8 · #15
Top opponent
Evolution
+3
1976 → 1979
Tournaments
11
96 games
Score
68.5/ 9671.4%
62W13D21L
Top 3 wins
3.[D]vsPetr KiriakovGM2,473·All India Open Motilalji Firodiya Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026·R5·+8.9
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsKrunal K Solanki1,647·Karnavati Club All india Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament·R3·-17.4
3.[L]vsDhyaan Patel1,714·Karnavati Club All india Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament·R8·-16.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 6/9 | #43 | 1842 | -22.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 7/8 | #15 | 2177 | +15.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 7.5/9 | #7 | 2083 | +23.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #18 | 1944 | +5.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/8 | #19 | 1820 | -17.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/8 | #128 | 1975 | +0.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/8 | #127 | 1973 | -12.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/8 | #31 | 1877 | -33.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #26 | 1969 | -11.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7.5/9 | #3 | 2034 | +11.8 |
Worst Elo result: Karnavati Club All india Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament (-33.0 Elo, finished #31).
Rankings
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India
#808
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,798
in continent
World
#30,970
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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