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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 1950 and sitting in the top 5% of Indian players. He has fluctuated between 1881 and 2024 over the past 2 years. 76 rated games in the past year (≈50/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
1950
Standard
Rpd1889·Blz1859
All-time high
2024
−74 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 25
Oct 2025 · age 25
Activity
98
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
76 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#913 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 2024
at age 25 · −74 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
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
1st Andaman International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025perf 2572 (+561) · 8/8 · #3
Top opponent
21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'A') · Jun 2025 · +4.6 Elo
Best comeback
1st Andaman International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025finished #3 (seeded #14 of 150)
Evolution
-3
1953 → 1950
Tournaments
9
78 games
Score
54/ 7869.2%
48W12D18L
Top 3 wins
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
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Worst Elo result: Karnavati Club All india Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament (-33.0 Elo, finished #31).
Rankings
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India
#913
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,419
in continent
World
#36,691
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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