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Sankar P
🇮🇳FIDE 45022828· Male· India· Born in 1988
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Sankar P, a 38-year-old Indian player, is rated 1456 — just 22 short of his peak of 1478 (Jan 2026, age 38). He has held steady between 1450 and 1500 for 7 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2nd DNC Memorial FIDE Rating Below 1700 Chess Tournament 2026, 1st DNC Memorial FIDE Rating Open chess tournament-2025, and Little England 5th International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including 2 nd Battle Field International FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 37 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included), 12 months (2022–2023) and 20 months (2023–2024).
Current rating
1456
Standard
Rpd1451·Blz—
All-time high
1478
−22 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 38
Jan 2026 · age 38
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#201,922
#201,922 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1478
at age 38 · −22 from today
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+331 Elo)
1126 → 1457
Dec 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 36
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1200
at age 36
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1126 → returned at 1457
Mar 2023
2022
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1133 → returned at 1126
Feb 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Vimana City 1st International Below 1700 FIDE Rated Chess Tournamentperf 1793 (+347) · 4.5/6 · #336
Top opponent
Evolution
-1
1457 → 1456
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
17.5/ 3648.6%
16W3D17L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsGanesh G1,718·Little England 5th International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025·R1·+16.3
3.[W]vsYakshini P1,594·Vimana City 1st International Below 1700 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R8·+14.0
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsPriyanjana V1,537·Vimana City 1st International Below 1700 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R6·-7.4
3.[L]vsSubash Raj M1,553·Vimana City 1st International Below 1700 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R9·-7.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/1 | #398 | 2435 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #117 | 1772 | +19.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/8 | #118 | 1606 | -4.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/6 | #336 | 1793 | -10.8 |
Rankings
/
India
#14,863
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#44,775
in continent
World
#201,771
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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