Format
VN
Vedant Nitin vekhande
CM🇮🇳INACTIVE · since September 2024FIDE 45073449· Male· India· Born in 2008
Follow Vedant Nitin vekhandeTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Vedant Nitin Vekhande, a 18-year-old Indian Candidate Master, is rated 2167 — just 11 short of his peak of 2178 (Sep 2022, age 14) and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. He plays around 53 rated games per year and took a 28-month break between Mar 2020 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included). Also played 1 rapid event (including Runwal First International FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2025) recently.
Awarded CM in 2022 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #79 in U14 and #36, #20, #22, #7 and #42 nationally in U18, U16, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2167
Standard
Rpd1897·Blz2065
All-time high
2178
−11 pts below
Sep 2022 · age 14
Sep 2022 · age 14
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#50 · Indian players under 18 · of 1,391
Career timeline
17 entries2025
36th Indian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2167
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2167 → still inactive
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
Aug 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 15
Jun 2023
20th Indian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2178
Jan 2023
2022
CM title awardedCM
at age 14
Oct 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2167 → 2167
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsKshatriya Nitin VekhandeFM
🇮🇳IND·2303
+5 −0 =4
9 games·last met Jul 2024
View head-to-head →
vsMitank Maru
🇮🇳IND·1626
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Feb 2019
View head-to-head →
vsShah DevFM
🇮🇳IND·2334
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2023
View head-to-head →
vsShreyas Ghadi
🇮🇳IND·1911
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2019
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
India
#349
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,004
in continent
World
#9,805
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
India
| 1 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,751 |
| 2 | 🇮🇳Follow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 3 | 🇮🇳Follow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,733 |
| 4 | 🇮🇳Follow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,732 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳Follow Nihal SarinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,723 |
| 6 | 🇮🇳Follow Santosh Gujrathi ViditTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,708 |
| 7 | 🇮🇳Follow Chithambaram VR. AravindhTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,692 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Pentala HarikrishnaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,676 |
| 9 | 🇮🇳Follow V PranavTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,657 |
| 10 | 🇮🇳Follow Murali KarthikeyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,648 |
Asia-Pacific
| 1 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,780 |
| 2 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,776 |
| 3 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 4 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,751 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳Follow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇨🇳Follow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,738 |
| 7 | 🇮🇳Follow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,733 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,732 |
| 9 | 🇻🇳Follow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,731 |
| 10 | 🇷🇺Follow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,729 |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,840 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,788 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,780 |
| 5 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,776 |
| 6 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
| 7 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,754 |
| 10 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |