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Nithin Babu
🇮🇳FIDE 46615431· Male· India· Born in 2000
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Nithin Babu, a 26-year-old Indian player, is rated 2273 and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 87 Elo over the past 12 months. 141 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2nd Late Shri Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Memorial Fide Rating Open Chess Tournament, 23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026, and Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000). Also played 2 rapid (including 1st Bangkok Summer International Chess 2025 - Super Rapid) and 6 blitz events (including Ganja Open - 2025, Blitz) recently. He took a 49-month break between Jul 2018 and Sep 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2360 was reached at age 25 (May 2025).
At junior level, he reached #35 and #60 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
2273
Standard
Rpd2156·Blz2140
All-time high
2360
−87 pts below
May 2025 · age 25
May 2025 · age 25
Activity
113
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
141 past 12 mo · ≈12/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#230 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
17 entries2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 25
Nov 2025
500 career games
at age 25
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 25
Aug 2025
75th Indian 20-35 player
at age 25 · rated 2360
Jun 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 25
May 2025
All-time peak 2360
at age 25 · −87 from today
May 2025
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-87
2360 → 2273
Tournaments
17
141 games
Score
92.5/ 14165.6%
76W33D32L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsPranay Chordia1,913·2nd Late Shri Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Memorial Fide Rating Open Chess Tournament·R4·-17.8
2.[L]vsRupam Mukherjee1,937·2nd Late Shri Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Memorial Fide Rating Open Chess Tournament·R8·-17.5
3.[L]vsRam Parab2,009·21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'A')·R3·-16.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
top 10 of 14| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #11 | 1999 | -28.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/8 | #102 | 2338 | +14.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/5 | #115 | 2206 | -11.8 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #4 | 2323 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/8 | #59 | 2147 | -29.6 |
Rankings
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India
#230
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#906
in continent
World
#4,967
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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