Vanjale Prasad Prakash

Vanjale Prasad Prakash, a 27-year-old Indian player, is rated 1624 — just 4 short of his peak of 1628 (Mar 2026, age 27). He is progressing steadily with +23 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Grand Chess Festival Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025, 4th UINSports International Below 1700 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament Pune 2025, and 14th Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Morde Foundation 2nd All India Open FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament, Pune) and 1 blitz events (including 16th Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Open FIDE Blitz Rating Chess Tournament) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 26 months (2015–2017), 48 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2022–2024).