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Gaurav Nishad
🇮🇳FIDE 46657428· Male· India· Born in 1993
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Gaurav Nishad, a 33-year-old Indian player, is rated 1716. He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 17 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament and 21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'B'). Also played 1 rapid event (including SBI GIC presents FIDE Rated Open Rapid Chess Tournament) recently. He took a 56-month break between Apr 2018 and Jan 2023 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 1747 was reached at age 32 (Jul 2025).
Current rating
1716
Standard
Rpd1772·Blz1748
All-time high
1747
−31 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 32
Jul 2025 · age 32
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#103,963
#103,963 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1747
at age 32 · −31 from today
Jul 2025
Best 12-month gain (+302 Elo)
1438 → 1740
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 31
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 31
Mar 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 30
May 2023
2018
Inactive for 56 months
paused at 1472 → returned at 1464
Apr 2018
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'B') · Jun 2025 · +7.0 Elo
Evolution
-24
1740 → 1716
Tournaments
2
19 games
Score
11/ 1957.9%
10W2D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAryaveer Kapoor1,539·2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R8·-14.7
2.[L]vsKrishna S. Sai1,572·21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'B')·R3·-14.7
3.[L]vsVivaan Varoon1,594·2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R3·-13.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/8 | #210 | 1589 | -31.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6.5/10 | #91 | 1758 | +5.8 |
Worst Elo result: 2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament (-31.0 Elo, finished #210).
Rankings
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India
#2,888
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#13,832
in continent
World
#103,961
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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