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Watarkar Yash

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FIDEFIDE 46699740· Male· India· Born in 2002

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Watarkar Yash, a 24-year-old Indian player, is rated 2039 — his current career high and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players. He is on a steady climb with +30 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 4. Internationales Bruehler Open 2026 A-Turnier, and 19. Int. Deizisauer Herbstopen 2025 A. He had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 15 months (2023–2024).

At junior level, he reached #49 and #81 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2039

Standard

Rpd1846·Blz1815

All-time high

2039

at best
May 2026 · age 24

Activity

23

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#625 · Indian players · of 19,243

Career timeline

12 entries
2026
All-time peak 2039
at age 24
May 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 23
May 2025
2023
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1858 → returned at 1963
May 2023
2022
49th Indian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1860
Sep 2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 20
Aug 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
perf 2110 (+71) · 4/9 · #520
Top opponent
vs Florian Stricker 2,226
4. Internationales Bruehler Open 2026 A-Turnier · Feb 2026 · +5.4 Elo
Evolution
+30
2009 → 2039
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
14.5/ 2753.7%
10W9D8L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20264/9#5202110+21.4
4. Internationales Bruehler Open 2026 A-Turnier
Open Swiss
Feb 20262/5#761937-13.6
19. Int. Deizisauer Herbstopen 2025 A
Open Swiss
Oct 20254/6#372049+7.2
18. Wormser Nibelungenopen A-Turnier
Open Swiss
Oct 20254.5/7#142102+16.4

Rankings

/
India
#625
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,861
in continent
World
#22,107
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
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2,761
2
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2,739
3
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2,735
4
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2,732
5
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2,723
6
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2,708
7
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2,692
8
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2,676
9
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2,661
9
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2,661
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Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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2,777
3
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2,761
4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,735
8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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