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Bakliwal, Gaurav

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FIDEFIDE 5003695· Male· India· Born in 1976

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Gaurav Bakliwal, a 50-year-old Indian FIDE Master, is rated 1996 and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 5 career breaks: 56 months (2003–2008), 21 months (2009–2010), 103 months (2010–2019), 28 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 33 months (2022–2025). Recent appearance: 23rd RCC International FIDE Rated Classical Cup. Also played 1 rapid (including 24th RCC International FIDE Rated Rapid Cup) and 3 blitz events (including 25th RCC International FIDE Rated Blitz Cup) recently. His peak of 2270 was reached at age 25 (Jan 2001); he also reached Indian #95 in Apr 2003.

Awarded FM in 2025 (age 49).

Current rating

1996

Standard

Rpd2004·Blz1914

All-time high

2270

−274 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 25

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 4%

#741 · Indian players · of 19,102

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 49
Sep 2025
2022
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2085 → returned at 2018
Jul 2022
6th Indian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2192
Apr 2022
2021
7th Indian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2192
Dec 2021
2019
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 2219 → returned at 2192
Jul 2019
Return after 104-month break
back at 2219
Jul 2019

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Sai Kiran G V 1,745
23rd RCC International FIDE Rated Classical Cup · Sep 2025 · +3.8 Elo
Evolution
-22
2018 → 1996
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
6/ 875.0%
6W0D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
23rd RCC International FIDE Rated Classical Cup
Open Swiss
Sep 20256/7#781947-22.4
Worst Elo result: 23rd RCC International FIDE Rated Classical Cup (-22.4 Elo, finished #78).

Rankings

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India
#741
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,496
in continent
World
#28,117
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
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2,751
2
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2,739
3
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2,733
4
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
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2,723
6
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2,708
7
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2,692
8
🇮🇳Harikrishna, PentalaFollow Pentala HarikrishnaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,676
9
🇮🇳Pranav, VFollow V PranavTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,657
10
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2,648
...
741🇮🇳Bakliwal, Gaurav1,996
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,751
5
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇨🇳Ding, LirenFollow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,738
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
8
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
9
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
...
3496🇮🇳Bakliwal, Gaurav1,996
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
28117🇮🇳Bakliwal, Gaurav1,996