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Sinha, Santosh Kumar
🇮🇳FIDE 5004918· Male· India· Born in 1970
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Santosh Kumar Sinha, a 56-year-old Indian player, is rated 1877. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 25 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent appearances: Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026 and Karnavati Club All india Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament. Also played 2 rapid (including Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2026) and 1 blitz events (including Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Blitz Rating Chess Tournament 2026) recently. He took a 14-month break between Mar 2024 and Jun 2025. His peak of 2275 was reached at age 32 (Apr 2002, Indian #74 at the time).
Current rating
1877
Standard
Rpd2043·Blz2028
All-time high
2275
−398 pts below
Apr 2002 · age 32
Apr 2002 · age 32
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#53,971
#53,971 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
18 entries2026
14th Indian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1888
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+78 Elo)
1804 → 1882
Nov 2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1882 → returned at 1868
Mar 2024
2022
8th Indian 50-55 player
at age 52 · rated 1932
Apr 2022
2017
500 career games
at age 47
Sep 2017
2016
9th Indian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2087
Sep 2016
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
Karnavati Club All india Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournamentperf 2187 (+300) · 7.5/8 · #8
Top opponent
Evolution
+9
1868 → 1877
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
14/ 1877.8%
12W4D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[D]vsAnadkat Kartavya2,188·Karnavati Club All india Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament·R9·+7.0
2.[W]vsAnsh Sunilkumar Maheshwari1,760·Karnavati Club All india Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament·R8·+6.5
3.[W]vsAditya Sana1,746·Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026·R9·+6.4
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsPruthvi Hitendrakumar Patel1,696·Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026·R4·-14.8
2.[L]vsKiyanna ParihaarWCM1,789·Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026·R7·-12.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #18 | 1813 | -11.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/8 | #8 | 2187 | +19.6 |
Rankings
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India
#1,248
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,399
in continent
World
#53,971
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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