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Gupta, Abhijeet
GM🇮🇳FIDE 5010608· Male· India· Born in 1989
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Abhijeet Gupta, a 37-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2540 and ranked 29th among Indian players, and 364th worldwide. He has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 113 rated games in the past year (≈91/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Reykjavik Open 2026, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10. Also played 1 blitz event (including Vignir Vatnar open 2026) recently. His peak of 2667 was reached at age 23 (Oct 2012, World #83 at the time); he spent 19 months in Indian top 5.
Awarded GM in 2008 (age 19), IM in 2005 (age 16), and FM in 2001 (age 12). At junior level, he reached World #9 in U20, World #19 in U18, World #16 in U16, World #14 in U14 and World #37 in U12.
Current rating
2540
Standard
Rpd2533·Blz2528
All-time high
2667
−127 pts below
Oct 2012 · age 23
Oct 2012 · age 23
Activity
100
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
113 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#29
#29 · Indian players · of 19,102
19 months in National top 5 (2011–2015)
19 months in National top 5 (2011–2015)
Career timeline
30 entries2024
Re-crossed 2600
at age 35
Jan 2024
2020
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2612 → returned at 2628
Mar 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2600
at age 30
Mar 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2600
at age 29
Mar 2018
2016
Re-crossed 2650
at age 27
Apr 2016
2015
19 months in national top 5
since Nov 2011
Jan 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'A')perf 2635 (+100) · 8.5/10 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
+2
2538 → 2540
Tournaments
10
89 games
Score
64/ 8971.9%
51W26D12L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsPaulius PultineviciusGM2,563·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10·R7·+5.6
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsXinyang NieIM2,406·2025 "the Belt and Road" China International Chess Open(Aksu, Xinjiang)Group A·R2·-6.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #18 | 2606 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/9 | #8 | 2512 | +6.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 3.5/4 | #5 | 2855 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 8/10 | #2 | 2522 | +6.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2390 | -6.7 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #25 | 2402 | -13.7 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 8.5/11 | #5 | 2539 | +10.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #18 | 2435 | -12.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #42 | 2415 | -12.3 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 8.5/10 | #1 | 2635 | +17.7 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsDeepan Chakkravarthy J.GM
🇮🇳IND·2404
+3 −1 =10
14 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsSahaj GroverGM
🇮🇳IND·2490
+4 −1 =9
14 games·last met Jan 2015
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vsS. NitinIM
🇮🇳IND·2332
+8 −2 =3
13 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsS.P. SethuramanGM
🇮🇳IND·2551
+5 −4 =3
12 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsLalit Babu M RGM
🇮🇳IND·2532
+7 −0 =5
12 games·last met Mar 2022
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Rankings
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India
#29
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#90
in continent
World
#364
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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