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Abhishek, Kelkar

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FIDEFIDE 5019257· Male· India· Born in 1992

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Kelkar Abhishek, a 34-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2187 and sitting in the top 2% of Indian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 2 years. 49 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26, All India Civil Services Men Team Chess Championship 2025-26, and 62nd National Chess Championship -2025. Also played 5 rapid (including Mr. Prakash Kunte & Mr. Siddharth Mayur All India Open Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament) and 1 blitz events (including 1st Pune International Speed Festival 2025 - BLITZ Chess Tournament) recently. He took a 33-month break between Jul 2019 and May 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2403 was reached at age 23 (Oct 2015); he also reached Indian #64 in Jun 2015.

Awarded IM in 2015 (age 23). At junior level, he reached World #91 in U12 and #10, #17, #23 and #14 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2187

Standard

Rpd2061·Blz2092

All-time high

2403

−216 pts below
Oct 2015 · age 23

Activity

34

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#338 · Indian players · of 19,243

Career timeline

24 entries
2019
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2320 → returned at 2308
Jul 2019
2017
1,000 career games
at age 25
Nov 2017
Re-crossed 2400
at age 25
Jun 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2400
at age 24
Jan 2016
2015
All-time peak 2403
at age 23 · −216 from today
Oct 2015
IM title awardedIM
at age 23 · 86th FIDE Congress 2015
Sep 2015

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
62nd National Chess Championship -2025
perf 2238 (+56) · 7/11 · #46
Top opponent
vs Dhulipalla Bala Chandra PrasadIM 2,446
62nd National Chess Championship -2025 · Sep 2025 · +3.2 Elo
Evolution
+15
2172 → 2187
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
26/ 3672.2%
19W14D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26
Open Swiss
Feb 20267.5/9#32171+3.6
All India Civil Services Men Team Chess Championship 2025-26
Open Swiss
Feb 20265/6#52134+1.2
62nd National Chess Championship -2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20257/11#462238+10.2
21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'A')
Open Swiss
Jun 20256.5/10#472165+1.5
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

vsR.R. LaxmanGM
🇮🇳IND·2245
+2 −6 =3
11 games·last met May 2018
View head-to-head →
vsDas DebashisGM
🇮🇳IND·2491
+1 −5 =4
10 games·last met Dec 2012
View head-to-head →
vsShete Sammed JaykumarIM
🇮🇳IND·2400
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsJha SriramGM
🇮🇳IND·2308
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Mar 2024
View head-to-head →
vsShyaam Nikhil PGM
🇮🇳IND·2435
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Aug 2023
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
India
#338
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,397
in continent
World
#8,886
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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