Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.

Chinna Reddy C.H. Mehar, a 31-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2372 and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 13 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include ODISHA OPEN (THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS CHESS FESTIVAL 2025-26 Category 'A' 1900 & Above), 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy, and 1st Arunachal Pradesh International Chess Festival 2025 (Cat-A). Also played 3 rapid (including Eight Square Chess Academy - 1st International RAPID FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026) and 3 blitz events (including 35th RCC STS INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED BLITZ CHESS CUP) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 27 months (2011–2013), 28 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2023–2025). His peak of 2426 was reached at age 24 (May 2019); he also reached Indian #70 in Jul 2019.

Awarded IM in 2019 (age 24) and FM in 2015 (age 20). At junior level, he reached World #80 in U18, World #39 in U16, World #20 in U14, World #9 in U12, World #27 in U10 and #5 nationally in U20.