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Kumar, Gaurav
FM🇮🇳FIDE 5085578· Male· India· Born in 2000
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Gaurav Kumar, a 26-year-old Indian FIDE Master, is rated 2033 and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players. He has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 95 rated games in the past year (≈113/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include BIHAR OPEN FIDE RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2026, CHIEF MINISTER CHHATTISGARH TROPHY 45th National Team Chess Championship 2026, and 2nd Skillcraft International Open Classical FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including 18th GH Raisoni Memorial International FIDE (Rapid) Rating Chess Tournament 2025) and 1 blitz events (including 1st Assam University International Blitz Rated Chess Tournament) recently. His peak of 2309 was reached at age 17 (Sep 2017).
Awarded FM in 2024 (age 24). At junior level, he reached #34, #10, #11, #12, #12 and #22 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2033
Standard
Rpd1974·Blz1998
All-time high
2309
−276 pts below
Sep 2017 · age 17
Sep 2017 · age 17
Activity
139
games / yr avg. · ≈12/mo
95 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#645 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
33 entries2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 25
Jan 2025
2024
FM title awardedFM
at age 24
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 24
May 2024
6-month rising streak
+173 Elo
May 2024
2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 22
Jul 2022
2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2036 → returned at 2025
Apr 2020
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
1st Siliguri SCGC International FIDE Rated Classical Chess Tournament 2025perf 2444 (+394) · 8/8 · #24
Top opponent
Evolution
-64
2097 → 2033
Tournaments
10
92 games
Score
70/ 9276.1%
59W22D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsDaksh Badhwar1,746·1st MAHARATHI INTERNATIONAL OPEN CLASSICAL FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025·R6·-16.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7.5/8 | #7 | 2179 | -5.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/7 | #78 | 2064 | +6.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 8/9 | #2 | 2073 | +21.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/8 | #20 | 2113 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/9 | #45 | 1795 | -39.0 |
Worst Elo result: 1st MAHARATHI INTERNATIONAL OPEN CLASSICAL FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025 (-39.0 Elo, finished #45).
Rankings
/
India
#645
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,949
in continent
World
#22,797
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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