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Neelash Saha

IM🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 5094160· Male· India· Born in 2002

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Neelash Saha, a 24-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2461 — just 29 short of his peak of 2490 (Jan 2025, age 23) and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 12 months. 105 rated games in the past year (≈87/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2nd Late Shri Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Memorial Fide Rating Open Chess Tournament, CHIEF MINISTER CHHATTISGARH TROPHY 45th National Team Chess Championship 2026, and 27. NordWest-Cup Open A. Also played 3 rapid (including 3rd JKs ECA All India Open FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2026) and 3 blitz events (including Roquetas Chess Festival 2026 - VII International Blitz Chess Open The Eve of Magi) recently. He reached Indian #46 in Aug 2022.

Awarded IM in 2019 (age 17). Earned GM norms at Vezerkepzo Winter Carnival GM 2023, Bangalore International Open GM Chess Tournament-2024 A, and 3rd International President Cup "A" 2024. At junior level, he reached World #43 in U20, World #58 in U18, World #42 in U16, World #36 in U14, World #40 in U12, World #11 in U8 and #33 nationally in U10.

Current rating

2461

Standard

Rpd2362·Blz2334

All-time high

2490

29 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 23

Activity

126

games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo

105 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#68 · Indian players · of 19,102

Career timeline

21 entries
2025
All-time peak 2490
at age 23 · −29 from today
Jan 2025
2022
1,000 career games
at age 20
Dec 2022
Peak Indian rank: #46
at age 20 · rated 2474
Aug 2022
43rd U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2474
Aug 2022
2020
58th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2413
Feb 2020
Crossed 2400
at age 18
Feb 2020

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
MARIENBAD OPEN 2026 - B1
perf 2580 (+117) · 8/9 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
+5
24562461
Tournaments
11
87 games
Score
63/ 8772.4%
49W28D10L

Last 12 months — tournaments

11 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Apr 20267.5/9#22145-7.3
Open Swiss
Mar 20265.5/7#322462+5.6
Open Swiss
Jan 20265.5/7#62430-1.0
Round-Robin
Jan 20268/9#12580+7.6
Open Swiss
Jan 20267/9#32479+4.6
Open Swiss
Jan 20264.5/8#602335-12.9
Open Swiss
Dec 20255.5/8#162321-10.2
Open Swiss
Nov 20257/9#52493+9.4
Knockout
Nov 20250.5/2R2562405-1.4
Open Swiss
Jun 20257.5/10#132435+7.5

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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India
#68
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#223
in continent
World
#908
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
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2,751
2
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2,739
3
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2,733
4
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2,732
5
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2,723
6
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2,708
7
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2,692
8
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2,676
9
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2,657
10
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2,648
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68🇮🇳Neelash Saha2,461
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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908🇮🇳Neelash Saha2,461