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Sankalp Gupta
GM🇮🇳FIDE 5097010· Male· India· Born in 2003
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Sankalp Gupta, a 23-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2553 — just 6 short of his peak of 2559 (May 2025, age 22) and ranked 25th among Indian players, and 293rd worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 131 rated games in the past year (≈84/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 April 2026, 1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-11, and V Open Chess Menorca 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached World #290 in Sep 2025.
Awarded GM in 2022 (age 19) and IM in 2019 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #14 in U20, World #15 in U18, World #28 in U16, World #28 in U14, World #54 in U12, World #84 in U8 and #81 nationally in U10.
Current rating
2553
Standard
Rpd2419·Blz2460
All-time high
2559
−6 pts below
May 2025 · age 22
May 2025 · age 22
Activity
110
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
66 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#25
#25 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
26 entries2025
Peak World rank: #290
at age 22 · rated 2559
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2559
at age 22 · −6 from today
May 2025
2024
1,000 career games
at age 21
Feb 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 20
Aug 2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 20
Jan 2023
2022
Peak Indian rank: #20
at age 19 · rated 2536
Mar 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+7
2546 → 2553
Tournaments
10
71 games
Score
44.5/ 7162.7%
32W25D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 2/5 | #50 | 2281 | -17.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/3 | #89 | 2416 | -5.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 3.5/6 | #25 | 2527 | -1.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #4 | 2572 | +2.9 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2590 | +8.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 3.5/5 | #7 | 2633 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/10 | #27 | 2433 | -14.3 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2557 | +0.3 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/2 | #107 | 2496 | -1.6 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 7/13 | #26 | 2619 | +13.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVaibhav Jayant RautFM
🇮🇳IND·2335
+9 −1 =3
13 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsShete Sammed JaykumarIM
🇮🇳IND·2400
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsSamvel Ter-SahakyanGM
🇦🇲ARM·2613
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met May 2024
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vsMohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIM
🇮🇳IND·2374
+1 −1 =5
7 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsVolodar MurzinGM
FID·2650
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
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India
#25
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#74
in continent
World
#293
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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