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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 295th worldwide. He is currently in the 2550–2575 range. 104 rated games in the past year (≈83/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
104 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#25
#25 · Indian players · of 19,102
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
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+22
2531 → 2553
Tournaments
10
73 games
Score
48/ 7365.8%
36W24D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2685 | +13.5 |
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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vsVolodar MurzinGM
FID·2650
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsNarayanan S LGM
🇮🇳IND·2569
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
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India
#25
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#76
in continent
World
#295
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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