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Kanishka M
🇮🇳FIDE 531011454· Female· India· Born in 2014
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Kanishka M, a 12-year-old Indian player, is rated 1597 — her current career high. She is rising rapidly, having gained +86 Elo over the past 12 months. 92 rated games in the past year (≈65/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include TAMILNADU STATE U-17 GIRLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026, 13th NATIONALS AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - 2026 (Women - BELOW 1700), and 2nd DNC Memorial FIDE Rating Below 1700 Chess Tournament 2026. Also played 3 rapid (including Eight Square Chess Academy & Capa Chess Academy - International RAPID FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026) and 1 blitz events (including Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament - 2025 Category D (Blitz)) recently.
Current rating
1597
Standard
Rpd1461·Blz1460
All-time high
1597
at best
Mar 2026 · age 12
Mar 2026 · age 12
Activity
64
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
76 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#148,179
#148,179 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
100 career games
at age 12
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1597
at age 12
Mar 2026
Best 12-month gain (+184 Elo)
1407 → 1591
Feb 2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 12
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 1500
at age 11
Jun 2025
2024
Crossed 1400
at age 10
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Eight Square Chess Academy - 1st International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025 · Oct 2025 · +34.5 Elo
Evolution
+133
1464 → 1597
Tournaments
13
117 games
Score
61.5/ 11752.6%
53W17D47L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAllumalla Lokeswara Rao1,495·INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED (Below 1600) OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2025·R6·-25.4
2.[L]vsManyu Vyasaraja Tantry1,497·INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED (Below 1600) OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2025·R7·-25.3
3.[L]vsBellam Jayanth Chowdary1,459·2nd DNC Memorial FIDE Rating Below 1700 Chess Tournament 2026·R2·-24.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #47 | 1723 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/8 | #30 | 1741 | +45.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #9 | 1571 | -14.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/7 | #93 | 1694 | -47.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/9 | #24 | 1652 | +49.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/9 | #461 | 1447 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/8 | #96 | 1609 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #154 | 1693 | -12.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/4 | #247 | 2411 | -45.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/3 | #214 | 2453 | +14.8 |
Worst Elo result: PSNA Trophy 1st International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025 (-53.2 Elo, finished #338).
Rankings
/
India
#5,916
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#24,273
in continent
World
#148,166
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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