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IND · 26 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2140 (Dec 2025)

Best performance: 2310 at 1st Bangkok Summer International Chess 2025 - Blitz(Best of 2025)

World #=6592 live, down 88#6,504 publishedIndia #=236Asia #=1489among active players

Blitz rating

2140

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Feb 2020

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2116 to 2140 over the last 12 months; peak 2140 in December 2025.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262418, 0, 0 games2156, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262418, 0, 0 games2156, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262418, +77, 25 games2156, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262341, +35, 18 games2156, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262306, +15, 20 games2156, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262291, +18, 27 games2156, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
May 20262273, -14, 17 games2156, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262287, -1, 0 games2156, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262288, +1, 0 games2156, +2, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262287, -12, 5 games2154, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262299, -26, 26 games2154, 0, 0 games2140, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252325, +15, 26 games2154, 0, 0 games2140, +24, 18 games
Projected IM-elect: all requirements met, awaiting FIDE’s award3 tracked norms · games requirement metrating metcomposition metdetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (2 wins), since Nov 23, 2025.

From 125 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 23, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Show gamesLast playedScore
Shirvan Open - 2025, BlitzNov 23, 2025TPR 21647/9

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Title Progress

IM title progress

Projected IM-elect: all requirements met, awaiting FIDE’s award

Tracked norms: 3 · games requirement met (30, 27 needed)

Rating requirement met (peak 2418, SEP26 list)

No outstanding composition requirement

1st Meghalaya International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2023Dec 20236½/9Rp 2468
Bangalore International Open GM Chess Tournament-2024 AJan 20246/10Rp 2483
2nd Bengaluru Grandmasters Open Chess Tournament-2025 (Category A)Apr 20257½/10Rp 2555

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Blitz

From 122 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2020–2025

#OpponentRating
1, IM Teja S. Ravi, Mar 2025 · DCA OPEN FIDE RATED BLITZ CHESS TOURNAMENT-2025, 2422
2, FM Danny Maersk Mangao, Jul 2025 · 1st Bangkok Summer International Chess 2025 - Blitz, 2342
3, IM Harsh Suresh, Apr 2023 · 3rd Cademic International Open FIDE Rated Blitz Chess Tournament 2023, 2227

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 26 of 125 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 6 of 13 games, 1.e4 in 5.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...d6, and 1.e4 with 1...d6.

All openings (2 as Black)

Against 1.d4: 1...d6 in 3.

Against 1.e4: 1...d6 in 3.

Against 1.Nf3: 1...Nf6 in 3.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Pirc Defense333%
Zukertort Opening3100%

7 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

13 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
2025675019212114
2024301918031898
20209715851805

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Nithin Babu · Blitz

World

  1. #=6592FM Zamir Narvaez2140.0
  2. #=6592Etienne Orieux2140.0
  3. #=6592Nithin Babu2140.0
  4. #=6592FM Edgar Froylan Luna Javier2140.0
  5. #=6592CM Mario Antonanzas Fernandez2140.0

India

  1. #=234B N B Pavan2141.0
  2. #=236CM Utkrisht Tuli2140.0
  3. #=236Nithin Babu2140.0
  4. #=238IM Daaevik Wadhawan2139.0
  5. #=238FM T.S. Venkataramanan2139.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.