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IND · 25 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2393 (Mar 2026)

Best performance: 2555 at Riga Technical University Open 2023 - E Opening Blitz Tournament(Best of 2023)

World #=1484 live, down 26#1,458 publishedIndia #75Asia #=328among active players

Blitz rating

2359

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

On FIDE’s list since May 2013

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2380 to 2359 over the last 12 months; peak 2393 in March 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262467, +10, 9 games2272, +14, 8 games2359, -13, 8 games
Oct 20262457, -3, 8 games2258, 0, 0 games2372, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262460, +30, 18 games2258, 0, 0 games2372, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262430, -36, 9 games2258, 0, 0 games2372, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262466, -13, 19 games2258, 0, 0 games2372, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262479, 0, 0 games2258, 0, 0 games2372, 0, 0 games
May 20262479, 0, 0 games2258, -25, 9 games2372, -21, 11 games
Apr 20262479, 0, 0 games2283, 0, 0 games2393, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262479, 0, 0 games2283, +12, 7 games2393, +13, 10 games
Feb 20262479, 0, 0 games2271, -3, 9 games2380, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262479, -16, 10 games2274, 0, 0 games2380, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252495, 0, 0 games2274, +1, 8 games2380, 0, 0 games
Working toward the Grandmaster title2 tracked norms · 18/27 gamesrating 2495 of 2500, live 2467composition metdetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 12 games, Jan 30 – Mar 29.

From 358 blitz games on record, the latest on Oct 25.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
1st Lions Club of Belgaum & Leo Club of Belgaum all India Open fIDE Rating Blitz Chess Tournament, 25th October 2026Oct 25TPR 21387/9

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

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 2 · 18 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2495, needs 2500

No outstanding composition requirement

Vezerkepzo GM November 2021Nov 20217/9Rp 2612
5e Festival International de La Plagne Soleil - Tournoi MaitreJul 20257/9Rp 2635

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 318 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2013–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Valerij Popov, Dec 2017 · Riltonblixt 1 201718, 2596
2, GM Elham Amar, Aug 2023 · Riga Technical University Open 2023 - E Opening Blitz Tournament, 2481
3, IM Thanh Tu Tran, Aug 2023 · Riga Technical University Open 2023 - E Opening Blitz Tournament, 2413

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 16 of 358 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 8 of 9 games.

All openings (2 as White, 1 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Queen's Pawn Game3100%
Torre Attack367%

3 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

37 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
20262924½18062090
2025221919032212
20242824½19462282
2023443419792190
20229523682411
202018923092309
2019362920342285
201710821492389
2016201518662059
2014113½21081975

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

Rated near Nitish Belurkar · Blitz

World

  1. #=1484FM Bram Ten Dam2359.0
  2. #=1484IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg2359.0
  3. #=1484IM Nitish Belurkar2359.0
  4. #=1484IM Bence Pribelszky2359.0
  5. #1493GM Edvins Kengis2358.4

India

  1. #73GM Prraneeth Vuppala2360.0
  2. #74GM Deep Sengupta2359.9
  3. #75IM Nitish Belurkar2359.0
  4. #=76GM Harika Dronavalli2355.0
  5. #=76GM Sayantan Das2355.0

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