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Sandipan Chanda
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Sandipan Chanda

IndiaBorn 1983 (age 43)FIDE ID 5004225

FIDE classical

240026002800200020052010201520202025
Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2472

Trophy cabinet

No classical titles on record yet.

Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 13 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Nimzo-Indian Defense333%
Queen's Pawn Game20%
Four Knights Game150%
Indian Defense150%
Ruy Lopez150%

Nimzo-Indian Defense

With White: 3 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 1 · 33%

VariationGamesScore
St. Petersburg Variation150%
Normal Variation150%
Rubinstein System10%

Queen's Pawn Game

With White: 2 games, won 0, drew 0, lost 2 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
London System20%

Four Knights Game

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Spanish Variation150%

Indian Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Accelerated London System150%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Morphy Defense150%

Dutch Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation1100%
Leningrad Variation150%
Main line10%

French Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Tarrasch Variation150%

Scandinavian Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 0, lost 1 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Main Line10%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
1st Chola Chess Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 202631 Oct 2026=24th−2−2
Atyrau Open 202616 Oct 2026½/3−6−5
Fujairah Global 202527 Aug 2025½/1−1−1
31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival23 Aug 20251½/2+3+3
Qatar Masters 202412 Dec 2024=35th+5+6

Best wins

OpponentRating
IMGoutham Krishna H.23 Aug 2025 · 31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival2414

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
IMA. NazariLast 27 Aug 2025 · Fujairah Global 20252020
GMGukesh D.Last 13 Oct 2023 · Qatar Masters 20231001
IMSrihari L R.Last 20 Oct 2023 · Qatar Masters 20231001
GMV. ArtemievLast 6 Dec 2024 · Qatar Masters 20241010
GMV. PranavLast 9 Dec 2024 · Qatar Masters 20241010

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.