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JT
James, Thomas
🇮🇳FIDE 11202130· Male· India· Born in 2007
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Thomas James, a 19-year-old Indian player, is rated 1669 — just 17 short of his peak of 1686 (May 2024, age 17). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and took a 15-month break between May 2024 and Sep 2025. Recent appearance: 25th Bahrain Chess Academy Classic Fide Rated.
At junior level, he reached #73 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1669
Standard
Rpd1579·Blz1603
All-time high
1686
−17 pts below
May 2024 · age 17
May 2024 · age 17
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#121,100
#121,100 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+279 Elo)
1407 → 1686
May 2024
All-time peak 1686
at age 17 · −17 from today
May 2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1686 → returned at 1669
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 17
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 17
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-17
1686 → 1669
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
3W2D2L
Top 2 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/4 | #8 | 2306 | -16.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYakov Cherian Thomas
🇮🇳IND·1759
+26 −41 =2
69 games·last met May 2022
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vsVeiom Guptaa
🇮🇳IND·1585
+26 −20 =5
51 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsGopi Krishna Saravanan
🇮🇳IND·1708
+8 −39 =2
49 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsSamved Shaji
🇮🇳IND·1669
+29 −18 =1
48 games·last met Apr 2019
View head-to-head →
vsBurhan Rouquier
🇧🇭BRN·1813
+5 −36 =1
42 games·last met Jun 2023
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Rankings
/
India
#3,785
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#17,276
in continent
World
#121,094
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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