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Lakshminarasimhan, Rahul
🇸🇬FIDE 129057748· Male· Singapore· Born in 2007
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Rahul Lakshminarasimhan, a 19-year-old player, is rated 1916 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +290 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent appearances: XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group B and XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados. Also played 1 rapid (including 11th Jan IntChess Asia Rapid - Open) and 5 blitz events (including XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Blitz 2) recently. He reached #47 nationally in Jan 2026.
At junior level, he reached #4, #20, #9, #17 and #42 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1916
Standard
Rpd1708·Blz1811
All-time high
1916
at best
Jan 2026 · age 19
Jan 2026 · age 19
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#44,191
#44,191 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Peak national rank: #47
at age 19 · rated 1916
Jan 2026
4th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1916
Jan 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Jan 2026
All-time peak 1916
at age 19
Jan 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2024
20th U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1380
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+290
1626 → 1916
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
11/ 1861.1%
7W8D3L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsLeonardo Giuseppe Fuggetta1,898·XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group B·R1·+9.5
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsJesus Javier Jara Segovia1,892·XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados·R7·-10.7
3.[L]vsVictor Fernandez Escabia1,969·XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group B·R5·-8.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/10 | #14 | 2009 | +180.9 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/8 | #112 | 1907 | +108.7 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVenkata Narayanaswamy Dhanesh
🇸🇬SGP·1836
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsZhe Quan Benedict Koh
🇸🇬SGP·1819
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsSai Siddharth
🇸🇬SGP·2023
+0 −1 =5
6 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsDash Rohan
🇸🇬SGP·1720
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met May 2022
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vsJing Xi Jonathan Lee
🇸🇬SGP·2043
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Singapore
#50
out of 1,166 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,227
in continent
World
#44,190
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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