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Gopaul, Joshua
🇬🇾FIDE 19700598· Male· Guyana· Born in 2000
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Joshua Gopaul, a 26-year-old player, is rated 1601 — just 29 short of his peak of 1630 (Jun 2025, age 25). He has held steady between 1600 and 1650 for 7 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Guyana National Qualifiers 2026 Open, Olympiad 2026 Qualifying Tournament (GP2), and 2026 Olympiad Qualifying Open Tournament GP1. Also played 1 rapid (including Guyana National Rapid Chess Tournament) and 2 blitz events (including CARICOM Blitz 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2022–2023) and 14 months (2024–2025). He reached #12 nationally in Mar 2022.
At junior level, he reached #1 and #1 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1601
Standard
Rpd1637·Blz1579
All-time high
1630
−29 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 25
Jun 2025 · age 25
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#146,007
#146,007 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
13 entries2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 25
Nov 2025
All-time peak 1630
at age 25 · −29 from today
Jun 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+262 Elo)
1349 → 1611
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 24
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 24
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 24
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-29
1630 → 1601
Tournaments
4
29 games
Score
12.5/ 2943.1%
12W1D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/6 | #15 | 1787 | -13.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #12 | 1921 | +10.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/5 | #12 | 2558 | +10.2 |
Round-Robin | May 2025 | 0.5/7 | #9 | 1314 | -35.0 |
Rankings
/
Guyana
#21
out of 61 players
Americas
#18,013
in continent
World
#145,995
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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