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GJ
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 8 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 22 months (2023–2025). 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
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#146,651
#146,651 · players worldwide · of 218,279
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
Crossed 1600
at age 24
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 24
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 24
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1351 → returned at 1630
Jul 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+7
1594 → 1601
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
12/ 2254.5%
12W0D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 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 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTaffin KhanCM
🇬🇾GUY·2005
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKeron Sandiford
🇬🇾GUY·1874
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRai Jagat Sharma
🇬🇾GUY·1611
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2020
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vsSachin Dhilan PitamberCM
🇬🇾GUY·1998
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsGilbert Williams
🇬🇾GUY·1664
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Guyana
#20
out of 59 players
Americas
#18,042
in continent
World
#146,639
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Guyana
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World
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