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Troff, Kayden
GM🇺🇸FIDE 2047896· Male· United States of America· Born in 1998
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Kayden Troff, a 28-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2482 and ranked 47th among American players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and took a 74-month break between Aug 2017 and Nov 2023. Recent appearance: 2025 Charlotte Fall Open - Championship. Also played 11 blitz events (including 2025 North Carolina Open - Blitz Championship) recently. His peak of 2556 was reached at age 17 (May 2015, World #397 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2014 (age 16), IM in 2013 (age 15), and FM in 2011 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #21 in U20, World #6 in U18, World #4 in U16, World #12 in U14 and World #4 in U12.
Current rating
2482
Standard
Rpd2480·Blz2564
All-time high
2556
−74 pts below
May 2015 · age 17
May 2015 · age 17
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#47
#47 · American players · of 4,932
Career timeline
21 entries2017
Inactive for 74 months
paused at 2483 → returned at 2484
Aug 2017
21st U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2511
Jan 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2500
at age 18
Dec 2016
2015
500 career games
at age 17
Nov 2015
Peak World rank: #397
at age 17 · rated 2556
May 2015
All-time peak 2556
at age 17 · −74 from today
May 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-2
2484 → 2482
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3.5/ 570.0%
3W1D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #6 | 2363 | -2.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSamuel SevianGM
🇺🇸USA·2696
+4 −4 =6
14 games·last met Oct 2016
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vsDaniel NaroditskyIM
🇺🇸USA
+2 −5 =4
11 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAwonder LiangGM
🇺🇸USA·2718
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMichael BrownGM
🇺🇸USA·2509
+5 −0 =3
8 games·last met Jul 2017
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vsKostya KavutskiyIM
🇺🇸USA·2318
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Oct 2016
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Rankings
/
United States of America
#47
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#89
in continent
World
#727
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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