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Padmanabhan, Akshay
🇺🇸FIDE 2079810· Male· United States of America· Born in 1999
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Akshay Padmanabhan, a 27-year-old American player, is rated 1914 — just 14 short of his peak of 1928 (Sep 2025, age 26). He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 2 years. 14 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 14th Annual Boston Chess Congress - U2100, 2025 July BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - MXA, and 2025 June BayAreaChess FIDE Championship - MXA. He took a 22-month break between Apr 2022 and Mar 2024.
At junior level, he reached #92, #94 and #64 nationally in U20, U18 and U14.
Current rating
1914
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1924
All-time high
1928
−14 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 26
Sep 2025 · age 26
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#44,785
#44,785 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1928
at age 26 · −14 from today
Sep 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 25
Jun 2024
2022
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1854 → returned at 1912
Apr 2022
2019
92nd American U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1879
Apr 2019
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
2016
Best 12-month gain (+133 Elo)
1730 → 1863
Mar 2016
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
1922 → 1914
Tournaments
4
16 games
Score
11.5/ 1671.9%
9W5D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #40 | 2027 | -13.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/4 | #5 | 1964 | +4.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/2 | #11 | 2545 | +0.8 |
Swiss | May 2025 | 4/5 | #8 | 2007 | +13.6 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#1,232
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#4,909
in continent
World
#44,785
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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