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Vijayakumar, Rishi

FM🇬🇧

FIDEFIDE 2408953· Male· Scotland· Born in 2011

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Rishi Vijayakumar, a 15-year-old Scottish FIDE Master, is rated 2332 — just 15 short of his peak of 2347 (Apr 2026, age 15) and ranked 6th among Scottish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2157 and 2347 over the past 2 years. 115 rated games in the past year (≈65/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Fagernes Chess International 2026 GM group, and Budapest Spring Festival 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including Glasgow Polytechnic Ken Stewart Quickplay 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: Final) recently. He reached Scottish #6 in Jun 2025 and has been in Scottish top 10 for 16 months and counting.

Awarded FM in 2025 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #82 in U16, World #25 in U14 and World #39 in U12.

Current rating

2332

Standard

Rpd2222·Blz2392

All-time high

2347

−15 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 15

Activity

105

games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo

114 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

#6

#6 · Scottish players · of 393
National top 10 since Jan 2026

Career timeline

16 entries
2026
16 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
since Feb 2025
Jun 2026
82nd U16 player worldwide
at age 15 · rated 2347
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2347
at age 15 · −13 from today
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 15
Mar 2026
2025
25th U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2333
Jul 2025
Peak Scottish rank: #6
at age 14 · rated 2333
Jun 2025

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open
perf 2384 (+94) · 5/9 · #44
Top opponent
vs Pa IniyanGM 2,601
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open · Nov 2025 · +7.1 Elo
Evolution
-1
2333 → 2332
Tournaments
14
114 games
Score
66.5/ 11458.3%
48W37D29L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBrandon G I ClarkeIM2,491·2025 British Championship·R6·+14.8
2.[W]vsKhoi PhamIM2,462·Budapest Spring Festival 2026·R6·+13.2
3.[W]vsNiels WillemsFM2,368·2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open·R9·+12.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

14 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 9-11
Team
May 20261.5/3#382309-1.8
European Individual Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20265.5/11#2492256-19.4
Fagernes Chess International 2026 GM group
Open Swiss
Mar 20265.5/9#172343+6.6
Budapest Spring Festival 2026
Open Swiss
Feb 20265/9#342406+26.4
Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Tienkampen
Round-Robin
Jan 20266/9#832389+25.2
Rilton Cup 2025-2026
Open Swiss
Dec 20254.5/9#712311+5.8
Wroclaw Chess Festival 2025 - Open A
Open Swiss
Dec 20255/9#392236-10.8
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open
Open Swiss
Nov 20255/9#442384+20.4
2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 1-2
Team
Nov 20251.5/2#172329+2.4
2025 Coventry International
Open Swiss
Oct 20255.5/9#172184-22.0
Worst Elo result: Scottish Championship International Open 2025 (-22.6 Elo, finished #7).

Most-Played Opponents

vsNicolas Skettos
🇨🇾CYP·1969
+2 −8 =2
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAndrew N GreetIM
🇬🇧SCO·2413
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsIsaac Browning
🇬🇧SCO·2037
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsNeev Lukhi
🇬🇧SCO·1938
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAditya Srivastava
🇬🇧SCO·1805
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met May 2024
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Rankings

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Scotland
#6
out of 459 players
Europe
#2,047
in continent
World
#3,141
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Scotland
1
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2
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2,450
3
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2,413
4
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2,399
5
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2,385
62,332
7
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2,323
8
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2,305
9
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2,301
10
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2,276
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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10
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2047🇬🇧Vijayakumar, Rishi2,332
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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