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Vijayakumar, Rishi
FM🇬🇧FIDE 2408953· Male· Scotland· Born in 2011
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Rishi Vijayakumar, a 15-year-old Scottish FIDE Master, is rated 2334 — just 13 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 15 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
2334
Standard
Rpd2222·Blz2392
All-time high
2347
−13 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 15
Apr 2026 · age 15
Activity
108
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
115 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#6
#6 · Scottish players · of 384
National top 10 since Jan 2026
National top 10 since Jan 2026
Career timeline
16 entries2026
15 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
since Feb 2025
May 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
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+1
2333 → 2334
Tournaments
13
114 games
Score
65/ 11457.0%
48W37D29L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/11 | #249 | 2256 | -19.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #17 | 2343 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #34 | 2406 | +26.4 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 6/9 | #83 | 2389 | +25.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/9 | #71 | 2311 | +5.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #39 | 2236 | -10.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #44 | 2384 | +20.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #17 | 2329 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/9 | #17 | 2184 | -22.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/8 | #80 | 2251 | -10.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNicolas Skettos
🇨🇾CYP·1957
+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
/
Scotland
#6
out of 460 players
Europe
#2,005
in continent
World
#3,099
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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