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Varun Raj Kaipalath
🇮🇳FIDE 25068717· Male· India· Born in 1994
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Varun Raj Kaipalath, a 32-year-old Indian player, is rated 1888 — just 3 short of his peak of 1891 (Jun 2025, age 31). He has fluctuated between 1829 and 1891 over the past 2 years. 25 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open, 15. Nordhaeuser Schachopen Meisterturnier, and 46ste Open Internationaal Toernooi Gent. Also played 1 rapid (including Kreuzberger Sommer-Schachfestival 2025 Rapid) and 3 blitz events (including Kreuzberger Sommer-Schachfestival 2025 Blitz) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 18 months (2011–2012), 36 months (2012–2016) and 72 months (2017–2023).
Current rating
1888
Standard
Rpd1840·Blz1940
All-time high
1891
−3 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 31
Jun 2025 · age 31
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#51,081
#51,081 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
All-time peak 1891
at age 31 · −3 from today
Jun 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+252 Elo)
1630 → 1882
Aug 2024
100 career games
at age 30
Aug 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 30
Mar 2024
2023
Crossed 1600
at age 29
Feb 2023
2017
Inactive for 72 months
paused at 1543 → returned at 1612
Jan 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+31
1857 → 1888
Tournaments
3
23 games
Score
10.5/ 2345.7%
7W7D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/7 | #46 | 2069 | +38.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/7 | #81 | 1925 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/6 | #329 | 2103 | -20.4 |
Rankings
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India
#1,213
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,030
in continent
World
#51,080
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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