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Valsan Kanavath
🇮🇳INACTIVE · since May 2025FIDE 25097261· Male· India· Born in 1962
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Valsan Kanavath, a 64-year-old Indian player, is rated 1612. He plays around 6 rated games per year and had 4 career breaks: 37 months (2011–2015), 13 months (2017–2018), 43 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 29 months (2022–2025). Also played 1 rapid event (including 3rd GH Raisoni Memorial Pune International FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2025) recently. His peak of 1771 was reached at age 49 (Jul 2011).
Current rating
1612
Standard
Rpd1716·Blz1731
All-time high
1771
−159 pts below
Jul 2011 · age 49
Jul 2011 · age 49
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#142,393
#142,393 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2025
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1612 → still inactive
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 62
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 62
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 62
Mar 2024
2023
39th Indian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1368
Jan 2023
2022
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1368 → returned at 1612
Nov 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
1612 → 1612
Score
0/ 90.0%
5W1D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsPurna Chandra Sabar1,505·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-C 1699 and Below)·R6·+7.0
2.[W]vsDipta Sundar Mohanty1,502·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-C 1699 and Below)·R2·+6.9
3.[W]vsRehaan Mohammed1,469·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-C 1699 and Below)·R8·+6.1
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsYashvardhan Katjhare1,468·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-C 1699 and Below)·R5·-13.9
2.[L]vsMadhav S Nair1,688·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-C 1699 and Below)·R4·-7.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
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India
#5,267
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#22,294
in continent
World
#142,677
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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