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Sundram Kumar
🇮🇳FIDE 25137344· Male· India· Born in 2008
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Sundram Kumar, a 18-year-old Indian player, is rated 1978 — just 15 short of his peak of 1993 (Apr 2026, age 18) and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players. He is on a breakout run, having gained +112 Elo over the past 12 months. 55 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Under-17 Chess Championship 2025-26, BIHAR OPEN FIDE RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2026, and ODISHA OPEN (THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS CHESS FESTIVAL 2025-26 Category 'A' 1900 & Above). Also played 7 rapid (including National Rapid Chess Championship 2025-26) and 7 blitz events (including NATIONAL BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025-26) recently. He took a 27-month break between Feb 2020 and Jun 2022 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #79 nationally in U14.
Current rating
1978
Standard
Rpd2030·Blz1962
All-time high
1993
−15 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 18
Apr 2026 · age 18
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
55 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#812 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
7 entries2026
All-time peak 1993
at age 18 · −15 from today
Apr 2026
2024
100 career games
at age 16
Aug 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Jun 2024
2023
Best 12-month gain (+292 Elo)
1348 → 1640
May 2023
2022
79th Indian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1594
Aug 2022
2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1348 → returned at 1424
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+36
1942 → 1978
Tournaments
5
46 games
Score
29.5/ 4664.1%
21W17D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/9 | #51 | 1949 | -7.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/11 | #93 | 1936 | -6.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7.5/8 | #9 | 2267 | +39.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/10 | #112 | 2026 | +41.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #69 | 1812 | -29.6 |
Worst Elo result: 2nd Skillcraft International Open Classical FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025 (-29.6 Elo, finished #69).
Rankings
/
India
#812
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,818
in continent
World
#31,127
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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