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Balamurugan Senthilkumar
🇮🇳FIDE 25195000· Male· India· Born in 2004
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Balamurugan Senthilkumar, a 22-year-old Indian player, is rated 1791 — just 8 short of his peak of 1799 (Dec 2025, age 21). He is on a steady climb with +61 Elo over the past 12 months. 58 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Little England 5th International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025, Akshaya Institutions 2nd International FIDE rated below 1800 chess tournament - 2025, and KCA's International Chess Festival God's Own Country's 1st GM International Open-C (1800 and Below). Also played 6 rapid (including Smart Chess Academy 2nd International Open FIDE RAPID Rated Chess Tournament Karur 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament - 2025 Category D (Blitz)) recently. He took a 40-month break between Jan 2020 and Jun 2023 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1791
Standard
Rpd1675·Blz1763
All-time high
1799
−8 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 21
Dec 2025 · age 21
Activity
60
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#79,201
#79,201 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
All-time peak 1799
at age 21 · −8 from today
Dec 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 20
Jul 2024
Best 12-month gain (+364 Elo)
1340 → 1704
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 20
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 20
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1400
at age 19
Jun 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Akshaya Institutions 2nd International FIDE rated below 1800 chess tournament - 2025perf 2426 (+627) · 8/8 · #12
Top opponent
Evolution
+53
1738 → 1791
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
20.5/ 2775.9%
20W1D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsV P Jolly1,494·KCA's International Chess Festival God's Own Country's 1st GM International Open-C (1800 and Below)·R1·-15.9
2.[L]vsSaketh Jijesh1,590·Little England 5th International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025·R2·-15.4
3.[L]vsKeerthi Kumar A1,619·Little England 5th International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025·R5·-14.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/9 | #20 | 1817 | +23.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 8/8 | #12 | 2426 | +43.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/8 | #76 | 1758 | -11.4 |
Rankings
/
India
#1,981
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,743
in continent
World
#79,199
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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