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Anbu Selvan Petchimuthu
🇮🇳FIDE 25709119· Male· India· Born in 2009
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Anbu Selvan Petchimuthu, a 17-year-old Indian player, is rated 1766 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +163 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent appearances: Port city International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025 and Visalakshi- Arunachalam 9th SCS International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament. Also played 2 rapid (including Sivakasi Chess Club FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament - 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament - 2025 Category D (Blitz)) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 15 months (2018–2019) and 43 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1766
Standard
Rpd1708·Blz1678
All-time high
1766
at best
May 2026 · age 17
May 2026 · age 17
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#87,208
#87,208 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 1766
at age 17
May 2026
2025
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Jun 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+506 Elo)
1044 → 1550
Jul 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Jun 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 15
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 43 months
paused at 1046 → returned at 1044
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Port city International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025perf 2112 (+348) · 6.5/8 · #15
Top opponent
Visalakshi- Arunachalam 9th SCS International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament · Jun 2025 · +13.1 Elo
Evolution
+142
1624 → 1766
Tournaments
2
17 games
Score
11.5/ 1767.6%
10W3D4L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsMohammed Tharig S1,883·Port city International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025·R6·+26.6
3.[W]vsMadhavakrishnan R1,828·Port city International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025·R3·+23.6
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6.5/8 | #15 | 2112 | +140.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/7 | #64 | 1768 | +17.6 |
Rankings
/
India
#2,265
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#10,944
in continent
World
#87,206
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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