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Velavaa Ragavesh
CM🇮🇳FIDE 25738011· Male· India· Born in 2009
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Velavaa Ragavesh, a 17-year-old Indian Candidate Master, is rated 2084 and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players, and in the top 8% worldwide. He has slipped back 66 Elo over the past 12 months. 120 rated games in the past year (≈54/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A, Arab Clubs Chess Championship 2026, and 40th Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Coimbatore. Also played 7 rapid (including 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Rapid U16) and 11 blitz events (including Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Blitz) recently. His peak of 2199 was reached at age 16 (Jul 2025).
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 15). At junior level, he reached #71, #37, #29, #66, #42 and #99 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2084
Standard
Rpd2178·Blz2211
All-time high
2199
−115 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 16
Jul 2025 · age 16
Activity
89
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
102 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#518 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
14 entries2026
71st Indian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2084
Feb 2026
2025
37th Indian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2199
Jul 2025
All-time peak 2199
at age 16 · −115 from today
Jul 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Feb 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+469 Elo)
1625 → 2094
Jun 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 15
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-115
2199 → 2084
Tournaments
9
82 games
Score
44.5/ 8254.3%
36W28D18L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJai Sankar SubramanianFM2,283·40th Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Coimbatore·R6·+30.7
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsT H D Thisarindu Induwara2,051·COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - U16 Open Event·R5·-26.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/9 | #63 | 2019 | -35.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/7 | #12 | 2170 | +43.2 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 2/9 | #9 | 2045 | -47.5 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #18 | 2066 | -36.1 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2081 | -2.4 |
Worst Elo result: 40th Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Coimbatore (-47.5 Elo, finished #9).
Most-Played Opponents
vsAtharv Bansal
🇮🇳IND·1967
+8 −0 =6
14 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsHamood Al BusaidiCM
🇴🇲OMA·1934
+8 −3 =2
13 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsEmerson Napone
🇵🇭PHI·2001
+8 −2 =1
11 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAl-qudaimi abdullah
🇾🇪YEM·1905
+9 −1 =0
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSinan Shafeek
🇮🇳IND·1925
+7 −2 =0
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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India
#518
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,327
in continent
World
#16,953
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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