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Vignesh Kannan P
🇮🇳FIDE 25755471· Male· India· Born in 2010
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Vignesh Kannan P, a 16-year-old Indian player, is rated 2126 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of Indian players under 16, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +73 Elo over the past 12 months. 48 rated games in the past year (≈68/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000), 50th National Sub Junior Chess Championship 2025(Open), and 75th Tamil Nadu State OPEN Chess Championship 2025. Also played 7 rapid (including Festival Caissa - Sceptre Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) and 3 blitz events (including NATIONAL BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025-26) recently.
At junior level, he reached #46, #31, #15 and #49 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2126
Standard
Rpd2040·Blz2211
All-time high
2126
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
78
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
39 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#51 · Indian players under 16 · of 3,023
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2126
at age 16
Jun 2026
500 career games
at age 16
Jun 2026
2025
46th Indian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2120
Feb 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 15
Feb 2025
2024
31st Indian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2032
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Tamilnadu State U-19 Open Fide Rated Chess Championship - 2026perf 2201 (+75) · 7.5/9 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
+47
2079 → 2126
Tournaments
3
30 games
Score
18.5/ 3061.7%
13W11D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSherla PrathameshCM2,264·Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000)·R2·+30.5
2.[W]vsJihan Tejas ShahFM2,135·Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000)·R3·+24.2
3.[W]vsJai Sankar SubramanianFM2,157·Tamilnadu State U-19 Open Fide Rated Chess Championship - 2026·R8·+21.8
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2201 | +65.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/10 | #85 | 2101 | +42.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/11 | #77 | 1958 | -59.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPrasannaa.sFM
🇮🇳IND·2269
+2 −6 =2
10 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsR.R. LaxmanGM
🇮🇳IND·2245
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsHarikrishnan.A.RaGM
🇮🇳IND·2519
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJackson V X
🇮🇳IND·1774
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsAakash GFM
🇮🇳IND·2312
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Jul 2023
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Rankings
/
India
#440
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,877
in continent
World
#13,132
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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