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Cavanah, Troy
🇺🇸FIDE 30949670· Male· United States of America· Born in 2007
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Troy Cavanah, a 19-year-old American player, is rated 2122 — his current career high and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +60 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent appearances: 41st Annual GM Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions and 2025 Carolinas Classic - Championship. He took a 17-month break between Jan 2024 and Jul 2025.
At junior level, he reached World #98 in U12 and #43, #51, #44 and #18 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2122
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1927
All-time high
2122
at best
Sep 2025 · age 18
Sep 2025 · age 18
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 6%
#13,469 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
43rd American U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2122
Feb 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2122
at age 18
Sep 2025
2024
51st American U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2062
Jan 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
41st Annual GM Denker National Tournament of High School State Championsperf 2460 (+338) · 4/5 · #17
Top opponent
Evolution
+58
2064 → 2122
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
4/ 666.7%
3W2D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAarush Vinod2,271·41st Annual GM Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions·R3·+28.1
2.[W]vsLevon He1,998·41st Annual GM Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions·R6·+13.2
3.[D]vsVishnu VanapalliFM2,292·41st Annual GM Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions·R4·+9.1
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsIsaac WangIM2,378·41st Annual GM Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions·R5·-7.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/5 | #17 | 2460 | +58.0 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#429
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#1,417
in continent
World
#13,469
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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