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Muthukumaran, Gurru
🇺🇸FIDE 30977053· Male· United States of America· Born in 2010
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Gurru Muthukumaran, a 16-year-old American player, is rated 2129 — his current career high and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +196 Elo over the past 12 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group A, III TORNEO INTERNACIONAL VEGA DE SAN MATEO, and 1st Annual Washington Dulles Open. Also played 1 rapid (including CCC Wednesday Action Quads 137 - C) and 2 blitz events (including XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Blitz 2) recently.
At junior level, he reached #40 and #48 nationally in U16 and U12.
Current rating
2129
Standard
Rpd1834·Blz1872
All-time high
2129
at best
May 2026 · age 16
May 2026 · age 16
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#528 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 2129
at age 16
May 2026
40th American U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2128
Jan 2026
Best 12-month gain (+250 Elo)
1878 → 2128
Jan 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Jan 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Jan 2026
2023
100 career games
at age 13
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+196
1933 → 2129
Tournaments
5
37 games
Score
21.5/ 3758.1%
18W7D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #63 | 2147 | +111.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/8 | #31 | 2272 | +97.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #30 | 2196 | +20.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/8 | #19 | 1888 | -50.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/5 | #15 | 1981 | +10.4 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#411
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#1,348
in continent
World
#12,868
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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