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Ayyappan, Santhosh
🇺🇸FIDE 30979870· Male· United States of America· Born in 2014
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Santhosh Ayyappan, a 12-year-old American player, is rated 2028 and ranked 15th among American players under 12. He has slipped back 46 Elo over the past 12 months. 79 rated games in the past year (≈75/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 58th annual Liberty Bell Open - Major, 2026 January Marshall Premier FIDE - Open, and 109th Edward Lasker Memorial - Marshall Chess Club Championship. Also played 2 rapid (including Marshall Masters 56) and 6 blitz events (including Marshall FIDE Blitz 54) recently. His peak of 2089 was reached at age 12 (Jan 2026).
At junior level, he reached World #51 in U12, World #17 in U10 and World #6 in U8.
Current rating
2028
Standard
Rpd2123·Blz2262
All-time high
2089
−61 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 12
Jan 2026 · age 12
Activity
83
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
79 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#15
#15 · American players under 12 · of 385
Career timeline
12 entries2026
51st U12 player worldwide
at age 12 · rated 2089
Jan 2026
All-time peak 2089
at age 12 · −61 from today
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 11
Oct 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 10
Dec 2024
17th U10 player worldwide
at age 10 · rated 2014
Sep 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 10
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-42
2070 → 2028
Tournaments
13
75 games
Score
40.5/ 7554.0%
34W13D28L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #23 | 2151 | +21.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/4 | #42 | 1683 | -82.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/6 | #29 | 2091 | +21.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/6 | #9 | 2247 | +66.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/5 | #16 | 1987 | -8.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/5 | #54 | 1887 | -45.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #19 | 2164 | +25.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #6 | 2189 | +46.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #9 | 1927 | -22.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/9 | #63 | 2104 | +33.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsChenxuan LingCM
🇺🇸USA·2141
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met May 2025
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vsCorin Gartenlaub
🇺🇸USA·1901
+4 −0 =3
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsJay BoninIM
🇺🇸USA·2079
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met May 2025
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vsLinxi ZhuFM
🇺🇸USA·2286
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsTanitoluwa AdewumiIM
🇺🇸USA·2473
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
United States of America
#657
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#2,427
in continent
World
#23,441
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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