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Lingineni, Khushal
CM🇦🇺FIDE 3259056· Male· Australia· Born in 2014
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Khushal Lingineni, a 12-year-old Australian Candidate Master, is rated 2069 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of Australian players, and in the top 8% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +259 Elo over the past 12 months. 100 rated games in the past year (≈68/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 MCC City of Melbourne Open Round 1, 2026 Box Hill Club Championship Division 2 Round 2, and 2026 Melbourne International Open - Amateurs. Also played 4 rapid (including 2026 Melbourne International Open - Rapid) and 7 blitz events (including 2026 MCC Blitz Championship) recently. He reached Australian #93 in Jun 2026.
Awarded CM in 2026 (age 12). At junior level, he reached #3, #5 and #3 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2069
Standard
Rpd2028·Blz2115
All-time high
2069
at best
Jun 2026 · age 12
Jun 2026 · age 12
Activity
67
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
94 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#93 · Australian players · of 1,878
Career timeline
15 entries2026
Peak Australian rank: #93
at age 12 · rated 2069
Jun 2026
3rd Australian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 2069
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2069
at age 12
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 12
May 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 12
Mar 2026
CM title awardedCM
at age 12
Feb 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+239
1830 → 2069
Tournaments
26
101 games
Score
73/ 10172.3%
68W14D19L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJairo Andres Hernandez SanchezIM2,338·2026 Melbourne Chess Club Championship Rounds 1-4·R3·+34.4
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsRonald Liu1,790·2026 Box Hill Club Championship Division 2 Rounds 8-9 plus postponed·R8·-33.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 1/2 | #47 | 1657 | -29.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 4/6 | #27 | 1812 | -54.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 2/3 | #5 | 2052 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/4 | #1 | 2126 | +16.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/5 | #1 | 2183 | +46.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #34 | 1689 | -14.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2513 | +6.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #3 | 2035 | +20.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #12 | 1995 | -4.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2384 | +3.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRheyansh Reddy AnnapureddyFM
🇦🇺AUS·2201
+4 −8 =2
14 games·last met Jul 2026
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vsKai Jie SooFM
🇦🇺AUS·2289
+1 −8 =1
10 games·last met Jul 2026
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vsAnh Kiet NguyenCM
🇦🇺AUS·1957
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsRuben Nowak
🇦🇺AUS·1665
+6 −2 =1
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsRyder TestolinIM
🇦🇺AUS·2247
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Jul 2026
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Rankings
/
Australia
#93
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,490
in continent
World
#18,527
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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