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Balavignan, Ashvin
CM🇦🇺FIDE 3261425· Male· Australia· Born in 2011
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Ashvin Balavignan, a 15-year-old Australian Candidate Master, is rated 2045 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 10% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Norbert Muller Cup Group A Rounds 3-5 plus postponed, 2025 Norbert Muller Cup Group A Rounds 1-2, and World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U14. Also played 3 rapid (including 2026 WA Allegro Championship) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 Perth International Open Blitz) recently. His peak of 2081 was reached at age 14 (Feb 2025, Australian #65 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 14). At junior level, he reached #9, #2 and #30 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2045
Standard
Rpd2048·Blz2041
All-time high
2081
−36 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 14
Feb 2025 · age 14
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#918 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
12 entries2026
9th Australian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2045
Jan 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 14
Nov 2025
Peak Australian rank: #65
at age 14 · rated 2081
Mar 2025
2nd Australian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2081
Feb 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 14
Feb 2025
Best 12-month gain (+674 Elo)
1407 → 2081
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+22
2023 → 2045
Tournaments
4
22 games
Score
13/ 2259.1%
10W6D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 3.5/4 | #1 | 2220 | +37.6 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #4 | 2658 | +10.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/11 | #95 | 1953 | -37.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/6 | #15 | 2051 | +11.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYonal De Vas
🇦🇺AUS·1869
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsPatrick GongIM
🇦🇺AUS·2311
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsDylan Gough
🇦🇺AUS·1755
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsEamon Harris
🇦🇺AUS·1734
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsKathryn HardegenWFM
🇦🇺AUS·1897
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Australia
#103
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,782
in continent
World
#21,359
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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