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Safal Fazil
🇮🇳FIDE 33323879· Male· India· Born in 2006
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Safal Fazil, a 20-year-old Indian player, is rated 1951 — just 13 short of his peak of 1964 (Feb 2026, age 20) and sitting in the top 5% of Indian players. He is progressing steadily with +58 Elo over the past 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 33rd RCC STS INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED CLASSICAL CHESS CUP, N V Prabhu Memorial International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament, and PSNA Trophy 1st International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including 34th RCC STS INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED RAPID CHESS CUP) and 2 blitz events (including 35th RCC STS INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED BLITZ CHESS CUP) recently. He took a 26-month break between Nov 2019 and Feb 2022 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #81 and #92 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1951
Standard
Rpd1870·Blz1724
All-time high
1964
−13 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 20
Feb 2026 · age 20
Activity
37
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#907 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
10 entries2026
81st Indian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1963
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1964
at age 20 · −13 from today
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Jan 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
100 career games
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
92nd Indian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1840
Jul 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
N V Prabhu Memorial International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournamentperf 2553 (+589) · 8/8 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
+27
1924 → 1951
Tournaments
4
34 games
Score
27/ 3479.4%
23W8D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBalanandan Ayyappan1,873·N V Prabhu Memorial International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R9·+7.4
3.[W]vsVishweswaran N1,784·PSNA Trophy 1st International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025·R4·+5.9
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsPrasannaa.sFM2,196·PSNA Trophy 1st International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025·R6·-3.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/9 | #29 | 1876 | -13.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 8/8 | #1 | 2553 | +26.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6.5/9 | #15 | 1955 | +11.2 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 6/6 | #26 | 2496 | +10.8 |
Rankings
/
India
#907
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,393
in continent
World
#36,485
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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