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Balanandan Ayyappan
🇮🇳FIDE 33377820· Male· India· Born in 2013
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Balanandan Ayyappan, a 13-year-old Indian player, is rated 1880 and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players under 14. He has slipped back 146 Elo over the past 12 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈75/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include N V Prabhu Memorial International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament, 38th National U-13 Open Chess Championship 2025, and 1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championships-Youth-Open. Also played 3 rapid (including FUTURE CHESS ACADEMY'S International FIDE Rated Open Rapid Chess Tournament) and 1 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. His peak of 2026 was reached at age 12 (May 2025).
At junior level, he reached World #94 in U12 and #9 nationally in U10.
Current rating
1880
Standard
Rpd1900·Blz2061
All-time high
2026
−146 pts below
May 2025 · age 12
May 2025 · age 12
Activity
85
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#125 · Indian players under 14 · of 3,637
Career timeline
9 entries2025
94th U12 player worldwide
at age 12 · rated 2026
May 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 12
May 2025
All-time peak 2026
at age 12 · −146 from today
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+395 Elo)
1594 → 1989
Feb 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 12
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 11
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
N V Prabhu Memorial International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournamentperf 2006 (+130) · 7/8 · #9
Top opponent
Evolution
-146
2026 → 1880
Tournaments
5
46 games
Score
29/ 4663.0%
23W12D11L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsAnecx Kanjiravila B C1,795·N V Prabhu Memorial International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R7·+15.4
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/8 | #9 | 2006 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/11 | #63 | 1942 | +4.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #39 | 1757 | -79.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #91 | 1915 | -29.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/8 | #13 | 1863 | -48.8 |
Rankings
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India
#1,230
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,306
in continent
World
#53,220
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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