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Gowrishankar Jayaraj
CM🇮🇳FIDE 33458634· Male· India· Born in 2009
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Gowrishankar Jayaraj, a 17-year-old Indian Candidate Master, is rated 2009 and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players. He has slipped back 85 Elo over the past 12 months. 80 rated games in the past year (≈66/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000), 23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix, and 3e Festival International d'Annemasse - Tournoi Maitre. Also played 6 rapid (including Festival Caissa - Sceptre Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) and 3 blitz events (including Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament - 2025 Category D (Blitz)) recently. His peak of 2190 was reached at age 16 (Nov 2025).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #48 and #47 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
2009
Standard
Rpd1941·Blz1820
All-time high
2190
−181 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 16
Nov 2025 · age 16
Activity
68
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
61 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#705 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
10 entries2026
48th Indian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2173
Jan 2026
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 16
Dec 2025
47th Indian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2190
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2190
at age 16 · −181 from today
Nov 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-83
2092 → 2009
Tournaments
6
53 games
Score
28.5/ 5353.8%
24W9D20L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsAnuar TureshbayevCM2,285·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R4·+26.2
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsSolal Samouelian1,978·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R6·-30.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/8 | #22 | 1816 | -59.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/10 | #89 | 1981 | -103.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/9 | #130 | 2097 | -17.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #31 | 2272 | +67.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/8 | #89 | 2099 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #67 | 2128 | +25.6 |
Worst Elo result: Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000) (-103.6 Elo, finished #89).
Rankings
/
India
#705
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,281
in continent
World
#26,129
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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