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Ishan Balaji
🇮🇳FIDE 33469989· Male· India· Born in 2015
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Ishan Balaji, a 11-year-old Indian player, is rated 1591 — just 25 short of his peak of 1616 (Oct 2025, age 10). He has held steady between 1550 and 1600 for 8 months. 50 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th Zion-Alwin International Fide Rated Open Chess Tournament, Eight Square Chess Academy - 1st International FIDE Rated (Below 1700) Open Chess Tournament 2025, and 23rd Adyar Times FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 4 rapid events (including Eight Square Chess Academy & Capa Chess Academy - International RAPID FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #90 and #45 nationally in U10 and U8.
Current rating
1591
Standard
Rpd1576·Blz—
All-time high
1616
−25 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 10
Oct 2025 · age 10
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#150,390
#150,390 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2025
All-time peak 1616
at age 10 · −25 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 10
Sep 2025
90th Indian U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1578
Mar 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 10
Mar 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+383 Elo)
1018 → 1401
Nov 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 9
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
4th Zion-Alwin International Fide Rated Open Chess Tournamentperf 1837 (+242) · 5/6 · #83
Top opponent
Evolution
+8
1583 → 1591
Tournaments
4
35 games
Score
20.5/ 3558.6%
16W9D10L
Top 3 wins
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/6 | #83 | 1837 | +12.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/8 | #66 | 1644 | +14.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/7 | #81 | 1504 | -37.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/10 | #118 | 1689 | +42.0 |
Rankings
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India
#6,168
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#24,955
in continent
World
#150,375
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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