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Bhaskara Rao Balaga
🇮🇳FIDE 35039490· Male· India· Born in 1951
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Bhaskara Rao Balaga, a 75-year-old Indian player, is rated 1559 — just 2 short of his peak of 1561 (Oct 2025, age 74). He has held steady between 1550 and 1600 for 9 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include INTERNATIONAL FIDE OPEN RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT- 2025, SRR Below 1800 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament, and ALL INDIA BELOW 1600 FIDE RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025. He took a 12-month break between Jan 2023 and Feb 2024.
Current rating
1559
Standard
Rpd1571·Blz1534
All-time high
1561
−2 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 74
Oct 2025 · age 74
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#162,787
#162,787 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1561
at age 74 · −2 from today
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+305 Elo)
1237 → 1542
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 73
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 73
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1237 → returned at 1237
Jan 2023
2022
4th Indian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1225
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+18
1541 → 1559
Tournaments
3
26 games
Score
18/ 2669.2%
16W4D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSwathi Deverapalli1,419·SRR Below 1800 International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament·R4·-13.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #57 | 1646 | -4.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/8 | #43 | 1670 | +2.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7/8 | #12 | 1789 | +20.4 |
Rankings
/
India
#7,596
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#28,842
in continent
World
#162,770
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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