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Santhosh, Purushothaman
🇮🇳INACTIVE · since July 2024FIDE 35041096· Male· India· Born in 1973
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Purushothaman Santhosh, a 53-year-old Indian player, is rated 1726. He plays around 16 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 15 months (2018–2020) and 32 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). Also played 1 rapid event (including Allegiance to Zayed Chess Tournament 2026) recently. His peak of 1975 was reached at age 43 (Feb 2016).
Current rating
1726
Standard
Rpd1820·Blz1908
All-time high
1975
−249 pts below
Feb 2016 · age 43
Feb 2016 · age 43
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#100,768
#100,768 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+165 Elo)
1561 → 1726
Jul 2024
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1726 → still inactive
Jul 2024
33rd Indian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 1769
May 2024
2022
19th Indian 45-50 player
at age 49 · rated 1868
Jan 2022
2020
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 1868 → returned at 1728
Feb 2020
2018
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1916 → returned at 1868
Sep 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1726 → 1726
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
5/ 683.3%
5W0D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 5/6 | #5 | 1798 | +8.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsFrancis Erwin Dimarucut
🇵🇭PHI·1938
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Jul 2017
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vsAl Taher Abdulrahman MohammadFM
🇦🇪UAE·2226
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSherif Askar
🇪🇬EGY·1780
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsTalal. Halwani
🇸🇾SYR·2224
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2018
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Rankings
/
India
#2,206
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#8,356
in continent
World
#96,908
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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