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Bhat K R
🇮🇳FIDE 35070789· Male· India· Born in 1968
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Bhat K R, a 58-year-old Indian player, is rated 1538 — just 22 short of his peak of 1560 (Dec 2024, age 56). He has held steady between 1500 and 1550 for 13 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent appearances: 4th DKCA National Level Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament and Golden Aura Karnataka State Amateur Chess Championship. Also played 1 rapid event (including 13th CircleChess Open Rapid Rated Chess Tournament -2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 17 months (2018–2019), 29 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2022–2024).
Previously known as K R Bhat (until Apr 2015).
Current rating
1538
Standard
Rpd1554·Blz—
All-time high
1560
−22 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 56
Dec 2024 · age 56
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#170,950
#170,950 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+300 Elo)
1260 → 1560
Dec 2024
All-time peak 1560
at age 56 · −22 from today
Dec 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 56
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 56
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1260 → returned at 1560
Dec 2022
69th Indian 50-55 player
at age 54 · rated 1251
May 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-11
1549 → 1538
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
8/ 1650.0%
6W4D6L
Top 1 win
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsMagizhnan Rajasekaran1,416·4th DKCA National Level Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament·R6·-13.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/3 | #139 | 2431 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/2 | #436 | 2211 | -27.2 |
Worst Elo result: Golden Aura Karnataka State Amateur Chess Championship (-27.2 Elo, finished #436).
Rankings
/
India
#8,733
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#31,733
in continent
World
#170,921
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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