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Shiva Shanmugam, Tharvin
🇲🇾FIDE 35816147· Male· Malaysia· Born in 2010
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Tharvin Shiva Shanmugam, a 16-year-old Malaysian player, is rated 1945 — his current career high and ranked 8th among Malaysian players under 16. He is on a breakout run, having gained +86 Elo over the past 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 - Under 16, MALAYSIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 (OPEN), and 17h Penang Heritage City Intenational Chess Open 2025 (Open). Also played 7 rapid (including 12th Johor Open Rapid Dec 2025) and 3 blitz events (including 19th Asian Schools Blitz Chess Championships 2025 - U17) recently. He reached Malaysian #63 in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #8, #6 and #5 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1945
Standard
Rpd1928·Blz1977
All-time high
1945
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
36
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#8
#8 · Malaysian players under 16 · of 225
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Peak Malaysian rank: #63
at age 16 · rated 1945
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1945
at age 16
Jun 2026
8th Malaysian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1932
Jan 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+466 Elo)
1400 → 1866
Feb 2025
100 career games
at age 15
Feb 2025
2024
6th Malaysian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1815
May 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+86
1859 → 1945
Tournaments
5
57 games
Score
25/ 5743.9%
28W18D11L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsNur Nabila Azman HishamWFM1,961·MCF 3rd NATIONAL OPEN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 - PMX Trophy·R5·+20.9
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/9 | #4 | 2008 | +50.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #28 | 1869 | -36.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #36 | 2045 | +90.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/7 | #24 | 1921 | -41.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/7 | #6 | 1905 | +23.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJin Cheng Chong
🇲🇾MAS·2087
+0 −2 =4
6 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsYi Xun Tan
🇲🇾MAS·2013
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsWan Mohd Azmie Wan Abd Rahim
🇲🇾MAS·1869
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsMukhriez Shah Mahmood ShahCM
🇲🇾MAS·2085
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsEe Hern Leong
🇲🇾MAS·1956
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Malaysia
#63
out of 2,302 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,495
in continent
World
#37,690
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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