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Makkar, Rajat
IM🇫🇷FIDE 36016810· Male· France· Born in 2007
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Rajat Makkar, a 19-year-old French International Master, is rated 2473 and ranked 5th among French players under 20, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +47 Elo over the past 12 months. 142 rated games in the past year (≈83/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Championnat de France des Jeunes 2026 - U20, European Individual Chess Championship 2026, and Reykjavik Open 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Team Blitz) recently. He reached French #36 in Dec 2023.
Awarded IM in 2024 (age 17), FM in 2022 (age 15), and CM in 2015 (age 8). Earned GM norms at Northumbria GM 2023 and Spring 2024 4NCL Round Robin. At junior level, he reached World #45 in U20, World #27 in U18, World #9 in U16, World #30 in U14, World #9 in U12, World #6 in U10 and World #9 in U8.
Current rating
2473
Standard
Rpd2242·Blz2284
All-time high
2473
at best
Jun 2026 · age 19
Jun 2026 · age 19
Activity
108
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
122 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#5
#5 · French players under 20 · of 564
Career timeline
23 entries2026
45th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2457
May 2026
Re-crossed 2400
at age 19
Feb 2026
1,000 career games
at age 19
Feb 2026
2024
IM title awardedIM
at age 17 · 2023 1st FIDE Council
May 2024
27th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2453
Jan 2024
2023
Peak French rank: #36
at age 16 · rated 2465
Dec 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+63
2410 → 2473
Tournaments
17
105 games
Score
71/ 10567.6%
58W26D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jun 2026 | 2/2 | #134 | 3219 | +8.5 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/5 | #1 | 2819 | +5.8 |
Team | May 2026 | 2.5/3 | #6 | 2721 | +9.9 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 8.5/9 | #1 | 2741 | +23.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/10 | #248 | 2419 | +1.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #63 | 2477 | +10.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #63 | 2286 | -3.6 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/5 | #1 | 2883 | +7.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #10 | 3103 | +7.3 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #33 | 2545 | +3.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMatthew J WadsworthGM
🇬🇧ENG·2516
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsMathias Delaplace
🇫🇷FRA·2227
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsJonah B WillowIM
🇬🇧ENG·2450
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsAndre TulliezFM
🇫🇷FRA·2303
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsAdam MekhaneFM
🇫🇷FRA·2352
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2023
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Rankings
/
France
#31
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#484
in continent
World
#808
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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