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Balaji, Aaravamudhan
IM🇬🇧FIDE 436224· Male· England· Born in 2005
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Aaravamudhan Balaji, a 21-year-old English International Master, is rated 2315 and sitting in the top 2% of English players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 42 Elo over the past 12 months. 139 rated games in the past year (≈50/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 7-8, and Cto de Tenerife por Equipos 2026 - Preferente Rondas 5-7. Also played 2 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 6 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool C) recently. His peak of 2396 was reached at age 19 (Sep 2024); he also reached English #32 in Aug 2025.
Awarded IM in 2024 (age 19), FM in 2023 (age 18), and CM in 2020 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #91 in U20, World #97 in U18 and #1, #2, #1 and #2 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2315
Standard
Rpd2326·Blz2340
All-time high
2396
−81 pts below
Sep 2024 · age 19
Sep 2024 · age 19
Activity
92
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
136 past 12 mo · ≈11/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#57 · English players · of 2,574
Career timeline
24 entries2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 21
Apr 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Nov 2025
500 career games
at age 20
Sep 2025
Peak English rank: #32
at age 20 · rated 2394
Aug 2025
2024
IM title awardedIM
at age 19 · 95th 2024 FIDE Congress
Oct 2024
91st U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2396
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
AlphaChess: Christmas Edition - North London FIDE Classical Event - Mistletoe (1750-2400)perf 2901 (+615) · 5/5 · #1
Evolution
-36
2351 → 2315
Tournaments
21
147 games
Score
87/ 14759.2%
62W50D35L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 4.5/9 | #32 | 2272 | -10.4 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2026 | 3.5/9 | #9 | 2332 | +4.0 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #4 | 2229 | -6.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/7 | #16 | 2283 | +0.4 |
Team | May 2026 | 1.5/3 | #38 | 2427 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/11 | #167 | 2305 | +2.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #12 | 2373 | +3.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #12 | 2313 | +1.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #32 | 2302 | +9.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/5 | #8 | 2202 | -6.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIlya Iyengar
🇬🇧ENG·1976
+2 −6 =2
10 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsStanley BadacsonyiFM
🇬🇧ENG·2325
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsViktor StoyanovFM
🇬🇧ENG·2236
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsChristopher Tombolis
🇬🇧ENG·1927
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Sep 2022
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vsDaniel W GormallyGM
🇬🇧ENG·2391
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
England
#57
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#2,389
in continent
World
#3,618
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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