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Kumaresan, Darshan
🇬🇧FIDE 442330· Male· England· Born in 2002
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Darshan Kumaresan, a 24-year-old English player, is rated 1837 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +30 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent appearances: Earlsfield FIDE Congress June 2025 - U2400 and Muswell Hill FIDE Standard - 17 June 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Earlsfield FIDE Rapidplay June 2025 - Open) and 4 blitz events (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Team Blitz) recently. He took a 83-month break between Jul 2018 and Jul 2025.
At junior level, he reached #56, #34, #19 and #33 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1837
Standard
Rpd1851·Blz1957
All-time high
1837
at best
Jul 2025 · age 23
Jul 2025 · age 23
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#65,163
#65,163 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1837
at age 23
Jul 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 22
Mar 2024
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
2019
56th English U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1679
May 2019
2018
Inactive for 83 months
paused at 1679 → returned at 1837
Jul 2018
2017
34th English U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1792
Jan 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
1837 → 1837
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
1W2D2L
Top 1 win
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/5 | #8 | 1796 | -2.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMichael Ifalore
🇬🇧ENG·1993
+6 −1 =3
10 games·last met Apr 2018
View head-to-head →
vsRobert Akeya-Price
🇬🇧ENG·1937
+7 −2 =0
9 games·last met May 2017
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vsPaul G Jackson
🇬🇧ENG·1720
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsAurideep Nayak
🇬🇧ENG·1703
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met Dec 2017
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vsMartin Rosenbach
🇬🇧ENG·1828
+2 −5 =1
8 games·last met Dec 2017
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Rankings
/
England
#1,037
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#47,565
in continent
World
#65,162
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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