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KV
Kulkarni Vijay
🇮🇳INACTIVEFIDE 45048835· Male· India· Born in 1946
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Kulkarni Vijay, a 80-year-old Indian player. He plays around 4 rated games per year and had 3 career breaks: 22 months (2015–2016), 12 months (2016–2018) and 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). Recent appearances: 4th UINSports International Below 1700 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament Pune 2025 and All India Below 1600 IInd Narendraji Firodiya Chashak Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament. His peak of 1432 was reached at age 78 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
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unranked
Rpd1443·Blz—
All-time high
1432
−1432 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 78
Mar 2024 · age 78
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#15,186
India
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+373 Elo)
1054 → 1427
Dec 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 78
Mar 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 78
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1432
at age 78 · −14 from today
Mar 2024
2022
8th Indian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1078
May 2022
2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 74
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
All India Open Motilalji Firodiya Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026 · May 2026 · +12.3 Elo
Evolution
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Tournaments
2
27 games
Score
6/ 2722.2%
8W2D17L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsAniket Gade1,498·All India Open Motilalji Firodiya Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026·R5·+12.3
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/3 | #378 | 2413 | -15.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/3 | #311 | 2383 | -16.6 |
Worst Elo result: All India Below 1600 IInd Narendraji Firodiya Chashak Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament (-16.6 Elo, finished #311).
Rankings
/
India
#15,186
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#34,446
in continent
World
#197,374
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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