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Mrityunjay Kumar
🇮🇳FIDE 45049882· Male· India· Born in 1999
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Mrityunjay Kumar, a 27-year-old Indian player, is rated 2041 — his current career high and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players. He is rising rapidly, having gained +132 Elo over the past 12 months. 90 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2nd Late Shri Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Memorial Fide Rating Open Chess Tournament, CHIEF MINISTER CHHATTISGARH TROPHY 45th National Team Chess Championship 2026, and Warrior Chess Academy - International 2nd FIDE Open Chess Tournament. Also played 4 rapid (including SHRI P . R D U T T A MEMORIAL OPEN INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT 2026) and 5 blitz events (including Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament - 2025 Category D (Blitz)) recently. He took a 14-month break between Mar 2015 and Jun 2016.
Current rating
2041
Standard
Rpd1918·Blz1821
All-time high
2041
at best
May 2026 · age 27
May 2026 · age 27
Activity
84
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
90 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#622 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 2041
at age 27
May 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 27
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+281 Elo)
1650 → 1931
May 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 25
Feb 2024
2019
100 career games
at age 20
Sep 2019
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
SHRI DHANPAT RAI SACHDEVA MEMORIAL OPEN INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENTperf 2089 (+126) · 7/9 · #18
Top opponent
Evolution
+113
1928 → 2041
Tournaments
9
91 games
Score
62/ 9168.1%
59W17D15L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsNagare Kaivalya SandipFM2,327·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-A 1900 & Above)·R5·+16.8
2.[W]vsR.R. LaxmanGM2,255·CHIEF MINISTER CHHATTISGARH TROPHY 45th National Team Chess Championship 2026·R2·+15.8
3.[W]vsNaveen K S2,055·Warrior Chess Academy - International 2nd FIDE Open Chess Tournament·R9·+10.9
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsUmesh S Lalwani1,729·2nd AGCA International Fide Rated Classical Chess Tournament 2025·R4·-16.4
2.[L]vsSoumyadeep Nath1,800·3rd NITAI GHOSH MEMORIAL FIDE RATED INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2025·R4·-14.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #9 | 2074 | +17.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #13 | 2015 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7.5/9 | #3 | 2054 | +14.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/10 | #72 | 2025 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 8/9 | #4 | 2115 | +20.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/7 | #9 | 2086 | -10.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7.5/9 | #6 | 1984 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/9 | #12 | 1981 | +9.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7/9 | #18 | 2089 | +34.8 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
India
#622
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,839
in continent
World
#21,850
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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