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Shanmugasundaram Viswanathan
🇮🇳FIDE 45072361· Male· India· Born in 1982
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Shanmugasundaram Viswanathan, a 44-year-old Indian player, is rated 1470 — just 19 short of his peak of 1489 (Nov 2025, age 43). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2015–2016) and 98 months (2016–2024). Recent standard appearances include INTERNATIONAL FIDE OPEN RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT- 2025, 23rd Adyar Times FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025, and Warrior Chess Academy International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament for Below 1800. Also played 1 rapid event (including Eight Square Chess Academy & Capa Chess Academy - International RAPID FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026) recently.
Current rating
1470
Standard
Rpd1486·Blz1477
All-time high
1489
−19 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 43
Nov 2025 · age 43
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#196,933
#196,933 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2025
All-time peak 1489
at age 43 · −19 from today
Nov 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+322 Elo)
1141 → 1463
Sep 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 42
Mar 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 42
Mar 2024
2016
Inactive for 98 months
paused at 1141 → returned at 1463
Jun 2016
2015
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1144 → returned at 1141
Mar 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+7
1463 → 1470
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
15/ 2560.0%
14W2D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/2 | #261 | 2436 | -2.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/4 | #169 | 2413 | +23.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/3 | #295 | 2425 | +9.6 |
Rankings
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India
#13,667
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#42,451
in continent
World
#196,830
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
India
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