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Kaustubh Balaji
🇮🇳FIDE 45094799· Male· India· Born in 2003
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Kaustubh Balaji, a 23-year-old Indian player, is rated 1580 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED (Below 1600) OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2025, 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy, and 1st SHAASTRA Classical FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including Warrior Chess Academy - 2nd International FIDE Rapid Rated Open Chess Tournament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2016–2017) and 71 months (2019–2025).
Current rating
1580
Standard
Rpd1501·Blz—
All-time high
1580
at best
Mar 2026 · age 23
Mar 2026 · age 23
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#154,681
#154,681 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1580
at age 23
Mar 2026
100 career games
at age 23
Feb 2026
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 21
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 21
Mar 2024
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2019
Inactive for 71 months
paused at 1267 → returned at 1547
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Eight Square Chess Academy - 1st International FIDE Rated (Below 1700) Open Chess Tournament 2025perf 1985 (+431) · 6.5/7 · #99
Top opponent
Evolution
+20
1560 → 1580
Tournaments
5
39 games
Score
23/ 3959.0%
22W2D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsAligi Amrutha Hemal1,448·Vimana City 1st International Below 1700 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R3·-12.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/7 | #100 | 1775 | +12.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/9 | #244 | 1688 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #338 | 2549 | -4.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/7 | #99 | 1985 | +18.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/8 | #121 | 1585 | -13.8 |
Rankings
/
India
#6,619
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#26,246
in continent
World
#154,666
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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