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Jayakumar Thamarai
🇮🇳FIDE 46651799· Male· India· Born in 1948
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Jayakumar Thamarai, a 78-year-old Indian player. He has not played a rated game since March 2023. Recent standard appearances include 2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament, 2nd DNC Memorial FIDE Rating Below 1700 Chess Tournament 2026, and CFPD - 1st International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2026. He had 2 career breaks: 28 months (2017–2019) and 31 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1128 was reached at age 67 (Oct 2015).
Current rating
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unranked
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1128
−1128 pts below
Oct 2015 · age 67
Oct 2015 · age 67
Activity
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classical only
Signature stat
#9,274
India
Career timeline
12 entries2023
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 1007 → still inactive
Mar 2023
2020
31st Indian 70-75 player
at age 72 · rated 1051
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 1051 → returned at 1035
Dec 2019
Return after 29-month break
back at 1067
Nov 2019
2017
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1015 → returned at 1067
Jun 2017
2016
100 career games
at age 68
Aug 2016
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
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Tournaments
13
114 games
Score
32/ 11428.1%
32W0D82L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsParishi Kukreja1,406·2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R5·-3.7
2.[L]vsAairah Gupta1,424·2nd Skillcraft International below 1800 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R4·-3.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
top 10 of 13| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/6 | #1171 | 657 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/1 | #376 | 756 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/2 | #668 | 795 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #202 | 752 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #413 | 798 | 0.0 |
Hot streak: 13 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
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India
#9,274
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#22,013
in continent
World
#159,099
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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