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Samarth J Rao
CM🇮🇳FIDE 46652370· Male· India· Born in 1999
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Samarth J Rao, a 27-year-old Indian Candidate Master, is rated 1910 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +37 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26, All India Civil Services Men Team Chess Championship 2025-26, and Goa Purple - 24th World IPCA Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Specially Abled) Standard. Also played 6 rapid (including SATISH ANNA ALL INDIA OPEN FIDE RAPID RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT) and 4 blitz events (including 25th RCC International FIDE Rated Blitz Cup) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 40 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2023–2024).
Awarded CM in 2017 (age 18).
Current rating
1910
Standard
Rpd1778·Blz1728
All-time high
1910
at best
Mar 2026 · age 27
Mar 2026 · age 27
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#45,703
#45,703 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1910
at age 27
Mar 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 25
Aug 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1616 → returned at 1770
Feb 2023
2019
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 1664 → returned at 1674
Aug 2019
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
2017
CM title awardedCM
at age 18
Aug 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
Goa Purple - 24th World IPCA Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Specially Abled) Standardperf 2049 (+184) · 6/9 · #8
Top opponent
Evolution
+37
1873 → 1910
Tournaments
4
31 games
Score
23.5/ 3175.8%
18W11D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/7 | #33 | 1868 | -2.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/3 | #59 | 2514 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 2049 | +42.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 1789 | -8.4 |
Rankings
/
India
#1,079
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,423
in continent
World
#45,703
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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