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Selvamurugan B
🇮🇳FIDE 46655239· Male· India· Born in 2000
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Selvamurugan B, a 26-year-old Indian player, is rated 2055 — just 17 short of his peak of 2072 (Feb 2026, age 26) and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players, and in the top 9% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +50 Elo over the past 12 months. 65 rated games in the past year (≈76/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The 3rd Xaverian International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament, Akshaya Institutions 3rd International Pongal open fide rated chess tournament 2026, and Hunters Queens Trophy 1st International Classical Fide Rated Open Chess Tournament-2025.
At junior level, he reached #49, #65 and #75 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2055
Standard
Rpd1962·Blz1914
All-time high
2072
−17 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 26
Feb 2026 · age 26
Activity
74
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
65 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#595 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
17 entries2026
All-time peak 2072
at age 26 · −17 from today
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 25
Mar 2025
2020
49th Indian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1963
Oct 2020
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1963 → returned at 1954
Feb 2020
2019
500 career games
at age 19
May 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
Hunters Queens Trophy 1st International Classical Fide Rated Open Chess Tournament-2025perf 2558 (+507) · 7/7 · #3
Top opponent
Akshaya Institutions 3rd International Pongal open fide rated chess tournament 2026 · Jan 2026 · +2.7 Elo
Evolution
+38
2017 → 2055
Tournaments
7
58 games
Score
48.5/ 5883.6%
43W11D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsHari Prasath R1,763·The 3rd Xaverian International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament·R3·-16.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/6 | #66 | 1844 | -16.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 8/9 | #1 | 2154 | +20.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/7 | #3 | 2558 | +9.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/9 | #4 | 2041 | +9.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2013 | +7.0 |
Worst Elo result: The 3rd Xaverian International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament (-16.6 Elo, finished #66).
Rankings
/
India
#595
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,678
in continent
World
#20,168
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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