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Selvakumar Shanmugasamy
🇮🇳FIDE 46674179· Male· India· Born in 1990
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Selvakumar Shanmugasamy, a 36-year-old Indian player, is rated 1495. He has slipped back 42 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Akshaya Institutions 3rd International Pongal open fide rated chess tournament 2026, STAR CHESS FOUNDATION 3rd INTERNATIONAL OPEN FIDE RATED BELOW 1700 CHESS TOURNAMENT, and AICFB South Zone Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged 2025. He had 3 career breaks: 55 months (2014–2019), 39 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2023–2024). His peak of 1566 was reached at age 34 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1495
Standard
Rpd1469·Blz1484
All-time high
1566
−71 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 34
Mar 2024 · age 34
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#187,687
#187,687 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+326 Elo)
1240 → 1566
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 34
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 34
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1566
at age 34 · −71 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1277 → returned at 1541
Jun 2023
2020
Crossed 1200
at age 30
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
AICFB South Zone Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged 2025perf 2003 (+446) · 5.5/6 · #16
Top opponent
Evolution
-46
1541 → 1495
Tournaments
3
35 games
Score
13/ 3537.1%
17W4D14L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsUdupa Krishna1,735·AICFB South Zone Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged 2025·R2·+14.7
2.[W]vsSparsh Tiwari1,644·AICFB South Zone Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged 2025·R8·+12.5
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #128 | 1671 | -15.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #243 | 1490 | -45.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/6 | #16 | 2003 | +16.2 |
Worst Elo result: STAR CHESS FOUNDATION 3rd INTERNATIONAL OPEN FIDE RATED BELOW 1700 CHESS TOURNAMENT (-45.8 Elo, finished #243).
Rankings
/
India
#11,673
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#38,283
in continent
World
#187,620
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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