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Bayarmandakh, Balgan
FM🇲🇳FIDE 4900677· Male· Mongolia· Born in 1974
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Balgan Bayarmandakh, a 52-year-old Mongolian FIDE Master, is rated 2120 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: 53rd Annual World Open - U2200 and 2025 Chicago Summer Open - Major. Also played 1 rapid (including Mongolian Rapid Chess Championship 2025 Open) and 1 blitz events (including Mongolian Blitz Chess Championship 2025 Open) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 36 months (2012–2015) and 43 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2350 was reached at age 35 (Jan 2009, Mongolian #6 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2009 (age 35).
Current rating
2120
Standard
Rpd2148·Blz2057
All-time high
2350
−230 pts below
Jan 2009 · age 35
Jan 2009 · age 35
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#13,621 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
2nd Mongolian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2166
Feb 2025
2023
2nd Mongolian 45-50 player
at age 49 · rated 2188
Dec 2023
2020
Inactive for 43 months
paused at 2189 → returned at 2188
Mar 2020
2019
2nd Mongolian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2233
Nov 2019
Re-crossed 2200
at age 45
Apr 2019
2012
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 2242 → returned at 2225
May 2012
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2120 → 2120
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
9/ 1464.3%
7W4D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7/9 | #4 | 2115 | +0.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/5 | #30 | 1885 | -33.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBazar KhatanbaatarGM
🇲🇳MGL·2300
+0 −9 =9
18 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsBayarsaikhan GundavaaGM
🇲🇳MGL·2468
+1 −11 =5
17 games·last met Feb 2020
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vsGombosuren MunkhgalGM
🇲🇳MGL·2351
+1 −13 =2
16 games·last met Feb 2020
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vsSereenen Gan-OdFM
🇲🇳MGL·2320
+5 −5 =1
11 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsZulzaga ByambaaFM
🇲🇳MGL·2166
+3 −2 =5
10 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Mongolia
#47
out of 609 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,930
in continent
World
#13,621
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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