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Maheswaran, P.

FM🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 5013232· Male· India· Born in 1986

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P. Maheswaran, a 40-year-old Indian FIDE Master, is rated 2034 and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players. He is progressing steadily with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The 3rd Xaverian International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament, Port city International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025, and Visalakshi- Arunachalam 9th SCS International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament. Also played 4 rapid events (including Sivakasi Chess Club FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament - 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2016–2017) and 33 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2355 was reached at age 24 (Jan 2010); he also reached Indian #66 in Apr 2009.

Awarded FM in 2009 (age 23). At junior level, he reached #13, #20 and #21 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2034

Standard

Rpd2083·Blz2253

All-time high

2355

−321 pts below
Jan 2010 · age 24

Activity

32

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#640 · Indian players · of 19,243

Career timeline

16 entries
2020
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2156 → returned at 2129
Jan 2020
2016
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2254 → returned at 2245
Jun 2016
2012
500 career games
at age 26
May 2012
2010
All-time peak 2355
at age 24 · −321 from today
Jan 2010
2009
Best 12-month gain (+109 Elo)
2241 → 2350
Jul 2009
Peak Indian rank: #66
at age 23 · rated 2341
Apr 2009

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Sailesh R 2,064
Port city International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025 · Oct 2025 · +0.4 Elo
Evolution
-14
2048 → 2034
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
19.5/ 2578.0%
16W7D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
The 3rd Xaverian International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament
Open Swiss
Mar 20266/8#171884-16.8
Port city International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20257/9#41995+2.6
Visalakshi- Arunachalam 9th SCS International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament
Open Swiss
Jun 20256.5/8#32050+12.2
Worst Elo result: The 3rd Xaverian International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament (-16.8 Elo, finished #17).

Most-Played Opponents

vsS. Krishnan RamFM
🇮🇳IND·2046
+2 −3 =11
16 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsR.R. LaxmanGM
🇮🇳IND·2245
+1 −5 =5
11 games·last met May 2013
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vsM. KunalFM
🇮🇳IND·2293
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsK. RatnakaranIM
🇮🇳IND·2159
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Jul 2014
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vsKannan Sa
🇮🇳IND·1925
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2023
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Rankings

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India
#640
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,928
in continent
World
#22,725
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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India
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4
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5
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7
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8
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9
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9
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Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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3
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4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
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World
1
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2,841
2
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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