Pradeep Kumar R A

Pradeep Kumar R A, a 35-year-old Indian player, is rated 2180 and sitting in the top 2% of Indian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 6 months. 45 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy, Little England 5th International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025, and Queenstar Open International Rated Chess Championship 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Queenstar Open International Rated Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2010–2011), 45 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2356 was reached at age 22 (Nov 2013, Indian #72 at the time).

At junior level, he reached #13, #11, #10 and #23 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.