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Pujari, Rucha

WIM🇮🇳INACTIVE · since February 2025

FIDEFIDE 5024528· Female· India· Born in 1994

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Rucha Pujari, a 32-year-old Indian Woman International Master, is rated 2144 and ranked 39th among Indian women, and in the top 5% worldwide. She plays around 53 rated games per year and took a 28-month break between Mar 2020 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included). Her peak of 2268 was reached at age 25 (Jul 2019).

Awarded WIM in 2017 (age 23) and WFM in 2007 (age 13). Earned a WGM norm at Aeroflot Open 2020 B. At junior level, she reached World #81 in U10 and #22, #17, #26, #30 and #34 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2144

Standard

Rpd2147·Blz2104

All-time high

2268

−124 pts below
Jul 2019 · age 25

Activity

26

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#39

#39 · Indian women · of 2,640

Career timeline

25 entries
2025
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2144 → still inactive
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 30
Mar 2024
2020
Re-crossed 2200
at age 26
Mar 2020
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 2244 → returned at 2229
Mar 2020
1,000 career games
at age 26
Mar 2020
2019
All-time peak 2268
at age 25 · −124 from today
Jul 2019

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Velpula SarayuWIM 2,334
IM V Round Robin · May 2026 · +15.0 Elo
Evolution
0
2144 → 2144
Score
0/ 90.0%
3W2D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsVelpula SarayuWIM2,334·IM V Round Robin·R1·+15.0
2.[W]vsRoshan Sethuraman2,276·IM V Round Robin·R3·+13.6
3.[W]vsPotluri Saye SrreezzaWFM2,098·IM V Round Robin·R6·+8.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsNenad PanicIM2,205·IM V Round Robin·R8·-8.3
2.[L]vsMilan A GagicFM2,332·IM V Round Robin·R2·-5.1
3.[L]vsSubhayan KunduIM2,363·IM V Round Robin·R5·-4.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsJ SaranyaWFM
🇮🇳IND·1975
+5 −4 =2
11 games·last met Feb 2017
View head-to-head →
vsR. BharathiWFM
🇮🇳IND·2096
+2 −2 =5
9 games·last met Sep 2012
View head-to-head →
vsP V NandhidhaaWGM
🇮🇳IND·2248
+5 −0 =3
8 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsRout PadminiIM
🇮🇳IND·2341
+2 −5 =1
8 games·last met Feb 2019
View head-to-head →
vsSameer KathmaleIM
🇮🇳IND·2330
+0 −3 =5
8 games·last met Mar 2017
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
India
#384
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,161
in continent
World
#11,704
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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10
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