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Lalit Babu M R
GM🇮🇳FIDE 5024595· Male· India· Born in 1993
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Lalit Babu M R, a 33-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2513 and ranked 44th among Indian players, and 492nd worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +33 Elo over the past 12 months. 57 rated games in the past year (≈88/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Budapest Spring Festival 2026, Int. Graz Open 2026 - A, and COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Open Event. Also played 1 rapid (including FIDE World Cup 2025 Rapid TB) and 1 blitz events (including FIDE World Cup 2025 Blitz TB) recently. His peak of 2594 was reached at age 21 (Apr 2014, World #243 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2012 (age 19) and IM in 2009 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #12 in U20, World #17 in U18, World #8 in U16, World #8 in U14 and World #5 in U12.
Current rating
2513
Standard
Rpd2566·Blz2541
All-time high
2594
−81 pts below
Apr 2014 · age 21
Apr 2014 · age 21
Activity
78
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
63 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#44
#44 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
21 entries2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 32
Jul 2025
2020
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2553 → returned at 2548
Mar 2020
2014
Peak World rank: #243
at age 21 · rated 2594
Apr 2014
All-time peak 2594
at age 21 · −62 from today
Apr 2014
1,000 career games
at age 21
Feb 2014
2013
Peak Indian rank: #9
at age 20 · rated 2571
Jun 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+1
2512 → 2513
Tournaments
8
63 games
Score
44/ 6369.8%
32W24D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/6 | #2 | 2508 | -1.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/8 | #69 | 2334 | -18.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #11 | 2536 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7.5/9 | #2 | 2674 | +16.9 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2452 | +2.8 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | R128 | 2577 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 8.5/11 | #8 | 2480 | +4.3 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #41 | 2430 | -10.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsV A V RajeshIM
🇮🇳IND·2338
+12 −2 =3
17 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsMishra SwayamsGM
🇮🇳IND·2446
+7 −2 =7
16 games·last met Mar 2016
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vsS. Dhopade SwapnilGM
🇮🇳IND·2419
+4 −2 =9
15 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsVishnu Prasanna. VGM
🇮🇳IND·2382
+8 −4 =3
15 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsDeepan Chakkravarthy J.GM
🇮🇳IND·2398
+3 −3 =8
14 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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India
#44
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#128
in continent
World
#492
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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