Vijay, Kumar

Kumar Vijay, a 34-year-old Indian player, is rated 1953 and sitting in the top 5% of Indian players. He is progressing steadily with +50 Elo over the past 12 months. 110 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include BIHAR OPEN FIDE RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2026, CHIEF MINISTER CHHATTISGARH TROPHY 45th National Team Chess Championship 2026, and 13th NATIONALS AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - 2026 (OPEN - BELOW 2300). Also played 4 rapid (including National Rapid Chess Championship 2025-26) and 4 blitz events (including NATIONAL BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025-26) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 13 months (2010–2012), 12 months (2015–2016), 24 months (2016–2018) and 35 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2021 was reached at age 21 (Nov 2013).

At junior level, he reached #42 and #59 nationally in U20 and U18.