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Kaur, Palkin
🇮🇳FIDE 5088070· Female· India· Born in 2002
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Palkin Kaur, a 24-year-old Indian player, is rated 1880 — just 22 short of her peak of 1902 (May 2026, age 24) and sitting in the top 5% of Indian women. She has fluctuated between 1868 and 1902 over the past 2 years. 18 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent appearance: 23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026. Also played 3 rapid (including Nikunj Agarwal Memorial International FIDE rated Rapid Chess Tournament) and 3 blitz events (including 1st Shatranj India Open International FIDE Rated Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. She had 2 career breaks: 28 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 36 months (2022–2025).
At junior level, she reached World #58 in U8 and #74, #60, #100, #73 and #37 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1880
Standard
Rpd1773·Blz1754
All-time high
1902
−22 pts below
May 2026 · age 24
May 2026 · age 24
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 5%
#132 · Indian women · of 2,640
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 1902
at age 24 · −22 from today
May 2026
2022
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 1800 → returned at 1868
Apr 2022
2021
74th Indian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1861
Sep 2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
2020
60th Indian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1861
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1861 → returned at 1800
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+12
1868 → 1880
Tournaments
2
37 games
Score
9/ 3724.3%
9W12D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsAadya RanganathWCM1,770·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-A 1900 & Above)·R9·-13.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #60 | 1769 | -21.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #140 | 2024 | +34.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVantika AgrawalIM
🇮🇳IND·2388
+1 −5 =4
10 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsTejasvi M
🇮🇳IND·1824
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsK PriyankaWIM
🇮🇳IND·2115
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsRajagopalan
🇮🇳IND·1645
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2015
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Rankings
/
India
#1,255
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,290
in continent
World
#53,209
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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