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Velagapudi, Vihan
🇫🇮FIDE 515604· Male· Finland· Born in 2011
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Vihan Velagapudi, a 15-year-old Finnish player, is rated 2028 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 16. He is rising rapidly, having gained +114 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group2 8, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group2 6, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group3 7-8. Also played 2 rapid (including Tallinn Chess Festival - III Nomme Open) and 1 blitz events (including Tallinn Chess Festival - III TalTech Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #44 in U8 and #5, #2, #2 and #2 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2028
Standard
Rpd1844·Blz1755
All-time high
2028
at best
Apr 2026 · age 15
Apr 2026 · age 15
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#997 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,341
Career timeline
12 entries2026
5th Finnish U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2028
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2028
at age 15
Apr 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 14
Dec 2025
2nd Finnish U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1994
Sep 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 13
Mar 2024
2023
2nd Finnish U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1731
Jul 2023
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+114
1914 → 2028
Tournaments
5
17 games
Score
11.5/ 1767.6%
10W3D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 2714 | +12.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 2474 | +4.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #4 | 2692 | +16.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/5 | #4 | 2165 | +59.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/8 | #19 | 2057 | +20.4 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
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Finland
#222
out of 806 players
Europe
#17,276
in continent
World
#23,441
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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