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Narayanan, Sri Shiva Kumar
🇲🇾FIDE 5703808· Male· Malaysia· Born in 1968
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Sri Shiva Kumar Narayanan, a 58-year-old Malaysian player, is rated 1519. He has slipped back 42 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 27th GACC Classical Open, 17h Penang Heritage City Intenational Chess Open 2025 (Open), and 1st Bangkok Summer International Chess Open 2025. He had 3 career breaks: 27 months (2013–2016), 28 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2023–2024). His peak of 1705 was reached at age 43 (May 2011).
Previously known as Sri Shiva Kumar (until Apr 2018).
Current rating
1519
Standard
Rpd1567·Blz1792
All-time high
1705
−186 pts below
May 2011 · age 43
May 2011 · age 43
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#178,295
#178,295 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+221 Elo)
1371 → 1592
Oct 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 56
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 56
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 56
Mar 2024
5th Malaysian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1371
Jan 2024
2023
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1371 → returned at 1592
Feb 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-32
1551 → 1519
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
4/ 1330.8%
3W2D8L
Top 1 win
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/3 | #65 | 2120 | -9.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1.5/4 | #95 | 1761 | -0.6 |
Rankings
/
Malaysia
#926
out of 2,302 players
Asia-Pacific
#34,499
in continent
World
#178,254
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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