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Barus, Cerdas

Barus, Cerdas

GM🇮🇩

FIDEFIDE 7100094· Male· Indonesia· Born in 1962

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Cerdas Barus, a 64-year-old Indonesian Grandmaster, is rated 2243 and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 55 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: PERCASI SCUA FIDE RATED 3 2026 and JAPFA FIDE RATED 2025 - OPEN. Also played 1 blitz event (including JAPFA FIDE RATED 2025 - BLITZ) recently. He had 6 career breaks: 17 months (2001–2002), 50 months (2004–2008), 22 months (2009–2011), 15 months (2018–2019), 31 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 40 months (2022–2025). His peak of 2503 was reached at age 41 (Jan 2003); he also reached Indonesian #2 in Mar 2010 and spent 28 months in Indonesian top 3.

Awarded GM in 2003 (age 41) and IM in 2001 (age 39).

Current rating

2243

Standard

Rpd2354·Blz2263

All-time high

2503

−260 pts below
Jan 2003 · age 41

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 3%

#6,117 · players worldwide · of 216,808
28 months in National top 3 (2002–2012)

Career timeline

22 entries
2026
1st Indonesian 60-65 player
at age 64 · rated 2268
Jan 2026
2022
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 2298 → returned at 2268
Jan 2022
2019
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2306 → returned at 2298
May 2019
2018
1st Indonesian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2320
Nov 2018
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2320 → returned at 2306
Jan 2018
2013
2nd Indonesian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2396
Sep 2013

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Johan GunawanFM 2,095
JAPFA FIDE RATED 2025 - OPEN · May 2025 · +2.7 Elo
Evolution
-25
2268 → 2243
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
9.5/ 1852.8%
6W7D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJohan GunawanFM2,095·JAPFA FIDE RATED 2025 - OPEN·R3·+2.7
2.[W]vsFerdiyansah2,082·JAPFA FIDE RATED 2025 - OPEN·R1·+2.6
3.[W]vsRezka Aulia1,891·PERCASI SCUA FIDE RATED 3 2026·R2·+1.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
PERCASI SCUA FIDE RATED 3 2026
Open Swiss
Jan 20265.5/9#141945-24.7
JAPFA FIDE RATED 2025 - OPEN
Open Swiss
May 20254/9#362035-30.3
Worst Elo result: JAPFA FIDE RATED 2025 - OPEN (-30.3 Elo, finished #36).

Rankings

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Indonesia
#29
out of 564 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,070
in continent
World
#6,117
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Asia-Pacific
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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9
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10
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