David GUNAPALAN
David GUNAPALAN is an international chess player. Their classical Elo rating is 1855 points. Rapid Elo: 1908. Blitz Elo: 1650. −34 FIDE Elo points since 2024-11.
Identity
- FIDE number
- 2612232
- Country
- CAN
Elo rating
- Classical
- 1855
- Rapid
- 1908
- Blitz
- 1650
- #1332 in the CAN federation in classical
- #318 in the CAN federation in rapid
- #813 in the CAN federation in blitz
Career in figures
Standard FIDE rating tracked since 08/2015: 2001 at the first record, 1855 at the latest, peaking at 2001 (08/2015).
39 tournaments listed on Grand Roque (2014-2026). Most frequent city: Ontario (25 tournaments). 305 recorded games, with an overall score of 50%.
Last 12 months
- Games
- 39
- Wins
- 19
- Draws
- 7
- Losses
- 13
- Score
- 58 %
- Average opponent Elo
- 1721
- Best win
- Michael Kimelman (2205) · 2025 GTCL Cup
Elo history
- 2026-01 → 2026-10 · 1855
- 2025-01 → 2025-12 · 1884
- 2024-11 → 2024-12 · 1889
Tournaments played
- Chess4win Thanksgiving Rapid Open · Toronto (2026)
- Niagara Fallsview Qualifier 1 · Toronto (2026)
- Niagara Fallsview Qualifier 1 · Toronto (2026)
- 2026 Toronto Blitz · Toronto (2026)
- Hart House Holidays Open U2000 · Ontario (2025)
- 2025 GTCL Cup · Ontario (2025)
- 2025 Hart House Summer Blitz Crown · Ontario (2025)
- Blitz Bliss - June · Quebec (2025)
- 2025 Toronto Blitz · Ontario (2025)
- 2025 Easter Blitz Blitz de Paques · Ontario (2025)
- Hart House Holidays Open - U1900 · Ontario (2024)
- 2024 GTCL Cup - U1800 · Ontario (2024)
- TCC 2nd Blitz & Social · Ontario (2024)
- ACC Hallowe'en Rapid 2024 · Ontario (2024)
- Toronto CC 1st Rapid & Social · Ontario (2024)
- 2024 Toronto Blitz Championship · Ontario (2024)
- 2024 Hart House Summer Rapid Crown · Ontario (2024)
- 2024 Hart House Summer Blitz Crown · Ontario (2024)
- FIDE Candidates Rapid 2024 · Ontario (2024)
- 2024 Candidates Blitz · Ontario (2024)
- 2024 Excelsior March Rapid Ch · Ontario (2024)
- 2023 GTCL Cup U1800 · Ontario (2023)
- 2023 ACC Hallowe'en Rapid · Ontario (2023)
- 2023 Toronto Blitz Championship · Ontario (2023)
- Hart House Summer Blitz Premier · Ontario (2023)
- Cdn Transnational Blitz General · Ontario (2023)
- GTCL Cup Crown · Ontario (2022)
- 2022 Toronto Blitz · Ontario (2022)
- Hart House Holidays Open - U2200 · Ontario (2018)
- Toronto Blitz Chess Ch 2017 · Ontario (2017)
- 2015 Francophonie Rapide Open · Quebec (2015)
- 2015 Championnats Francophonie Open · Quebec (2015)
- 2015 Francophonie Blitz Open · Quebec (2015)
- Championnat Ouvert de Laval 2015 · Quebec (2015)
- TORO 2015 Open · Quebec (2015)
- Varennes 2014 · Quebec (2014)
- Canadian Open 2014 Section C · Quebec (2014)
- 2014 Championnat Ouvert de Laval - · Quebec (2014)
- 2014 TORO - Section B · Quebec (2014)
Recent games
- Bryan Yang (1886) · ½ · Chess4win Thanksgiving Rapid Open (2026)
- Jacob Ma (1407) · 1 · Chess4win Thanksgiving Rapid Open (2026)
- Viaan Nayak (1363) · 1 · Chess4win Thanksgiving Rapid Open (2026)
- Kousuke Nguyen-Kawamura (1739) · 1 · Chess4win Thanksgiving Rapid Open (2026)
- Raymond Gao (2210) · ½ · Chess4win Thanksgiving Rapid Open (2026)
- Kathryn Shon (1630) · 1 · Niagara Fallsview Qualifier 1 (2026)
- Suhail Attai (1539) · 1 · Niagara Fallsview Qualifier 1 (2026)
- Illia Maiakh (1467) · 1 · Niagara Fallsview Qualifier 1 (2026)
- William Klarner (1998) · 0 · Niagara Fallsview Qualifier 1 (2026)
- Stephane Gerard (2067) · ½ · Niagara Fallsview Qualifier 1 (2026)
- Christopher Charles (1588) · 0 · Niagara Fallsview Qualifier 1 (2026)
- Thomas Hagar (619) · ½ · Niagara Fallsview Qualifier 1 (2026)