IM Vivek Rao, FIDE rating 2435, USCF 2572, reside in New York City, USA, born October 1970
work as a quantitative financial analyst ('quant') for a derivatives trading company
PhD in physics (condensed matter theory) from Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
married to a nice Indian girl, no children
favorite chess books: Informant, ECO, Shirov's Best Games, Grandmaster Preparation (Polugayevsky), The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
Will always play the theoretically best moves in the opening, if I know what they are!
would like to play in norm invitationals in NYC
other interests: time series analysis, neural networks, computer programming, politics
favorite players (besides World Champions) in chronological order: Keres, Boleslavsky, Portisch, Beliavsky, Topalov
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 2445 | Best | 2774 (21/Jan/2002) |
| Type | Bullet | Rating | 2199 | Best | 2461 (17/Jan/2002) |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 2165 | Best | 2248 (01/Mar/2003) |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 2126 | Best | 2307 (04/Jul/2005) |
| Type | 3-minute | Rating | 1901 | Best | 2148 (08/Jun/2014) |