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Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury
🇧🇩FIDE 10201742· Male· Bangladesh· Born in 1962
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Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury, a 64-year-old Bangladeshi player, is rated 1799. He is progressing steadily with +25 Elo over the past 12 months. 128 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include BCF Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2026, Elegant 53rd FIDE Standard Rating Chess Tournament 2026, and Narayanganj Royal Chess Club 1st FIDE International Rating Chess Tournament 2026( Below 2000). Also played 12 rapid (including Professor M A Mannan Memorial International Rapid rating Chess Tournament) and 9 blitz events (including BCF Open FIDE Blitz Rating Chess Tournament 2026) recently. His peak of 2125 was reached at age 40 (Apr 2002, Bangladeshi #41 at the time).
Previously known as Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury (until Jun 2022).
Current rating
1799
Standard
Rpd1780·Blz1636
All-time high
2125
−326 pts below
Apr 2002 · age 40
Apr 2002 · age 40
Activity
115
games / yr avg. · ≈10/mo
128 past 12 mo · ≈11/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#76,663
#76,663 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
17 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+106 Elo)
1688 → 1794
Oct 2025
2024
1,000 career games
at age 62
Jan 2024
2023
5th Bangladeshi 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1734
Jan 2023
2022
6-month rising streak
+104 Elo
Dec 2022
Renamed to Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury
at age 60
Jun 2022
2018
3rd Bangladeshi 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1840
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+43
1756 → 1799
Tournaments
28
172 games
Score
92.5/ 17253.8%
87W11D74L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsHafizur Rahman Mohammed1,566·Elegant 46th FIDE Standard Rating Chess Tournament 2025·R5·-15.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
top 10 of 12| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/6 | #63 | 2124 | +19.4 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/4 | #13 | 2068 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/2 | #38 | 2608 | +1.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/6 | #26 | 1911 | +18.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/3 | #15 | 998 | -26.2 |
Worst Elo result: Shailkupa 2nd International Rating Chess Tournament 2026 (-26.2 Elo, finished #15).
Rankings
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Bangladesh
#444
out of 2,323 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,382
in continent
World
#76,663
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Asia-Pacific
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World
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