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Salonika, Saina
WIM🇮🇳INACTIVE · since April 2025FIDE 25013971· Female· India· Born in 2003
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Saina Salonika, a 23-year-old Indian Woman International Master, is rated 2149 and ranked 38th among Indian women, and in the top 5% worldwide. She plays around 54 rated games per year and took a 26-month break between Jan 2020 and Apr 2022 (COVID-19 included). Her peak of 2223 was reached at age 19 (Dec 2022).
Awarded WIM in 2022 (age 19), WFM in 2016 (age 13), and WCM in 2012 (age 9). At junior level, she reached World #30 in U8 and #30, #28, #20, #12, #15 and #11 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2149
Standard
Rpd1996·Blz1993
All-time high
2223
−74 pts below
Dec 2022 · age 19
Dec 2022 · age 19
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
Moderately active
Signature stat
#38
#38 · Indian women · of 2,559
Career timeline
30 entries2025
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2149 → still inactive
Apr 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 21
May 2024
2023
30th Indian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2223
Jan 2023
2022
All-time peak 2223
at age 19 · −74 from today
Dec 2022
WIM title awardedWIM
at age 19 · 2022 2nd FIDE Council
Aug 2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 19
Jun 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2149 → 2149
Most-Played Opponents
vsLakshmi CWFM
🇮🇳IND·1957
+6 −3 =4
13 games·last met Feb 2022
View head-to-head →
vsBommini Mounika AkshayaWIM
🇮🇳IND·2128
+7 −2 =3
12 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsBach Ngoc Thuy DuongWIM
🇻🇳VIE·2105
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsArushi KotwalWCM
🇮🇳IND·1782
+5 −1 =3
9 games·last met Nov 2019
View head-to-head →
vsBristy MukherjeeWFM
🇮🇳IND·2077
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met Sep 2023
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
India
#396
out of 26,544 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,153
in continent
World
#11,392
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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