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Shamim Ahmad
🇮🇳FIDE 25026526· Male· India· Born in 1957
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Shamim Ahmad, a 69-year-old Indian player, is rated 1441. He has slipped back 60 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2nd Late Shri Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Memorial Fide Rating Open Chess Tournament, BIHAR OPEN FIDE RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT - 2026, and All India Below 1700 Fide rating chess tournament, Amravati 2026. Also played 1 rapid event (including 1st Uttarakhand Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament - 2026) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2016–2017), 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 21 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1624 was reached at age 53 (May 2010).
Current rating
1441
Standard
Rpd1464·Blz—
All-time high
1624
−183 pts below
May 2010 · age 53
May 2010 · age 53
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#206,987
#206,987 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 68
Jun 2025
Best 12-month gain (+319 Elo)
1168 → 1487
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 67
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 67
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1168 → returned at 1487
Mar 2023
65th Indian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1190
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-35
1476 → 1441
Tournaments
4
34 games
Score
14.5/ 3442.6%
13W3D18L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsBijoy Dey1,408·21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'C')·R5·-11.9
2.[L]vsJadi Kishan Kumar1,580·All India Below 1700 Fide rating chess tournament, Amravati 2026·R2·-6.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/5 | #176 | 1816 | -15.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #277 | 1946 | +0.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/3 | #290 | 2411 | -19.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2.5/3 | #1209 | 1846 | -25.0 |
Worst Elo result: 21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'C') (-25.0 Elo, finished #1209).
Rankings
/
India
#16,075
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#47,161
in continent
World
#206,751
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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