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Panjwani, Raja

IM🇨🇦

FIDEFIDE 2604493· Male· Canada· Born in 1990

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Raja Panjwani, a 36-year-old Canadian International Master, is rated 2389 and ranked 16th among Canadian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 57 Elo over the past 12 months. 78 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Canadian Closed, 2026 Spring Southeastern FIDE - Championship, and Prva liga Srbije za 2025. godinu. He took a 14-month break between Sep 2018 and Dec 2019. His peak of 2485 was reached at age 32 (Sep 2022); he also reached Canadian #2 in Jan 2023 and spent 19 months in Canadian top 5.

Awarded IM in 2009 (age 19) and FM in 2008 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #92 in U20, World #79 in U12 and #3, #3 and #4 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2389

Standard

Rpd2385·Blz2395

All-time high

2485

96 pts below
Sep 2022 · age 32

Activity

62

games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo

78 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#16

#16 · Canadian players · of 1,682
19 months in National top 5 (2022–2024)

Career timeline

21 entries
2025
1,000 career games
at age 35
May 2025
2024
19 months in national top 5
since Aug 2022
Nov 2024
2023
Peak Canadian rank: #2
at age 33 · rated 2485
Jan 2023
2022
All-time peak 2485
at age 32 · −96 from today
Sep 2022
2018
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2450 → returned at 2444
Sep 2018
2016
Re-crossed 2400
at age 26
Sep 2016

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 Royal City Masters Crown
perf 2508 (+77) · 4/6 · #23
Top opponent
Prva liga Srbije za 2025. godinu · Sep 2025 · +3.2 Elo
Evolution
-48
24372389
Tournaments
7
58 games
Score
28/ 5848.3%
16W24D18L

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
Apr 20266.5/9#42400+6.0
Swiss
Mar 20263.5/5#62297-3.0
Team
Sep 20252.5/11#722335-12.9
Round-Robin
Sep 20252.5/9#92240-23.0
Round-Robin
Aug 20254/9#62356-8.6
Open Swiss
Aug 20254/6#232508+7.5
Swiss
Jun 20255/9#82362-3.4
Worst Elo result: GM RR Third Saturday 194 (-23.0 Elo, finished #9).

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Canada
#16
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#217
in continent
World
#1,864
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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2,533
2
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2,513
3
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2,483
4
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2,470
5
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2,454
6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,434
9
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2,427
10
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2,414
...
16🇨🇦Panjwani, Raja2,389
Americas
1
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2,792
2
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2,788
3
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2,754
4
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2,732
5
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2,728
6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
...
217🇨🇦Panjwani, Raja2,389
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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1864🇨🇦Panjwani, Raja2,389