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Ahmed, Walijah
WCM🇧🇩FIDE 2831193· Female· Bangladesh· Born in 2003
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Walijah Ahmed, a 23-year-old Bangladeshi Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1931. She has slipped back 68 Elo over the past 12 months. 101 rated games in the past year (≈65/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026, 1st Division Chess League-2025, and Begum Laila Alam 15th FIDE Rating Women's Chess Tournament 2026. Also played 6 rapid (including Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 - Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 - Blitz) recently. Her peak of 1999 was reached at age 22 (Jun 2025, Bangladeshi #59 at the time).
Competes for Bangladesh since Aug 2016. Competes as a woman since 2019. Awarded WCM in 2020 (age 17). At junior level, she reached #4, #5, #8 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1931
Standard
Rpd1957·Blz1855
All-time high
1999
−68 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 22
Jun 2025 · age 22
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
92 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#40,727
#40,727 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
Peak Bangladeshi rank: #59
at age 22 · rated 1999
Jun 2025
All-time peak 1999
at age 22 · −68 from today
Jun 2025
2024
500 career games
at age 21
Jul 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 21
Mar 2024
2022
4th Bangladeshi U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1977
Apr 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-40
1971 → 1931
Tournaments
12
86 games
Score
51.5/ 8659.9%
40W23D23L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSk. Rashedul Hasan2,068·July Mass Uprising International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament·R2·+12.7
2.[W]vsMd. Jamal UddinCM2,022·July Mass Uprising International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament·R3·+11.5
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsPreety Jannatul1,703·Begum Laila Alam 15th FIDE Rating Women's Chess Tournament 2026·R2·-16.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/7 | #74 | 1825 | -24.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #30 | 2426 | +2.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/7 | #9 | 1748 | -31.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #15 | 2030 | +16.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/3 | #19 | 2568 | -5.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/7 | #9 | 1929 | -10.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/11 | #3 | 2034 | +20.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/8 | #5 | 1919 | -6.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 1946 | +3.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/5 | #28 | 1988 | +2.8 |
Worst Elo result: Begum Laila Alam 15th FIDE Rating Women's Chess Tournament 2026 (-31.8 Elo, finished #9).
Most-Played Opponents
vsAhmed WadifaWIM
🇧🇩BAN·1927
+10 −3 =22
35 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAnjum NoshinWFM
🇧🇩BAN·2067
+2 −17 =10
29 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsKhusbu WarsiaWFM
🇧🇩BAN·2068
+17 −2 =4
23 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsJahan Diba IsratWCM
🇧🇩BAN·1927
+13 −5 =4
22 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsFerdous JannatulWFM
🇧🇩BAN·1896
+8 −4 =8
20 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Bangladesh
#131
out of 2,324 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,832
in continent
World
#40,726
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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