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Vyom Malhotra
CM🇮🇳FIDE 33383561· Male· India· Born in 2014
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Vyom Malhotra, a 12-year-old Indian Candidate Master, is rated 2226 — his current career high and ranked 4th among Indian players under 12, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +251 Elo over the past 12 months. 111 rated games in the past year (≈108/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Under-17 Chess Championship 2025-26, CHIEF MINISTER CHHATTISGARH TROPHY 45th National Team Chess Championship 2026, and 54th National Junior Open (Under-19) Chess Championship 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including SHRI P . R D U T T A MEMORIAL OPEN INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT 2026) and 1 blitz events (including SHRI P . R D U T T A MEMORIAL OPEN INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED BLITZ CHESS TOURNAMENT 2026) recently.
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 10). At junior level, he reached World #22 in U12, World #23 in U10 and World #81 in U8.
Current rating
2226
Standard
Rpd1909·Blz1902
All-time high
2226
at best
May 2026 · age 12
May 2026 · age 12
Activity
107
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
111 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#4
#4 · Indian players under 12 · of 2,542
Career timeline
12 entries2026
22nd U12 player worldwide
at age 12 · rated 2226
May 2026
Crossed 2200
at age 12
May 2026
All-time peak 2226
at age 12
May 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 12
Apr 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 11
Oct 2025
2024
23rd U10 player worldwide
at age 10 · rated 2023
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best comeback
CHIEF MINISTER CHHATTISGARH TROPHY 45th National Team Chess Championship 2026finished #2 (seeded #36 of 150)
Evolution
+283
1943 → 2226
Tournaments
11
111 games
Score
75/ 11167.6%
62W26D23L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSharnarthi VireshFM2,334·54th National Junior Open (Under-19) Chess Championship 2025·R9·+33.4
3.[W]vsKumaresh ACM2,242·CHIEF MINISTER CHHATTISGARH TROPHY 45th National Team Chess Championship 2026·R4·+26.0
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/11 | #33 | 2213 | +90.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7.5/9 | #2 | 2211 | +84.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/11 | #30 | 2041 | -2.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 8/11 | #13 | 2035 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/10 | #171 | 2005 | +21.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7.5/11 | #42 | 2055 | +54.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7.5/9 | #3 | 2016 | +25.9 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 8.5/11 | #6 | 1925 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6.5/9 | #8 | 2060 | +27.5 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/9 | #123 | 1894 | -27.8 |
Worst Elo result: 21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'A') (-31.3 Elo, finished #133).
Rankings
/
India
#282
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,161
in continent
World
#6,863
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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