Jinan Jomon

Jinan Jomon, a 22-year-old Indian FIDE Master, is rated 2309 and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 8 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 43rd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai, 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy, and 32nd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai. Also played 1 blitz event (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2014–2016) and 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2432 was reached at age 19 (May 2023); he also reached Indian #74 in Feb 2023.

Awarded FM in 2025 (age 21). At junior level, he reached World #64 in U20 and #27, #36, #64 and #42 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U10.