Namitbir Singh Walia

Namitbir Singh Walia, a 21-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2371 and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +36 Elo over the past 12 months. 72 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 3e Festival International d'Annemasse - Tournoi Maitre, GM2_Festival saha "Bijeljina 2025", and IM1_Festival saha "Bijeljina 2025". Also played 3 rapid (including 6eme open Maurice David d'Annemasse) and 2 blitz events (including SHRI P . R D U T T A MEMORIAL OPEN INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED BLITZ CHESS TOURNAMENT 2026) recently. He took a 12-month break between Jan 2013 and Feb 2014. His peak of 2408 was reached at age 19 (Jan 2024, Indian #90 at the time).

Awarded IM in 2025 (age 20), FM in 2022 (age 17), and CM in 2022 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #68 in U20, World #64 in U18, World #63 in U8 and #27, #22, #40 and #31 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.