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Namitbir Singh Walia

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FIDEFIDE 35071068· Male· India· Born in 2005

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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.

Current rating

2371

Standard

Rpd2190·Blz2217

All-time high

2408

37 pts below
Jan 2024 · age 19

Activity

70

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

72 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#127 · Indian players · of 19,102

Career timeline

22 entries
2025
IM title awardedIM
at age 20 · 2025 4th FIDE Council
Dec 2025
500 career games
at age 20
Nov 2025
2024
Peak Indian rank: #90
at age 19 · rated 2408
Feb 2024
68th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2408
Feb 2024
All-time peak 2408
at age 19 · −37 from today
Jan 2024
2023
64th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2402
Dec 2023

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Oct 20256.5/9#52500+21.7
Round-Robin
Oct 20254.5/9#52399+8.7
Round-Robin
Sep 20257/9#22448+12.3
Open Swiss
Aug 20254/9#1142255-10.9
Open Swiss
Aug 20254.5/9#912354+1.8
Open Swiss
Jul 20255.5/9#442308-2.7
Open Swiss
Jul 20255.5/9#552407+9.7
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/9#412296-4.9
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

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India
#127
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#472
in continent
World
#2,209
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
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2,751
2
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2,739
3
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2,733
4
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2,732
5
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2,723
6
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2,708
7
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2,692
8
🇮🇳Harikrishna, PentalaFollow Pentala HarikrishnaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,676
9
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2,657
10
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2,648
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127🇮🇳Namitbir Singh Walia2,371
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,751
5
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
9
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
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472🇮🇳Namitbir Singh Walia2,371
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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2209🇮🇳Namitbir Singh Walia2,371