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Riyan Amit Shah
🇮🇳FIDE 45054908· Male· India· Born in 2008
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Riyan Amit Shah, a 18-year-old Indian player, is rated 1970 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players. He is climbing fast, having gained +310 Elo over the past 12 months. 35 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026, National Under-17 Chess Championship 2025-26, and 2nd Chesskraft Academy All India Below 1800 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2026) and 1 blitz events (including Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Blitz Rating Chess Tournament 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 15 months (2023–2024) and 20 months (2024–2026).
At junior level, he reached #79, #49, #46 and #44 nationally in U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1970
Standard
Rpd1723·Blz1657
All-time high
1970
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
35 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#839 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1970
at age 18
Jun 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 18
May 2026
2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1660 → returned at 1774
May 2024
2023
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1435 → returned at 1660
Jan 2023
2022
79th Indian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1482
Jan 2022
2020
Best 12-month gain (+403 Elo)
1152 → 1555
Jun 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
2nd Chesskraft Academy All India Below 1800 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025perf 2401 (+627) · 8.5/8 · #3
Top opponent
Evolution
+310
1660 → 1970
Tournaments
4
55 games
Score
27.5/ 5550.0%
29W12D14L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsShivika RohillaWFM2,179·4th Gujarat International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2026 (Category A)·R1·+30.8
3.[W]vsChalla SaharshaCM2,149·4th Gujarat International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2026 (Category A)·R3·+29.5
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsHardik Shah1,961·Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026·R9·-20.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/8 | #71 | 1874 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/8 | #48 | 2059 | +59.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/11 | #26 | 2040 | +135.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 8.5/8 | #3 | 2401 | +113.6 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
India
#839
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,967
in continent
World
#32,673
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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