Soham Kamotra

Soham Kamotra, a 22-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2405 — just 25 short of his peak of 2430 (Jan 2025, age 21) and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 21 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 10th Hanoi IM chess tournament January 2026, 1st Ninh Binh GM chess tournament 2025, and 6th ASEAN Individual Open Chess Championship Governor Henry S Oaminal Cup. Also played 2 rapid (including ASEAN Individual Open Rapid Chess Championship Governor Henry S Oaminal Cup) and 2 blitz events (including ASEAN Individual Open Blitz Chess Championship Governor Henry S Oaminal Cup) recently. He took a 26-month break between Jan 2020 and Apr 2022 (COVID-19 included). He reached Indian #75 in Jan 2025.

Awarded IM in 2024 (age 20), FM in 2024 (age 20), and CM in 2022 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #67 in U20, World #79 in U18 and #21, #18, #17 and #33 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.