Bilegsaikhan, Odbayar

Odbayar Bilegsaikhan, a 17-year-old Mongolian Candidate Master, is rated 1849 — just 1 short of his peak of 1850 (Mar 2026, age 17). He is climbing fast, having gained +177 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include "DZ Chess III" FIDE Rated Open Tournament, 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - U16, and STEINITZ OPEN Standard FIDE rated tournament (1799 and below). Also played 1 rapid (including 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Rapid U16) and 1 blitz events (including 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Blitz U16) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 45 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 20 months (2024–2025). He reached Mongolian #89 in Sep 2020.

Awarded CM in 2019 (age 10). At junior level, he reached #19, #23, #15, #4 and #4 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.