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Noohu, M.J.
🇮🇳FIDE 5001366· Male· India· Born in 1957
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M.J. Noohu, a 69-year-old Indian player, is rated 1713. He has slipped back 43 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Eight Square Chess Academy - 2nd International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026, 4th Zion-Alwin International Fide Rated Open Chess Tournament, and Sri M.S.Venkataraman Memorial 10th International Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 2 rapid events (including NALLU Memorial 3rd International Open Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2024) recently. He had 6 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2004), 23 months (2004–2006), 12 months (2013–2014), 27 months (2014–2016), 64 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included) and 35 months (2022–2025). His peak of 2154 was reached at age 44 (Jan 2001).
Current rating
1713
Standard
Rpd1651·Blz—
All-time high
2154
−441 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 44
Jan 2001 · age 44
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#105,220
#105,220 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2023
8th Indian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1594
Jan 2023
2022
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1594 → returned at 1734
Sep 2022
11th Indian 60-65 player
at age 65 · rated 1640
Jun 2022
2017
Inactive for 64 months
paused at 1692 → returned at 1640
Jan 2017
2016
Best 12-month gain (+31 Elo)
1693 → 1724
Nov 2016
2014
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1693 → returned at 1724
Jul 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
4th Zion-Alwin International Fide Rated Open Chess Tournamentperf 1904 (+163) · 6/7 · #41
Top opponent
Evolution
-43
1756 → 1713
Tournaments
4
34 games
Score
21.5/ 3463.2%
17W9D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSwayam Prakash Mishra1,400·Eight Square Chess Academy - 2nd International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026·R9·-17.2
2.[L]vsMothesh S1,487·RV CHESS ACADEMY 1st International Rating Chess Tournament for Below 1800·R7·-16.1
3.[L]vsCharan Krishna1,589·RV CHESS ACADEMY 1st International Rating Chess Tournament for Below 1800·R5·-13.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #113 | 1581 | -28.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/7 | #41 | 1904 | +11.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/8 | #31 | 1693 | -4.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/8 | #37 | 1686 | -20.2 |
Worst Elo result: Eight Square Chess Academy - 2nd International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026 (-28.8 Elo, finished #113).
Rankings
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India
#2,966
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#14,026
in continent
World
#105,217
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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