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Palit, Somak

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FIDEFIDE 5010454· Male· India· Born in 1986

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Somak Palit, a 40-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2180 and sitting in the top 2% of Indian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: 2nd Khannur Open FIDE Rated Classical Chess Tournament. Also played 4 rapid (including Festival Caissa - Sceptre Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) and 1 blitz events (including Festival Caissa - Navaratna Blitz FIDE Rating Chess Tournanament) recently. His peak of 2449 was reached at age 27 (Apr 2013); he also reached Indian #30 in Apr 2004.

Awarded IM in 2010 (age 24). At junior level, he reached World #85 in U18, World #66 in U16 and #6 nationally in U20.

Current rating

2180

Standard

Rpd2110·Blz2262

All-time high

2449

−269 pts below
Apr 2013 · age 27

Activity

18

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#347 · Indian players · of 19,102

Career timeline

20 entries
2020
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 2300 → returned at 2273
Mar 2020
2018
1,000 career games
at age 32
May 2018
2014
Re-crossed 2400
at age 28
Sep 2014
2013
All-time peak 2449
at age 27 · −269 from today
Apr 2013
2012
Re-crossed 2400
at age 26
Sep 2012
2010
IM title awardedIM
at age 24
Sep 2010

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ajay Kumar Rai 1,819
2nd Khannur Open FIDE Rated Classical Chess Tournament · Oct 2025 · +1.1 Elo
Evolution
-17
2197 → 2180
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6.5/ 972.2%
5W3D1L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2nd Khannur Open FIDE Rated Classical Chess Tournament
Open Swiss
Oct 20256.5/9#281868-17.0
Worst Elo result: 2nd Khannur Open FIDE Rated Classical Chess Tournament (-17.0 Elo, finished #28).

Rankings

/
India
#347
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,442
in continent
World
#9,276
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
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2,751
2
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
3
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
4
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇮🇳Nihal SarinFollow Nihal SarinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,723
6
🇮🇳Vidit, Santosh GujrathiFollow Santosh Gujrathi ViditTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
7
🇮🇳Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.Follow Chithambaram VR. AravindhTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,692
8
🇮🇳Harikrishna, PentalaFollow Pentala HarikrishnaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,676
9
🇮🇳Pranav, VFollow V PranavTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,657
10
🇮🇳Karthikeyan, MuraliFollow Murali KarthikeyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,648
...
347🇮🇳Palit, Somak2,180
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
🇨🇳Ding, LirenFollow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,738
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
1442🇮🇳Palit, Somak2,180
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
9276🇮🇳Palit, Somak2,180