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Monjit, Taw
🇮🇳FIDE 5019974· Male· India· Born in 1980
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Taw Monjit, a 46-year-old Indian player, is rated 1859. He has slipped back 127 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26, All India Civil Services Men Team Chess Championship 2025-26, and Sudhir Nath Memorial Fide Rating Chess Tournament-2025. Also played 1 rapid (including 1st Arunachal Pradesh International Chess Festival 2025 (Rapid)) and 1 blitz events (including 1st Arunachal Pradesh International Chess Festival 2025 (Blitz)) recently. He had 7 career breaks: 32 months (2003–2005), 25 months (2011–2013), 35 months (2014–2017), 13 months (2017–2019), 34 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included), 22 months (2021–2023) and 21 months (2024–2026). His peak of 2115 was reached at age 33 (May 2013).
Current rating
1859
Standard
Rpd1967·Blz1925
All-time high
2115
−256 pts below
May 2013 · age 33
May 2013 · age 33
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#58,854
#58,854 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
17 entries2026
16th Indian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1971
Jan 2026
2024
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1986 → returned at 1971
Mar 2024
2022
18th Indian 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 2030
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 2030 → returned at 1976
Dec 2021
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2050 → returned at 2030
Jan 2019
2017
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2048 → returned at 2050
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-127
1986 → 1859
Tournaments
4
34 games
Score
22/ 3464.7%
19W6D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/8 | #71 | 1610 | -72.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/5 | #48 | 2034 | -6.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/9 | #4 | 1810 | -34.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #12 | 1881 | -15.4 |
Worst Elo result: All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26 (-72.2 Elo, finished #71).
Rankings
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India
#1,369
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#7,010
in continent
World
#58,854
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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