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SGP · 19 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1674 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1775 at 11th CSC London Chess Classic: FIDE Open(Best of 2019)

World #=318753Singapore #489among all players, November list

Classical rating

1673

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Jul 2017 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating unchanged at 1673 over the last 12 months; peak 1674 in March 2024.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
May 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251673, 0, 0 games1594, 0, 0 games1602, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (1 win, 1 draw), since Dec 29, 2023.

From 94 classical games on record, the latest on Dec 30, 2023.

Classical games since the November list

No rated classical games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
Basel Christmas Open Experts 2023Dec 26, 2023 – Dec 30, 2023TPR 16613½/7

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Classical

From 58 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2015–2023

#OpponentRating
1, William Pm Lovell, Dec 2019 · 11th CSC London Chess Classic: FIDE Open, 1843
2, Christopher Tombolis, Dec 2019 · 11th CSC London Chess Classic: FIDE Open, 1824
3, Len Cotter, Dec 2019 · 11th CSC London Chess Classic: FIDE Open, 1665

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 8 of 94 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 4 of 4 games.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense450%

Event timeline · Classical

12 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
202311514831447
2018214½16511421
20164112011008
2015201165—

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Kai Jun Lim · Classical · November list, all players

World

  1. #=318753Luca Li Sacchi1673
  2. #=318753Michael Li1673
  3. #=318753Kai Jun Lim1673
  4. #=318753Sture Lindberg1673
  5. #=318753Jerry Lingvall1673

Singapore

  1. #=487Joel Yue Zhe Ngu1674
  2. #=487Enxiong Jonathan Fu1674
  3. #489Kai Jun Lim1673
  4. #=490Akash Arani1672
  5. #=490Weng Yean Kan1672

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.