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HKG · 15 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1552 (Feb 2025)

Best performance: 1703 at KCA Blitz Open 2025 (Jan)(Best of 2025)

World #=105457 live, down 2105#103,352 publishedHong Kong, China #=194Asia #=32874among active players

Blitz rating

1487

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

On FIDE’s list since Aug 2022

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1537 to 1487 over the last 12 months; peak 1552 in February 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListRapidBlitz
Nov 2026unrated1487, 0, 0 games
Oct 2026unrated1487, 0, 0 games
Sep 2026unrated1487, 0, 0 games
Aug 2026unrated1487, 0, 0 games
Jul 2026unrated1487, 0, 0 games
Jun 2026unrated1487, 0, 0 games
May 20261420, +20, 2 games1487, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261400, -1, 0 games1487, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261401, 0, 0 games1487, -50, 8 games
Feb 20261401, 0, 0 games1537, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261401, -50, 8 games1537, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251451, 0, 0 games1537, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (1 win, 3 draws), since Feb 15. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 167 blitz games on record, the latest on Feb 15.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Caissa CNY Blitz 2026Feb 15TPR 14516½/14

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 102 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2022–2026

#OpponentRating
1, WIM Melissa Castrillon Gomez, Dec 2024 · HKCCFL International Blitz 2024, 2051
2, FM Daniel King Wai Lam, Jan 2025 · KCA Blitz Open 2025 (Jan), 2033
3, Jacky Yun Hong Lau, 2 wins, Nov 2023 · Caissa Autumn Blitz Open GP2, 1703

* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Event timeline · Blitz

17 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
20268216441451
2025186½16561554
202422916421577
2023451014301210
20229313261201

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

Rated near Ethan Cao · Blitz

World

  1. #=105457Maksymilian Galazka1487.0
  2. #=105457Igor Shliferman1487.0
  3. #=105457Ethan Cao1487.0
  4. #=105457Tejas Aravind1487.0
  5. #=105457Kai Ming Spencer Sun1487.0

Hong Kong, China

  1. #=192Hiu Ying Chan1488.0
  2. #=192Chi Ngai Lau1488.0
  3. #=194Ethan Cao1487.0
  4. #=194Tejas Aravind1487.0
  5. #=194Kai Ming Spencer Sun1487.0

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