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Lai, Hing Ting
IM🇳🇱FIDE 1038257· Male· Netherlands· Born in 1997
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Hing Ting Lai, a 29-year-old Dutch International Master, is rated 2449 and ranked 29th among Dutch players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 9 months. 33 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026, Dutch Team Competition - klasse 1 Round 9, and Dutch Team Competition - klasse 1 Round 6. Also played 1 blitz event (including NK Snelschaken 2025) recently. His peak of 2486 was reached at age 25 (Aug 2022); he also reached Dutch #25 in Dec 2024.
Awarded IM in 2017 (age 20) and FM in 2015 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #64 in U20 and #1, #2 and #5 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2449
Standard
Rpd2409·Blz2608
All-time high
2486
−37 pts below
Aug 2022 · age 25
Aug 2022 · age 25
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#29
#29 · Dutch players · of 4,671
Career timeline
19 entries2024
Peak Dutch rank: #25
at age 27 · rated 2479
Dec 2024
2022
All-time peak 2486
at age 25 · −37 from today
Aug 2022
2020
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2448 → returned at 2439
Apr 2020
2017
64th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2448
Dec 2017
IM title awardedIM
at age 20 · 88th FIDE Congress 2017
Nov 2017
Re-crossed 2400
at age 20
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-2
2451 → 2449
Tournaments
18
22 games
Score
14.5/ 2265.9%
9W11D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #4 | 3105 | +6.3 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #16 | 2999 | +2.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #28 | 3032 | +2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #16 | 2513 | +1.9 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #737 | 2457 | +0.3 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #70 | 2312 | -1.7 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #65 | 2578 | +1.9 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #273 | 3023 | +2.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #80 | 2161 | -7.3 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #40 | 2967 | +1.7 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsThomas BeerdsenGM
🇳🇱NED·2519
+6 −8 =5
19 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsManuel BosboomIM
🇳🇱NED·2328
+4 −6 =3
13 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMark TimmermansIM
🇳🇱NED·2418
+7 −1 =1
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsRobby KevlishviliGM
🇳🇱NED·2516
+5 −2 =2
9 games·last met May 2019
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vsKoen LeenhoutsGM
🇳🇱NED·2459
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Netherlands
#29
out of 4,909 players
Europe
#622
in continent
World
#1,025
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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