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Heron, Andrew
CM🇱🇮FIDE 12000213· Male· Liechtenstein· Born in 2007
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Andrew Heron, a 19-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2162 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +30 Elo over the past 12 months. 66 rated games in the past year (≈54/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 2. Bundesliga West AUT 2025-2026 Round 9-11, and SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 1. Also played 2 rapid (including 24th European Youth Rapid Championship - open 18) and 3 blitz events (including 24th European Youth Blitz Championship - open 18) recently. He reached #3 nationally in Dec 2024 and has been in top 5 for 22 months and counting.
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2162
Standard
Rpd1985·Blz2060
All-time high
2162
at best
May 2026 · age 19
May 2026 · age 19
Activity
68
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
65 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,433 · players worldwide · of 218,279
National top 5 since Sep 2024
National top 5 since Sep 2024
Career timeline
19 entries2026
22 months in national top 5 (ongoing)
longest streak 21 months · since May 2024
Jun 2026
1st U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 2162
May 2026
All-time peak 2162
at age 19
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 19
Jan 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
1st U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 2160
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+99
2063 → 2162
Tournaments
21
58 games
Score
33.5/ 5857.8%
26W15D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #510 | 2183 | +6.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #57 | 2026 | -5.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #22 | 2805 | +7.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #176 | 2985 | +12.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #3 | 3079 | +28.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/5 | #3 | 2130 | +2.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #648 | 2105 | -0.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #996 | 1477 | -5.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #64 | 2021 | -5.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #14 | 2764 | +6.0 |
Rankings
/
Liechtenstein
#3
out of 24 players
Europe
#7,432
in continent
World
#10,433
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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