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Bui, Kim Le
WIM🇻🇳FIDE 12400874· Female· Vietnam· Born in 1977
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Kim Le Bui, a 49-year-old Vietnamese Woman International Master, is rated 1910. She has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 2 years. 15 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearance: Vietnam Elite Chess Championships 2025 - Women Standard. Also played 3 rapid (including Viet Nam Chess Club championship 2025 - Rapid Open U50 individual) and 2 blitz events (including Viet Nam Chess Club championship 2025 - Blitz Open U50 individual) recently. She had 6 career breaks: 20 months (2004–2006), 23 months (2007–2009), 33 months (2014–2017), 59 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included), 17 months (2022–2023) and 12 months (2024–2025). Her peak of 2240 was reached at age 26 (Oct 2003, Vietnamese #29 at the time).
Competes as a woman since 2012. Awarded WIM in 2003 (age 26).
Current rating
1910
Standard
Rpd1834·Blz1934
All-time high
2240
−330 pts below
Oct 2003 · age 26
Oct 2003 · age 26
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#45,636
#45,636 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1932 → returned at 1923
May 2024
4th Vietnamese 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 1972
Mar 2024
2022
2nd Vietnamese 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 1969
Apr 2022
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1969 → returned at 1953
Apr 2022
2017
Inactive for 59 months
paused at 2022 → returned at 1969
Apr 2017
2014
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2055 → returned at 2022
Jun 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-13
1923 → 1910
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
4W2D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsHuynh Phuc Minh PhuongWCM1,705·Vietnam Elite Chess Championships 2025 - Women Standard·R6·+4.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #18 | 1841 | -13.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNguyen Thi Thanh AnWGM
🇻🇳VIE·2115
+2 −14 =3
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsKieu Thien Kim LeWIM
🇻🇳VIE·2035
+3 −6 =3
12 games·last met May 2026
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vsLa Tra My Le
🇻🇳VIE·1744
+5 −0 =5
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsThi Tuong Van NguyenWIM
🇻🇳VIE·2182
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsThi Ngoc Giao Chau
🇻🇳VIE·2137
+2 −1 =5
8 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Vietnam
#150
out of 2,028 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,388
in continent
World
#45,635
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Vietnam
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| ... | ||
| 150 | 1,910 | |
Asia-Pacific
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| ... | ||
| 5388 | 1,910 | |
World
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| 45635 | 1,910 | |