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Chon, Yongjoon
🇰🇷FIDE 13202820· Male· South Korea· Born in 2001
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Yongjoon Chon, a 25-year-old South Korean player, is rated 1996 — just 29 short of his peak of 2025 (Sep 2016, age 15) and ranked 19th among South Korean players. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2022–2024) and 15 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: Hong Kong International Open 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including HKCCFL International Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached South Korean #6 in Feb 2024 and spent 16 months in South Korean top 10.
At junior level, he reached #2, #2, #1, #1 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1996
Standard
Rpd1947·Blz1851
All-time high
2025
−29 pts below
Sep 2016 · age 15
Sep 2016 · age 15
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#19
#19 · South Korean players · of 660
16 months in National top 10 (2016–2024)
16 months in National top 10 (2016–2024)
Career timeline
21 entries2024
16 months in national top 10
since Mar 2016
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 23
Sep 2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2003 → returned at 1996
Sep 2024
Peak South Korean rank: #6
at age 23 · rated 2023
Feb 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 23
Feb 2024
2022
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1843 → returned at 2023
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-7
2003 → 1996
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4.5/ 950.0%
3W3D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/9 | #69 | 1991 | -7.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSehyun KwonFM
🇰🇷KOR·2286
+4 −8 =4
16 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsJunhyeok LeeIM
🇰🇷KOR·2398
+1 −15 =0
16 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsHongjin AhnIM
🇰🇷KOR·2336
+1 −10 =2
13 games·last met Feb 2022
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vsInguh KimCM
🇰🇷KOR·1964
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met Feb 2022
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vsYongtae Kim
🇰🇷KOR·1899
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2018
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Rankings
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South Korea
#19
out of 718 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,496
in continent
World
#28,128
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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