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Kwak, Jeonghwan
🇰🇷FIDE 13216341· Male· South Korea· Born in 2011
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Jeonghwan Kwak, a 15-year-old South Korean player, is rated 1703 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +142 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Korea National Championship - Men, 2026 Korea Youth Championship U16, and 33rd LSH Tournament. Also played 1 rapid (including Asian Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - Open Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including Asian Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - Open Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #29, #37 and #10 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1703
Standard
Rpd1558·Blz1530
All-time high
1703
at best
May 2026 · age 15
May 2026 · age 15
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#108,889
#108,889 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1703
at age 15
May 2026
29th South Korean U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1701
Apr 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Mar 2026
2025
37th South Korean U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1598
Nov 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 14
Mar 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+343 Elo)
1138 → 1481
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+155
1548 → 1703
Tournaments
8
42 games
Score
23/ 4254.8%
21W4D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/7 | #30 | 1739 | +59.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/6 | #7 | 1807 | +67.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/1 | #23 | 2475 | -16.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/1 | #50 | 2555 | -12.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #25 | 1845 | +20.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/4 | #23 | 2149 | +28.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/4 | #83 | 2473 | +6.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/1 | #26 | 2555 | -10.0 |
Rankings
/
South Korea
#179
out of 718 players
Asia-Pacific
#14,752
in continent
World
#108,886
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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