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Ko, Yu-Cheng
🇹🇼FIDE 16304918· Male· Chinese Taipei· Born in 2008
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Yu-Cheng Ko, a 18-year-old Chinese Taipei player, is rated 1687 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and took a 12-month break between Dec 2024 and Jan 2026. Recent appearance: 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - U18. Also played 1 rapid (including 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Rapid U18) and 1 blitz events (including 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Blitz U18) recently. He reached Chinese Taipei #38 in Jan 2025.
At junior level, he reached #11 and #6 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1687
Standard
Rpd1652·Blz1649
All-time high
1687
at best
Jan 2026 · age 18
Jan 2026 · age 18
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#114,673
#114,673 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1687
at age 18
Jan 2026
2025
Peak Chinese Taipei rank: #38
at age 17 · rated 1677
Jan 2025
11th Chinese Taipei U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1677
Jan 2025
2024
6th Chinese Taipei U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1677
Dec 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Dec 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+10
1677 → 1687
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
2/ 825.0%
1W2D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/8 | #41 | 1759 | +10.0 |
Rankings
/
Chinese Taipei
#39
out of 132 players
Asia-Pacific
#15,878
in continent
World
#114,669
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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