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Yang, Ya-Cheng
🇹🇼FIDE 16305175· Male· Chinese Taipei· Born in 2010
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Ya-Cheng Yang, a 16-year-old Chinese Taipei player, is rated 1671. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent appearances: World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U16 and 2025 Asian Dragons International Invitation Chess Tournament_U16. He took a 12-month break between Jul 2024 and Aug 2025. His peak of 1731 was reached at age 14 (Mar 2024, Chinese Taipei #20 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #4 and #2 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1671
Standard
Rpd1716·Blz1678
All-time high
1731
−60 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 14
Mar 2024 · age 14
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#120,372
#120,372 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
4th Chinese Taipei U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1705
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1705 → returned at 1677
Jul 2024
Best 12-month gain (+153 Elo)
1552 → 1705
Jun 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 14
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1731
at age 14 · −60 from today
Mar 2024
Peak Chinese Taipei rank: #20
at age 14 · rated 1552
Feb 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
2025 Asian Dragons International Invitation Chess Tournament_U16perf 2479 (+802) · 5.5/5 · #9
Evolution
-34
1705 → 1671
Tournaments
2
20 games
Score
9.5/ 2047.5%
7W5D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYu Chen (Ethan) Cheng1,565·2025 Asian Dragons International Invitation Chess Tournament_U16·R9·-26.2
2.[L]vsAlexander Michael Lee1,709·2025 Asian Dragons International Invitation Chess Tournament_U16·R4·-18.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/10 | #122 | 1774 | -6.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/5 | #9 | 2479 | -27.6 |
Worst Elo result: 2025 Asian Dragons International Invitation Chess Tournament_U16 (-27.6 Elo, finished #9).
Rankings
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Chinese Taipei
#45
out of 132 players
Asia-Pacific
#17,112
in continent
World
#120,366
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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