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Lin, Dachey

FM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2029650· Male· United States of America· Born in 1999

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Dachey Lin, a 27-year-old American FIDE Master, is rated 2354 — his current career high and sitting in the top 3% of American players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +47 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship and 2025 U.S. Masters. He had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2016–2017), 16 months (2022–2023) and 18 months (2023–2025).

Awarded FM in 2016 (age 17). Earned IM norms at UTRGV National Three-peat Celebration 2021 and 34th Annual Chicago Open 2025. At junior level, he reached World #54 in U10 and #22, #15, #10, #17 and #18 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2354

Standard

Rpd—·Blz2343

All-time high

2354

at best
Feb 2026 · age 27

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#128 · American players · of 4,932

Career timeline

21 entries
2026
54th American 20-35 player
at age 27 · rated 2354
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2354
at age 27
Feb 2026
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 24
Jul 2023
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2303 → returned at 2307
Jul 2023
2022
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2299 → returned at 2303
Feb 2022
2019
22nd American U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2258
Feb 2019

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jianchao ZhouGM 2,591
2025 U.S. Masters · Nov 2025 · +6.0 Elo
Evolution
+2
2352 → 2354
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
8/ 1457.1%
6W4D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsRobert ShlyakhtenkoIM2,461·2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship·R3·+13.0
2.[D]vsJianchao ZhouGM2,591·2025 U.S. Masters·R2·+6.0
3.[W]vsRoshan Sethuraman2,120·2025 U.S. Masters·R9·+4.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/5#862350+2.0
2025 U.S. Masters
Open Swiss
Nov 20255.5/9#442338+0.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsSarah ChiangWFM
🇺🇸USA·2051
+7 −6 =2
15 games·last met Mar 2014
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vsJonathan ChiangFM
🇺🇸USA·2174
+6 −6 =3
15 games·last met Mar 2013
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vsRobert Sanchez
🇺🇸USA·1957
+9 −1 =2
12 games·last met May 2015
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vsJeffery XiongGM
🇺🇸USA·2656
+0 −9 =2
11 games·last met Sep 2014
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vsAkshay Malhotra
🇺🇸USA·2150
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met Aug 2014
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Rankings

/
United States of America
#128
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#306
in continent
World
#2,617
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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4
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5
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2,728
6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
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128🇺🇸Lin, Dachey2,354
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,718
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
306🇺🇸Lin, Dachey2,354
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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2617🇺🇸Lin, Dachey2,354