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LJ
Lin, Julian M
🇺🇸FIDE 2068001· Male· United States of America· Born in 1992
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Julian M Lin, a 34-year-old American player, is rated 2025 — his current career high. He is currently in the 2000–2050 range. 17 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Daniel Naroditsky Memorial New Year Open - MXA, 2025 Thanksgiving Class Warfare FIDE Championship - MXA, and 2025 CalChess State Open & Class FIDE Championship - MX. He had 2 career breaks: 26 months (2011–2013) and 100 months (2016–2024).
At junior level, he reached #68 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2025
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
2025
at best
Feb 2026 · age 34
Feb 2026 · age 34
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#23,864
#23,864 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 34
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2025
at age 34
Feb 2026
2016
Inactive for 100 months
paused at 2011 → returned at 2009
Jan 2016
2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 23
Nov 2015
Best 12-month gain (+42 Elo)
1981 → 2023
Jan 2015
2014
Crossed 2000
at age 22
Sep 2014
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+9
2016 → 2025
Tournaments
4
18 games
Score
12.5/ 1869.4%
10W5D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/3 | #19 | 2765 | +26.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #49 | 922 | -17.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/6 | #6 | 2220 | +11.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/7 | #9 | 1929 | -11.8 |
Worst Elo result: 2025 Thanksgiving Class Warfare FIDE Championship - MXA (-17.0 Elo, finished #49).
Rankings
/
United States of America
#667
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#2,475
in continent
World
#23,864
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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