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Yi, Richard
🇺🇸FIDE 2079518· Male· United States of America· Born in 2000
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Richard Yi, a 26-year-old American player, is rated 2157 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +46 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 March NYCNorms FIDE Swiss - Masters, 2026 March Marshall Premier FIDE - Open, and 2025 November Marshall Premier FIDE - Open. Also played 2 blitz events (including Marshall FIDE Blitz 75) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2014–2016) and 16 months (2016–2017).
At junior level, he reached #40, #43, #61 and #42 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2157
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2181
All-time high
2157
at best
Apr 2026 · age 26
Apr 2026 · age 26
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,768 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 2157
at age 26
Apr 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 24
Apr 2024
100 career games
at age 24
Apr 2024
2020
40th American U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2103
Oct 2020
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Feb 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+46
2111 → 2157
Tournaments
3
10 games
Score
7/ 1070.0%
7W0D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #21 | 2122 | -0.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/4 | #12 | 2363 | +23.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #8 | 2365 | +24.4 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#354
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#1,148
in continent
World
#10,768
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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