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Chen, Justin
FM🇺🇸FIDE 2098199· Male· United States of America· Born in 2003
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Justin Chen, a 23-year-old American FIDE Master, is rated 2380 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of American players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 2 years. 14 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 December Marshall Premier FIDE - Open and 2025 NY Marshall Labor Day - GM A. Also played 3 blitz events (including Marshall FIDE Blitz 57) recently. He took a 23-month break between Oct 2023 and Oct 2025.
Awarded FM in 2018 (age 15). Earned IM norms at 50th Annual World Open - Open 2022 and 1000GM Memorial Day NY Norm Invitational IM B - Schiller 2023. At junior level, he reached World #63 in U16, World #66 in U14, World #58 in U12 and #7 and #11 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2380
Standard
Rpd2233·Blz2303
All-time high
2380
at best
Jan 2026 · age 23
Jan 2026 · age 23
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#101 · American players · of 5,026
Career timeline
18 entries2026
43rd American 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 2380
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2380
at age 23
Jan 2026
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2371 → returned at 2366
Oct 2023
7th American U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2378
Sep 2023
2021
11th American U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2314
Sep 2021
Re-crossed 2300
at age 18
Sep 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+9
2371 → 2380
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
8/ 1457.1%
4W8D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2428 | +14.0 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 4/9 | #7 | 2352 | -4.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMark ParaguaGM
🇵🇭PHI·2410
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMarcus MiyasakaFM
🇺🇸USA·2289
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMajur Juac
🇺🇸USA·1992
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Oct 2017
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vsGeorge Berg
🇺🇸USA·1842
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMichael RohdeGM
🇺🇸USA·2207
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
United States of America
#101
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#232
in continent
World
#2,043
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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