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Li, William

CM🇨🇦

FIDEFIDE 2619750· Male· Canada· Born in 2002

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William Li, a 24-year-old Canadian Candidate Master, is rated 2086 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2050 and 2100 for 10 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈41/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 17th Annual Golden State Open - Major, Markham True North Open O1900, and 2025 Ontario Open Chess Championships O2000. His peak of 2200 was reached at age 18 (Jul 2020); he also reached Canadian #37 in Apr 2022.

Awarded CM in 2019 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #4, #5, #9 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2086

Standard

Rpd2031·Blz2033

All-time high

2200

−114 pts below
Jul 2020 · age 18

Activity

16

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 8%

#16,702 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

19 entries
2022
Peak Canadian rank: #37
at age 20 · rated 2154
Apr 2022
2021
4th Canadian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2200
Nov 2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
2020
5th Canadian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2200
Oct 2020
Crossed 2200
at age 18
Jul 2020
All-time peak 2200
at age 18 · −114 from today
Jul 2020

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Suyuan Gui 2,092
17th Annual Golden State Open - Major · Jan 2026 · +0.1 Elo
Evolution
-15
2101 → 2086
Tournaments
3
16 games
Score
9.5/ 1659.4%
6W7D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
17th Annual Golden State Open - Major
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/4#352085+0.4
Markham True North Open O1900
Swiss
Jun 20253.5/6#51990-14.6
2025 Ontario Open Chess Championships O2000
Open Swiss
May 20253.5/6#142078-3.6

Rankings

/
Canada
#111
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#1,744
in continent
World
#16,702
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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2,533
2
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2,513
3
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2,483
4
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2,470
5
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2,454
6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,434
9
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2,427
10
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2,414
...
111🇨🇦Li, William2,086
Americas
1
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2,792
2
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2,788
3
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2,754
4
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2,732
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
...
1744🇨🇦Li, William2,086
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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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16702🇨🇦Li, William2,086