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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 11 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈41/year long-term). Recent appearances: 17th Annual Golden State Open - Major and Markham True North Open O1900. 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

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 8%

#16,743 · players worldwide · of 218,279

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

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

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
1
4 games
Score
2.5/ 462.5%
1W3D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
17th Annual Golden State Open - Major
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/4#352085+0.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsNicholas VetteseIM
🇨🇦CAN·2396
+4 −9 =4
17 games·last met May 2025
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vsMark PlotkinIM
🇨🇦CAN·2360
+2 −9 =0
11 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsVictor PlotkinFM
🇨🇦CAN·2279
+2 −6 =3
11 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsEugene HuaFM
🇨🇦CAN·2241
+1 −5 =4
10 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsSergey NoritsynFM
🇨🇦CAN·2250
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Feb 2023
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Rankings

/
Canada
#118
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#1,762
in continent
World
#16,743
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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2
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2,513
3
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2,485
4
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2,470
5
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2,459
6
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2,454
6
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2,454
8
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2,427
9
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2,419
10
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2,414
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118🇨🇦Li, William2,086
Americas
1
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2,792
1
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2,792
3
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2,753
4
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2,742
5
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2,732
6
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2,724
7
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2,696
7
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
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1762🇨🇦Li, William2,086
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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16743🇨🇦Li, William2,086