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Ruchinskaya, Valerie

WFM🇨🇦

FIDEFIDE 2631440· Female· Canada· Born in 2008

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Valerie Ruchinskaya, a 18-year-old Canadian Woman FIDE Master, is rated 2016 — just 1 short of her peak of 2017 (Sep 2025, age 17) and sitting in the top 5% of women worldwide under 18. She is on a breakout run, having gained +154 Elo over the past 12 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - G18, 2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Girls U18, and 2025 Canadian Open - Open Section. She took a 28-month break between Mar 2020 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included).

Awarded WFM in 2025 (age 17) and WCM in 2024 (age 16). At junior level, she reached #18, #17, #36 and #40 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2016

Standard

Rpd1743·Blz1899

All-time high

2017

1 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 17

Activity

52

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#115 · women worldwide under 18 · of 2,457

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
18th Canadian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2017
Sep 2025
WFM title awardedWFM
at age 17
Sep 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 17
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2017
at age 17 · −1 from today
Sep 2025
2024
WCM title awardedWCM
at age 16
May 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 16
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Girls U18
perf 2164 (+147) · 7/9 · #2
Top opponent
vs Tejaswini GWIM 2,261
Evolution
+154
18622016
Tournaments
5
41 games
Score
24.5/ 4159.8%
20W9D12L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Oct 20256.5/11#222005-1.2
Open Swiss
Aug 20257/9#22164+119.2
Open Swiss
Jul 20254/9#391958+33.7
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/7#11910+25.7
Swiss
Jun 20252/5#271769-23.8
Worst Elo result: 2025 Chess4Win June Markham Open (-23.8 Elo, finished #27).

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

/
Canada
#181
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#2,622
in continent
World
#25,126
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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2,533
2
🇨🇦Charbonneau, PascalFollow Pascal CharbonneauTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,513
3
🇨🇦Preotu, RazvanFollow Razvan PreotuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,485
4
🇨🇦Atanasov, AnthonyFollow Anthony AtanasovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,470
5
🇨🇦Noritsyn, NikolayFollow Nikolay NoritsynTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,459
6
🇨🇦Lesiege, AlexandreFollow Alexandre LesiegeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,454
6
🇨🇦Sai Krishna G VFollow Sai Krishna G VTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,454
8
🇨🇦Krnan, TomasFollow Tomas KrnanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,427
9
🇨🇦Sambuev, BatorFollow Bator SambuevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,419
10
🇨🇦Spraggett, KevinFollow Kevin SpraggettTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,414
...
181🇨🇦Ruchinskaya, Valerie2,016
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
1
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
7
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
2622🇨🇦Ruchinskaya, Valerie2,016
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
25126🇨🇦Ruchinskaya, Valerie2,016