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Lam, Eric
🇨🇦FIDE 2638150· Male· Canada· Born in 2004
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Eric Lam, a 22-year-old Canadian player, is rated 1624 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 41 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2024–2026). Recent appearances: 2026 Chess4win North York FIDE Ladder Open U2000 and 2026 Chess4win February Markham Open U1900.
At junior level, he reached #51 and #72 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1624
Standard
Rpd1549·Blz1565
All-time high
1624
at best
May 2026 · age 22
May 2026 · age 22
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#137,297
#137,297 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
10 entries2026
Crossed 1600
at age 22
May 2026
All-time peak 1624
at age 22
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+277 Elo)
1307 → 1584
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 20
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 20
Mar 2024
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1584 → returned at 1592
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+40
1584 → 1624
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
5W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/4 | #10 | 1740 | +32.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/3 | #6 | 2315 | +8.0 |
Rankings
/
Canada
#1,209
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#16,914
in continent
World
#137,289
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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