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Lu, Tony
FM🇨🇦FIDE 2640643· Male· Canada· Born in 2009
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Tony Lu, a 17-year-old Canadian FIDE Master, is rated 2161 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of Canadian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +148 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Holidays Open - Crown, XIV Pan-American School Chess Championship 2025 STD U17 Open, and 2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Open U16. Also played 3 rapid events (including 2026 Toronto Rapid Chess Championship Crown) recently. He reached Canadian #73 in May 2026.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 16) and CM in 2025 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #8, #7 and #11 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2161
Standard
Rpd1840·Blz1870
All-time high
2161
at best
Jan 2026 · age 17
Jan 2026 · age 17
Activity
45
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#75 · Canadian players · of 1,718
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Peak Canadian rank: #73
at age 17 · rated 2161
May 2026
8th Canadian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2161
Jan 2026
All-time peak 2161
at age 17
Jan 2026
2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 16
Nov 2025
7th Canadian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2133
Oct 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Oct 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+148
2013 → 2161
Tournaments
4
26 games
Score
18/ 2669.2%
14W8D4L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsNicolas Gabriel Rojas LinaresCM2,132·XIV Pan-American School Chess Championship 2025 STD U17 Open·R4·+19.9
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #6 | 2241 | +26.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2233 | +110.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/8 | #12 | 2191 | +49.6 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1.5/3 | #31 | 1734 | -39.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAndy Zixin Wang
🇨🇦CAN·1773
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsJaipreet Singh DhaliwalCM
🇨🇦CAN·2127
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsNicolae Oancea
🇨🇦CAN·1765
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsEric QianCM
🇨🇦CAN·2090
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsJonath Joseph
🇨🇦CAN·1882
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Jul 2024
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Rankings
/
Canada
#75
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#1,129
in continent
World
#10,506
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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