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Lau, Jayden
🇨🇦FIDE 2644568· Male· Canada· Born in 2010
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Jayden Lau, a 16-year-old Canadian player, is rated 1736. He is on a breakout run, having gained +93 Elo over the past 12 months. 86 rated games in the past year (≈59/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Springtime Chess Championship - Over 1800, 2026 Chess4win North York FIDE Ladder Open U2000, and 2026 Silent Storm Chess Tournament Classical-Covid Gambit U2000. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 Toronto Blitz) recently. His peak of 1776 was reached at age 16 (May 2026).
At junior level, he reached #55 and #53 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1736
Standard
Rpd1626·Blz1771
All-time high
1776
−40 pts below
May 2026 · age 16
May 2026 · age 16
Activity
57
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
85 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#97,410
#97,410 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
55th Canadian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1776
May 2026
All-time peak 1776
at age 16 · −40 from today
May 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 15
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 15
May 2025
2024
53rd Canadian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1712
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+361 Elo)
1351 → 1712
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+42
1694 → 1736
Tournaments
18
78 games
Score
34/ 7843.6%
26W16D36L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 1/5 | #50 | 1612 | -39.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/4 | #14 | 1764 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/5 | #1 | 1895 | +40.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/4 | #5 | 1870 | +41.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/6 | #41 | 1553 | -40.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/5 | #9 | 1944 | +16.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/6 | #36 | 1897 | +52.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/4 | #18 | — | -44.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #20 | 1965 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0.5/4 | #29 | 1521 | -28.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNihad Mammadov
🇨🇦CAN·1812
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMerlin Nazareno
🇨🇦CAN·1866
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsHenry Daigneault
🇨🇦CAN·1860
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsAmirmahdi Hosseinzadeh
🇨🇦CAN·1984
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Canada
#845
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#11,541
in continent
World
#97,408
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Americas
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World
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