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Li, Eric
IM🇺🇸FIDE 30939941· Male· United States of America· Born in 2007
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Eric Li, a 19-year-old American International Master, is rated 2362 and ranked 11th among American players under 20, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 4 years. 24 rated games in the past year (≈67/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 17th Annual Golden State Open - Major, 2026 Daniel Naroditsky Memorial New Year Open - MXA, and 2025 US National Class Championship - Master. He took a 13-month break between Jul 2024 and Sep 2025. His peak of 2403 was reached at age 15 (Mar 2022, American #84 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2024 (age 17), FM in 2020 (age 13), and CM in 2017 (age 10). At junior level, he reached World #79 in U18, World #22 in U16, World #13 in U14, World #11 in U12, World #39 in U10 and #13 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2362
Standard
Rpd2262·Blz2292
All-time high
2403
−41 pts below
Mar 2022 · age 15
Mar 2022 · age 15
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#11
#11 · American players under 20 · of 294
Career timeline
26 entries2026
13th American U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2366
Jan 2026
2025
79th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2372
Jan 2025
2024
IM title awardedIM
at age 17 · 95th 2024 FIDE Congress
Oct 2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2372 → returned at 2369
Jul 2024
2022
500 career games
at age 15
Jun 2022
Peak American rank: #84
at age 15 · rated 2403
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-10
2372 → 2362
Tournaments
4
24 games
Score
18.5/ 2477.1%
15W7D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJames Le NguyenCM2,150·41st Annual GM Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions·R3·+2.2
Top 2 losses
2.[L]vsLiam PutnamIM2,462·41st Annual GM Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions·R5·-3.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #9 | 2373 | +3.1 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2099 | -7.3 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/6 | #1 | 2272 | -3.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/6 | #7 | 2267 | -2.5 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJosiah StearmanIM
🇺🇸USA·2477
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsAdrian KondakovCM
🇺🇸USA·2043
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsMilind MaitiFM
🇺🇸USA·2256
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsVyom VidyarthiIM
🇺🇸USA·2402
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsPranav SenthilkumarCM
🇺🇸USA·2051
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
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United States of America
#120
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#287
in continent
World
#2,424
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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