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YM
Yang, Minchen
🇦🇺FIDE 3239438· Male· Australia· Born in 2010
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Minchen Yang, a 16-year-old Australian player, is rated 1655 — just 26 short of his peak of 1681 (Dec 2024, age 14). He has fluctuated between 1635 and 1681 over the past 2 years. 15 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2026 Australian Junior Championship U16 Open and 2025 Oceania Youth Championship U16 Open.
At junior level, he reached #77, #43, #31 and #30 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1655
Standard
Rpd1595·Blz1578
All-time high
1681
−26 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 14
Dec 2024 · age 14
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#126,340
#126,340 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
77th Australian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1681
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+285 Elo)
1396 → 1681
Dec 2024
All-time peak 1681
at age 14 · −26 from today
Dec 2024
100 career games
at age 14
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 14
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 14
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+6
1649 → 1655
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
9/ 1850.0%
5W8D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #18 | 1919 | +20.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | #27 | 1730 | -13.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMatt Radisich
🇦🇺AUS·1730
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2022
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vsMasaki Horikawa
🇦🇺AUS·1915
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsLarry Cheng
🇦🇺AUS·1829
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Oct 2020
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vsMark Scully
🇦🇺AUS·1641
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met May 2024
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vsTim Pearce
🇦🇺AUS·1748
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2022
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Rankings
/
Australia
#924
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#18,469
in continent
World
#126,334
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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