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Ni, Lucas
CM🇦🇺FIDE 3239942· Male· Australia· Born in 2011
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Lucas Ni, a 15-year-old Australian Candidate Master, is rated 2142 — his current career high and sitting in the top 3% of Australian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +219 Elo over the past 12 months. 75 rated games in the past year (≈56/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oceania Youth Chess Championships 2026 Under 12 - Under 20 Open, 2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier, and 2026 Norths 2026 Club Championship T1 Rounds 5-7. Also played 4 rapid (including 2025 Burwood Saturday Rapid August) and 6 blitz events (including HKCCFL International Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached Australian #55 in May 2026.
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #43 in U10, World #96 in U8 and #6, #6 and #2 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2142
Standard
Rpd1916·Blz1887
All-time high
2142
at best
May 2026 · age 15
May 2026 · age 15
Activity
72
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
75 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#59 · Australian players · of 1,878
Career timeline
15 entries2026
Peak Australian rank: #55
at age 15 · rated 2142
May 2026
6th Australian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2142
May 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 15
May 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
May 2026
All-time peak 2142
at age 15
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 14
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Oceania Youth Chess Championships 2026 Under 12 - Under 20 Openperf 2237 (+95) · 7/9 · #7
Top opponent
Evolution
+129
2013 → 2142
Tournaments
11
64 games
Score
39/ 6460.9%
34W10D20L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsVu Ky Anh NguyenFM2,204·Oceania Youth Chess Championships 2026 Under 12 - Under 20 Open·R6·+23.5
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #7 | 2237 | +110.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #26 | 2089 | +47.5 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #11 | 2639 | +13.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/4 | #9 | 2026 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #7 | 1902 | -16.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/9 | #74 | 1885 | -63.1 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2055 | +30.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #1 | 2734 | +39.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/8 | #27 | 1921 | -41.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/4 | #5 | 2045 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDaniel WangCM
🇦🇺AUS·1961
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsRudra VermaCM
🇦🇺AUS·2003
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJean RusakovFM
🇦🇺AUS·2032
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDean Chen
🇦🇺AUS·1975
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsTiger Chengxin Zhao
🇦🇺AUS·1800
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2025
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Rankings
/
Australia
#59
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,744
in continent
World
#11,877
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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