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Liaw, Ryan
CM🇦🇺FIDE 3244091· Male· Australia· Born in 2007
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Ryan Liaw, a 19-year-old Australian Candidate Master, is rated 1973. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 6 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Australian Reserves, 2025 Oceania Youth Championship U18 Open, and 2025 Australian Universities Chess League. Also played 2 rapid (including 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Rapid U18) and 4 blitz events (including 2026 Australian Blitz Championship) recently. His peak of 2066 was reached at age 18 (Oct 2025, Australian #80 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 18). At junior level, he reached #11, #3, #9, #32 and #33 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1973
Standard
Rpd1835·Blz1942
All-time high
2066
−93 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 18
Oct 2025 · age 18
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#32,077
#32,077 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
11th Australian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1973
Jun 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 2066
at age 18 · −93 from today
Oct 2025
Peak Australian rank: #80
at age 18 · rated 2060
Sep 2025
3rd Australian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2060
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+9
1964 → 1973
Tournaments
9
52 games
Score
35/ 5267.3%
26W18D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/1 | #50 | 2489 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/8 | #46 | 1988 | +6.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/3 | #30 | 2448 | +11.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/6 | #14 | 1970 | -31.5 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/9 | #28 | 1871 | -81.7 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 4.5/6 | #1 | 2073 | +5.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/4 | #23 | 2082 | +26.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2146 | +29.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/7 | #9 | 2060 | +39.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJayden OoiFM
🇦🇺AUS·2288
+1 −6 =4
11 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsSravan RenjithIM
🇳🇿NZL·2333
+0 −6 =3
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsAustin ChenCM
🇦🇺AUS·1957
+0 −2 =7
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsIsaac Godinho
🇦🇺AUS·1820
+7 −1 =1
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsNeil Fu
🇦🇺AUS·1850
+5 −1 =1
7 games·last met Sep 2024
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Rankings
/
Australia
#165
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,917
in continent
World
#32,076
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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