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Lin, William
🇬🇧FIDE 343433766· Male· England· Born in 2015
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William Lin, a 11-year-old English player, is rated 1810 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +107 Elo over the past 12 months. 76 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Open Chess Menorca B 2026, 2026 English Youth Championships Under 12 Open, and Northampton FIDE Congress - 28 February and 1 March 2026 - U1900. Also played 6 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 British Championship: Under 10 Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #19 and #12 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1810
Standard
Rpd1808·Blz1698
All-time high
1810
at best
May 2026 · age 11
May 2026 · age 11
Activity
43
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
68 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#73,192
#73,192 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
19th English U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1810
May 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 11
May 2026
All-time peak 1810
at age 11
May 2026
100 career games
at age 11
Apr 2026
Best 12-month gain (+171 Elo)
1583 → 1754
Feb 2026
2025
12th English U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1748
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+113
1697 → 1810
Tournaments
13
77 games
Score
39.5/ 7751.3%
33W15D29L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsVineet Sood1,669·AlphaChess FIDE Weekender - North London Gateway - Oct 2025 - Challengers·R4·-21.1
3.[L]vsDjan Sennaroglu1,681·AlphaChess FIDE Weekender - North London Gateway - Oct 2025 - Challengers·R5·-20.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/8 | #13 | 1945 | +99.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/3 | #13 | 2436 | -8.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/4 | #5 | 2480 | +24.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #36 | — | -57.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #76 | 1747 | +6.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #10 | 1908 | +58.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/4 | #8 | 1965 | +15.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/8 | #87 | 1764 | -14.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/4 | #7 | 1643 | -12.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0/2 | #18 | 1012 | -31.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAdvik Saxena
🇬🇧ENG·1726
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsEthan Bogerd
🇬🇧ENG·1679
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsDjan Sennaroglu
🇬🇧ENG·1798
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMary Cawdery
🇬🇧ENG·1624
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
England
#1,176
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#53,093
in continent
World
#73,191
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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