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Yamakawa, Kazumasa

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FIDEFIDE 39935132· Male· Japan· Born in 2009

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Kazumasa Yamakawa, a 17-year-old player, is rated 1731 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +170 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearance: Japan Chess Classic 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including Japan Rapid Chess Championship 2025) recently. He took a 13-month break between Apr 2024 and Jun 2025.

Competes for Japan since Apr 2025. At junior level, he reached #6, #4 and #4 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

1731

Standard

Rpd1714·Blz—

All-time high

1731

at best
Aug 2025 · age 16

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#99,002

#99,002 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

11 entries
2026
6th U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1731
Jan 2026
2025
4th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1731
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1731
at age 16
Aug 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Jun 2025
Switched federation: USA → JPN
at age 16
Apr 2025
2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1561 → returned at 1681
Apr 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
Japan Chess Classic 2025
perf 1978 (+247) · 4/6 · #32
Top opponent
vs Taro Shinoda 1,976
Japan Chess Classic 2025 · Jul 2025 · +12.2 Elo
Evolution
+50
1681 → 1731
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
3W2D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsKota Onuma1,786·Japan Chess Classic 2025·R3·+23.1
2.[D]vsTaro Shinoda1,976·Japan Chess Classic 2025·R5·+12.2
3.[W]vsAdam Yue1,546·Japan Chess Classic 2025·R7·+10.3
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsHikaru Tamura1,865·Japan Chess Classic 2025·R6·-12.6
2.[L]vsLikai Jiang2,055·Japan Chess Classic 2025·R4·-5.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Japan Chess Classic 2025
Open Swiss
Jul 20254/6#321978+50.0

Rankings

/
Japan
#114
out of 241 players
Asia-Pacific
#12,948
in continent
World
#99,001
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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7
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8
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10
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114🇯🇵Yamakawa, Kazumasa1,731
Asia-Pacific
1
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2
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3
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9
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10
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1
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2
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