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Lee, Edward S

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FIDEFIDE 4303229· Male· New Zealand· Born in 1967

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Edward S Lee, a 59-year-old player, is rated 1984. He has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2026 New Zealand Chess Championships and South Island Chess Championship 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including 2026 New Zealand Rapid Chess Championships) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships) recently. He took a 38-month break between Feb 2015 and May 2018. His peak of 2016 was reached at age 57 (Dec 2024, #29 nationally at the time).

Current rating

1984

Standard

Rpd1961·Blz1979

All-time high

2016

−32 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 57

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#30,144

#30,144 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2025
5th 55-60 player nationally
at age 58 · rated 2016
Sep 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #29
at age 57 · rated 2016
Dec 2024
All-time peak 2016
at age 57 · −32 from today
Dec 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 57
Aug 2024
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 54
Feb 2021
2020
6th 50-55 player nationally
at age 53 · rated 1973
Oct 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Richard Jingjie Liu 1,924
2026 New Zealand Chess Championships · Jan 2026 · +8.3 Elo
Evolution
-32
2016 → 1984
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
8.5/ 1556.7%
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Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 New Zealand Chess Championships
Swiss
Jan 20264/8#191986-5.4
South Island Chess Championship 2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20254.5/4#332525-26.8
Worst Elo result: South Island Chess Championship 2025 (-26.8 Elo, finished #33).

Rankings

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New Zealand
#44
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,712
in continent
World
#30,143
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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3
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4
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5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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World
1
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2
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2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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9
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