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Liu, Richard Jingjie
🇳🇿FIDE 4316967· Male· New Zealand· Born in 2013
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Richard Jingjie Liu, a 13-year-old player, is rated 1917 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 14. He is on a breakout run, having gained +104 Elo over the past 12 months. 72 rated games in the past year (≈78/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Summit Autumn Cup, Summit Summer Cup 2026 Rounds 2-6, and Summit Summer Cup 2026 Round 1. Also played 16 rapid (including 2026 New Zealand Rapid Chess Championships) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships) recently. His peak of 1967 was reached at age 13 (Apr 2026, #51 nationally at the time).
At junior level, he reached #3, #2 and #7 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1917
Standard
Rpd1931·Blz1781
All-time high
1967
−50 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 13
Apr 2026 · age 13
Activity
88
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
67 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#981 · players worldwide under 14 · of 20,060
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Peak national rank: #51
at age 13 · rated 1967
May 2026
All-time peak 1967
at age 13 · −50 from today
Apr 2026
3rd U14 player nationally
at age 13 · rated 1961
Feb 2026
2025
2nd U12 player nationally
at age 12 · rated 1900
Oct 2025
6-month rising streak
+138 Elo
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 12
Apr 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+72
1845 → 1917
Tournaments
16
76 games
Score
47/ 7661.8%
42W15D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/3 | #11 | 1749 | -50.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/1 | #9 | 2323 | +3.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2283 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/5 | #1 | 2549 | +38.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/9 | #16 | 1928 | -0.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 1942 | +25.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | 2570 | +36.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/7 | #12 | 2137 | +70.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLuna Yuexiu XuWCM
🇳🇿NZL·1900
+3 −6 =8
17 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJustin Zhide WangCM
🇳🇿NZL·2072
+4 −9 =3
16 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJunqing Jerome Tao
🇳🇿NZL·1864
+7 −4 =4
15 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsJeremy Xi Xu
🇳🇿NZL·1735
+7 −4 =1
12 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsMartin Zhou
🇳🇿NZL·1742
+4 −3 =4
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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New Zealand
#70
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,201
in continent
World
#43,963
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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