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LK
Lam, Kai
🇬🇧INACTIVE · since December 2024FIDE 448729· Male· England· Born in 2003
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Kai Lam, a 23-year-old English player, is rated 1766 — his current career high. He plays around 15 rated games per year and took a 43-month break between Apr 2020 and Dec 2023 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #39, #51, #58, #73 and #51 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1766
Standard
Rpd1695·Blz1721
All-time high
1766
at best
Dec 2024 · age 21
Dec 2024 · age 21
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#87,058
#87,058 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
18 entries2024
All-time peak 1766
at age 21
Dec 2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1766 → still inactive
Dec 2024
Best 12-month gain (+271 Elo)
1489 → 1760
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 21
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1500
at age 20
Dec 2023
2022
39th English U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1489
Mar 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1766 → 1766
Most-Played Opponents
vsBarry S Miles
🇬🇧ENG
+4 −6 =0
10 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsDaniel J Gliddon
🇬🇧ENG·1699
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsLana Boztas
🇬🇧ENG·1572
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsHumphrey Povey
🇬🇧ENG·1502
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Sep 2018
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vsMichael E Collins
🇬🇧ENG·1547
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2017
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Rankings
/
England
#1,349
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#63,720
in continent
World
#86,248
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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