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Yang, Rachel
🇬🇧FIDE 494640· Female· England· Born in 2012
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Rachel Yang, a 14-year-old English player, is rated 1556 — just 3 short of her peak of 1559 (May 2024, age 12). She is progressing steadily with +63 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 London Junior Championship Under 16, 2025 London Junior Championship Under 14 Major, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 4 Rounds 1-2. Also played 4 rapid events (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) recently.
At junior level, she reached #59 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1556
Standard
Rpd1475·Blz1449
All-time high
1559
−3 pts below
May 2024 · age 12
May 2024 · age 12
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#163,974
#163,974 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 14
Feb 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+259 Elo)
1264 → 1523
Jan 2025
2024
All-time peak 1559
at age 12 · −3 from today
May 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 12
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 12
Mar 2024
59th English U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1264
Feb 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+63
1493 → 1556
Tournaments
5
23 games
Score
10/ 2343.5%
8W4D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/5 | #16 | 1711 | +52.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/4 | #17 | 1736 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/6 | #19 | 1550 | +24.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #158 | 1593 | -14.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/2 | #29 | — | -9.6 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
England
#2,356
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#107,066
in continent
World
#163,955
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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