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Ching, Francis
🇵🇭FIDE 5209196· Male· Philippines· Born in 1980
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Francis Ching, a 46-year-old Filipino player, is rated 1715. He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 22 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 6th Noypi 1799 FIDE Rated Standard Chess Tournament, 2026 1st leg MCC FIDE-Rated Standard 1799 Below Tournament, and 3rd Asian Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities 2025 - Open & Juniors. Also played 2 rapid events (including Kamatyas FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 16th Edition - Open Division) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2018–2019) and 38 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1788 was reached at age 44 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1715
Standard
Rpd1746·Blz—
All-time high
1788
−73 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 44
Mar 2024 · age 44
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#104,527
#104,527 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
37th Filipino 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1715
Jun 2026
2024
All-time peak 1788
at age 44 · −73 from today
Mar 2024
2023
29th Filipino 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 1663
Oct 2023
2020
18th Filipino 35-40 player
at age 40 · rated 1684
Oct 2020
Inactive for 38 months
paused at 1684 → returned at 1667
Mar 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 39
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
3rd Asian Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities 2025 - Open & Juniors · Dec 2025 · +9.0 Elo
Evolution
-9
1724 → 1715
Tournaments
4
31 games
Score
17/ 3154.8%
16W2D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/2 | #37 | 2447 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/5 | #13 | 2435 | +9.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | #7 | 1691 | -7.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/3 | #75 | 2852 | -8.4 |
Rankings
/
Philippines
#657
out of 3,067 players
Asia-Pacific
#13,900
in continent
World
#104,524
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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