Tan, Jun Ying

Jun Ying Tan, a 23-year-old Malaysian International Master, is rated 2404 — just 17 short of his peak of 2421 (Jun 2025, age 22) and ranked 3rd among Malaysian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 14 months. 65 rated games in the past year (≈50/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group A, VI elllobregat Open Group A, and SixDays Budapest Three Years 2025 - GM-A. Also played 1 rapid event (including JOHOR RAYA RAPID 2026) recently. He took a 15-month break between May 2018 and Sep 2019. He reached Malaysian #2 in Mar 2024 and has been in Malaysian top 3 for 30 months and counting (2 consecutive years on his current run).

Awarded IM in 2025 (age 22), FM in 2024 (age 21), and CM in 2014 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #53 in U12, World #41 in U10 and #1, #2, #2 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.