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Lai, Hong Jun
CM🇲🇾FIDE 5729165· Male· Malaysia· Born in 2009
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Hong Jun Lai, a 17-year-old Malaysian Candidate Master, is rated 2061 — his current career high and ranked 32nd among Malaysian players, and in the top 9% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +25 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent appearances: National Interstate Chess Championship 2025 and CHESS HUB - IYC - MCF 2nd NATIONAL OPEN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - PMX Trophy. Also played 4 rapid (including 27th GACC Rapid Open) and 2 blitz events (including 27th GACC Blitz) recently. He took a 34-month break between Jan 2020 and Dec 2022 (COVID-19 included). He reached Malaysian #26 in Sep 2023.
Awarded CM in 2023 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #88 in U8 and #5, #3, #3, #5 and #5 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2061
Standard
Rpd1967·Blz2107
All-time high
2061
at best
Nov 2025 · age 16
Nov 2025 · age 16
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#32
#32 · Malaysian players · of 1,335
Career timeline
16 entries2026
5th Malaysian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2061
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 2061
at age 16
Nov 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
Aug 2024
3rd Malaysian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2004
Jan 2024
2023
Peak Malaysian rank: #26
at age 14 · rated 2004
Sep 2023
3rd Malaysian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2004
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+25
2036 → 2061
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
11/ 1384.6%
10W2D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/5 | #2 | 2701 | +50.8 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/7 | #8 | 1877 | -25.6 |
Worst Elo result: CHESS HUB - IYC - MCF 2nd NATIONAL OPEN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - PMX Trophy (-25.6 Elo, finished #8).
Most-Played Opponents
Rankings
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Malaysia
#32
out of 2,302 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,585
in continent
World
#19,461
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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