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Chong, Jin Cheng
🇲🇾FIDE 5762510· Male· Malaysia· Born in 2008
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Jin Cheng Chong, a 18-year-old Malaysian player, is rated 2087 — just 30 short of his peak of 2117 (Mar 2025, age 17) and ranked 24th among Malaysian players, and in the top 8% worldwide. He has slipped back 30 Elo over the past 12 months. 43 rated games in the past year (≈47/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026, MALAYSIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 (OPEN), and FESTIVAL CATUR ANTARABANGSA PAHANG 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including 12th Johor Open Rapid Dec 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Johor Festival Blitz 2025) recently. He reached Malaysian #19 in May 2025.
At junior level, he reached #2, #6 and #4 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2087
Standard
Rpd2015·Blz1974
All-time high
2117
−30 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 17
Mar 2025 · age 17
Activity
55
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
43 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#24
#24 · Malaysian players · of 1,243
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
May 2026
2025
Peak Malaysian rank: #19
at age 17 · rated 2117
May 2025
2nd Malaysian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2117
Mar 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Mar 2025
All-time peak 2117
at age 17 · −30 from today
Mar 2025
2024
6th Malaysian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2002
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-30
2117 → 2087
Tournaments
5
43 games
Score
23/ 4353.5%
21W4D18L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsZaidan ZulkipliCM2,144·CHESS HUB - MCF MALAYSIAN MASTERS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 (Open)·R3·+27.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #157 | 2026 | +5.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #6 | 2241 | +73.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #7 | 2058 | +21.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/7 | #16 | 1992 | -25.2 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 2/9 | #9 | 1889 | -104.0 |
Worst Elo result: CHESS HUB - MCF MALAYSIAN MASTERS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 (Open) (-104.0 Elo, finished #9).
Rankings
/
Malaysia
#24
out of 2,185 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,286
in continent
World
#16,612
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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