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Cheah, Yu Hock Benjamin
🇲🇾FIDE 5769884· Male· Malaysia· Born in 1999
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Yu Hock Benjamin Cheah, a 27-year-old Malaysian player, is rated 1805 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +50 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: CAKRA CLASSICAL CHESS TOURNAMENT AUGUST 2025 FIDE RATED UNDER 1800 and 20th KCM Master U1800 FIDE Rated Standard. Also played 1 rapid (including DPULZE ENDS MAY CHESS FIDE RATED) and 1 blitz events (including KCE18 2nd FLASH CHESS MASTER 2025) recently. He took a 35-month break between Mar 2020 and Mar 2023 (COVID-19 included). He reached Malaysian #58 in Feb 2022.
At junior level, he reached #16 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1805
Standard
Rpd1825·Blz1880
All-time high
1805
at best
Sep 2025 · age 26
Sep 2025 · age 26
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#74,745
#74,745 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
10 entries2025
Crossed 1800
at age 26
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1805
at age 26
Sep 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+153 Elo)
1637 → 1790
Aug 2024
2022
Peak Malaysian rank: #58
at age 23 · rated 1649
Feb 2022
2020
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1649 → returned at 1637
Mar 2020
2019
16th Malaysian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1637
Dec 2019
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
CAKRA CLASSICAL CHESS TOURNAMENT AUGUST 2025 FIDE RATED UNDER 1800perf 2474 (+669) · 6/6 · #2
Top opponent
Evolution
+49
1756 → 1805
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
12/ 1485.7%
10W4D0L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsMollik Rajwan1,773·CAKRA CLASSICAL CHESS TOURNAMENT AUGUST 2025 FIDE RATED UNDER 1800·R5·+9.1
3.[W]vsMohd Bakri Bakal1,700·CAKRA CLASSICAL CHESS TOURNAMENT AUGUST 2025 FIDE RATED UNDER 1800·R6·+7.1
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/6 | #2 | 2474 | +23.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 1935 | +27.2 |
Rankings
/
Malaysia
#137
out of 2,185 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,121
in continent
World
#74,745
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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