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Rice, Leah
WCM🇸🇬FIDE 5824605· Female· Singapore· Born in 2010
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Leah Rice, a 16-year-old Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1979 and sitting in the top 3% of women worldwide under 16. She is climbing fast, having gained +92 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026, 77th National Chess Championships, and RUDAR XXXIII - FM ROUND ROBIN. Also played 4 rapid (including Pojedinacno otvoreno prvenstvo Centralne Srbije u ubrzanom sahu 2025) and 5 blitz events (including V Mindsports International Festival 2025 - 3rd Night Blitz) recently. Her peak of 2082 was reached at age 16 (Feb 2026, #21 nationally at the time).
Awarded WCM in 2025 (age 15). At junior level, she reached #2, #2, #7, #9 and #2 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1979
Standard
Rpd1857·Blz1945
All-time high
2082
−103 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 16
Feb 2026 · age 16
Activity
60
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
63 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#104 · women worldwide under 16 · of 3,604
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Peak national rank: #21
at age 16 · rated 2082
Feb 2026
2nd U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 2082
Feb 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2082
at age 16 · −103 from today
Feb 2026
2025
WCM title awardedWCM
at age 15
Sep 2025
2024
2nd U14 player nationally
at age 14 · rated 1926
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+92
1887 → 1979
Tournaments
9
63 games
Score
28/ 6344.4%
22W12D29L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/9 | #168 | 1950 | -49.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 0.5/3 | #29 | 1618 | -67.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #2 | 2012 | +14.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4.5/5 | #2 | 2379 | +88.8 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #3 | 2067 | +28.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/9 | #100 | 1959 | -6.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/9 | #54 | 1953 | -15.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/9 | #139 | 2002 | +6.5 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/9 | #75 | 2127 | +92.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSai Siddharth
🇸🇬SGP·2023
+1 −5 =3
9 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsXu Jie Dawson Oh
🇸🇬SGP·1518
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Oct 2021
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vsLana Rice
🇸🇬SGP·1673
+5 −0 =2
7 games·last met May 2025
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vsYufei Chen
🇸🇬SGP·1523
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsTze Chi Liew
🇸🇬SGP·1795
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
/
Singapore
#38
out of 1,147 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,793
in continent
World
#30,977
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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