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Sim, Yan Xiang Ethan
🇸🇬FIDE 5830745· Male· Singapore· Born in 2011
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Yan Xiang Ethan Sim, a 15-year-old player, is rated 1667 — just 1 short of his peak of 1668 (Oct 2025, age 14). He is on a steady climb with +56 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent appearances: 9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 Standard-U14 and 2025 Victorian Open. Also played 5 rapid (including Chess Connexion Rapid Open 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 2nd Singapore Management University Chess Classic 2025 - Blitz Night) recently.
At junior level, he reached #22, #17, #29, #13 and #11 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1667
Standard
Rpd1796·Blz1708
All-time high
1668
−1 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 14
Oct 2025 · age 14
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#121,806
#121,806 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
22nd U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1667
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1668
at age 14 · −1 from today
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 14
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+481 Elo)
1123 → 1604
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 13
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 13
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+20
1647 → 1667
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
9/ 1656.3%
6W6D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsTumurchudur Tuvshintulga1,811·9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 Standard-U14·R2·-12.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/7 | #28 | 1913 | +20.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/5 | #66 | 2074 | +36.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJared Teah
🇸🇬SGP·1790
+2 −3 =4
9 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsJing Xuan Alyssa Ng
🇸🇬SGP·1675
+1 −2 =4
7 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsSai Siddharth
🇸🇬SGP·2023
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsJun Herng Kyan Heng
🇸🇬SGP·1686
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsEe Rui Poon
🇸🇬SGP·1588
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met May 2024
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Rankings
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Singapore
#144
out of 1,166 players
Asia-Pacific
#17,437
in continent
World
#121,800
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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