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Tham, Ming Cher
🇸🇬FIDE 5839327· Male· Singapore· Born in 2006
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Ming Cher Tham, a 20-year-old player, is rated 1551 — just 25 short of his peak of 1576 (Feb 2026, age 20). He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2022–2024) and 20 months (2024–2026). Recent appearances: 22nd Feb IntChess Asia Classical - Open and 4th Jan Intchess Asia Classical - Open. Also played 22 rapid (including Chess Connexion Rapid Open 2025) and 7 blitz events (including 11th Oct IntChess Asia Blitz - Open) recently.
At junior level, he reached #15, #22 and #26 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1551
Standard
Rpd1789·Blz1809
All-time high
1576
−25 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 20
Feb 2026 · age 20
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#165,899
#165,899 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
15th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1576
Feb 2026
Best 12-month gain (+39 Elo)
1537 → 1576
Feb 2026
All-time peak 1576
at age 20 · −25 from today
Feb 2026
2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1537 → returned at 1576
May 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 18
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 18
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+14
1537 → 1551
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
5.5/ 1634.4%
9W2D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/3 | #6 | 1672 | -24.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/4 | #5 | 1963 | +38.4 |
Rankings
/
Singapore
#255
out of 1,166 players
Asia-Pacific
#29,931
in continent
World
#165,877
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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