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Cheong, Lip Ghee
🇸🇬FIDE 5868297· Male· Singapore· Born in 1975
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Lip Ghee Cheong, a 51-year-old player. He has slipped back 61 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include 3rd DAV Go Checkmate Year-End Chess Fiesta 2025 Standard Open FIDE, Go Checkmate 33rd FIDE Rated Standard Chess Tournament 19&20 Oct 2025, and 2nd Chess.sg Standard Championship. Also played 1 rapid event (including SMU National Day Chess Meet 2025) recently. His peak of 1488 was reached at age 50 (Jun 2025).
Current rating
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unranked
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1488
−1488 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 50
Jun 2025 · age 50
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#426
Singapore
Career timeline
5 entries2025
7th 45-50 player nationally
at age 50 · rated 1488
Jun 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 50
Jun 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 50
Jun 2025
All-time peak 1488
at age 50 · −61 from today
Jun 2025
First FIDE rating
1488 · at age 50
Jun 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
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Tournaments
7
43 games
Score
12.5/ 4329.1%
10W5D28L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsJing Qi Ashley Ng1,424·2nd Singapore Management University Chess Classic 2025 - Classical·R3·+16.4
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRunhan Chen1,438·DAV- Go Checkmate International Chess Prix- International Open Standard·R6·-22.9
2.[L]vsAnand Akhila1,437·3rd DAV Go Checkmate Year-End Chess Fiesta 2025 Standard Open FIDE·R5·-19.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/4 | #30 | 740 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/3 | #60 | 786 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/2 | #11 | 2453 | -17.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0.5/4 | #15 | 1178 | -61.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/3 | #11 | 876 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/1 | #53 | 2238 | -22.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/4 | #37 | 1640 | -1.6 |
Rankings
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Singapore
#426
out of 1,166 players
Asia-Pacific
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in continent
World
#196,270
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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