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JL
James, Levi
🇹🇹FIDE 7708726· Male· Trinidad and Tobago· Born in 2011
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Levi James, a 15-year-old player, is rated 1890 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +156 Elo over the past 12 months. 47 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Junior Chess Championship 2026-Open, National Youth Chess Championship 2026 - Under 16 Open, and National Swiss Championship 2025 - Open. Also played 4 rapid (including FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2025) and 1 blitz events (including National Blitz 2025) recently. He reached #21 nationally in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #2, #1 and #1 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1890
Standard
Rpd1721·Blz1723
All-time high
1890
at best
Jun 2026 · age 15
Jun 2026 · age 15
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#50,574
#50,574 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Peak national rank: #21
at age 15 · rated 1890
Jun 2026
2nd U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1890
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 15
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1890
at age 15
Jun 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Jan 2026
100 career games
at age 15
Jan 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+184
1706 → 1890
Tournaments
5
34 games
Score
22/ 3464.7%
18W8D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/7 | #3 | 1701 | -38.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 1813 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #9 | 2049 | +54.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/4 | #8 | 2753 | +40.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/5 | #12 | 2113 | +22.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKael Samuel BisnathCM
🇹🇹TTO·1857
+0 −7 =3
10 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsJoshua MedinaCM
🇹🇹TTO·1968
+2 −4 =3
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsRyan HarperFM
🇹🇹TTO·2085
+0 −6 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAdrian Winter AtwellFM
🇹🇹TTO·2111
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsSameer Bharath
🇹🇹TTO·1490
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Trinidad and Tobago
#21
out of 187 players
Americas
#5,581
in continent
World
#50,573
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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