What is Lin, Chen's FIDE rating?

Lin, Chen's current standard FIDE rating is 2466.

What is Lin, Chen's rapid rating?

Lin, Chen's current FIDE rapid rating is 2458.

What is Lin, Chen's blitz rating?

Lin, Chen's current FIDE blitz rating is 2493.

What is Lin, Chen's world ranking?

Lin, Chen is currently ranked #860 in the world (standard rating).

What is Lin, Chen's ranking in China?

Lin, Chen is currently ranked #37 in China.

What is Lin, Chen's continental ranking?

Lin, Chen is currently ranked #201 in their continent.

What is Lin, Chen's ranking in the 35-40 category?

Lin, Chen is ranked #8 in China in the 35-40 age group.

What is Lin, Chen's all-time highest FIDE rating?

Lin, Chen's all-time peak standard rating is 2533.

When did Lin, Chen receive their first FIDE rating?

Lin, Chen first appeared in the FIDE rating list in 2002.

What is Lin, Chen's chess title?

Lin, Chen holds the FIDE title of GM.

Which federation does Lin, Chen represent?

Lin, Chen represents China (CHN).

How old is Lin, Chen?

Lin, Chen was born in 1988 and is 38 years old.

What titles has Lin, Chen earned?

Lin, Chen has earned the following FIDE titles: IM in 2014 at age 26, GM in 2016 at age 28.

When did Lin, Chen reach their peak rating?

Lin, Chen reached their peak standard rating of 2533 in 2016, at age 28.

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Lin, Chen

GM🇨🇳

FIDE 8602298· Male· China· Born in 1988

Chen Lin, a 38-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2466 and ranked 37th among Chinese players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 5 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2004), 14 months (2004–2005), 23 months (2005–2007), 23 months (2010–2012) and 26 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6. His peak of 2533 was reached at age 28 (Jan 2016, Chinese #20 at the time).

Awarded GM in 2016 (age 28) and IM in 2014 (age 26). At junior level, he reached World #80 in U20, World #85 in U18, World #48 in U16 and #19 nationally in U14.

Current rating

2466

Standard

Rpd2458·Blz2493

All-time high

2533

−67 pts below
Jan 2016 · age 28

Activity

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#37

#37 · Chinese players · of 1,640

Career timeline

23 entries

2023

Re-crossed 2500

at age 35

Mar 2023

500 career games

at age 35

Mar 2023

2019

Inactive for 26 months

paused at 2489 → returned at 2485

Aug 2019

2018

Re-crossed 2500

at age 30

Feb 2018

2016

GM title awardedGM

at age 28 · 4th quarter Presidential Board 2015

Feb 2016

Best 12-month gain (+85 Elo)

2448 → 2533

Jan 2016

Standard rating history

Peak

FIDE title

Threshold

First rated

Inactive period

COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent

vs Di LiGM 2,548

2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6 · Aug 2025 · +1.2 Elo

Evolution

2466 → 2466

Tournaments

5 games

Score

2/ 540.0%

1W2D2L

Top 3 wins

1.[W]vsXinyang NieIM2,406·2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6·R2·+4.1

2.[D]vsDi LiGM2,548·2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6·R3·+1.2

3.[D]vsDeshun XiuGM2,518·2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6·R6·+0.7

Top 2 losses

1.[L]vsJinshi BaiGM2,571·2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6·R4·-3.5

2.[L]vsXiangzhi BuGM2,684·2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6·R1·-2.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event

Event	Date	Score	Rank	Perf	Δ Elo
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6 Team	Aug 2025	2/5	#49	2475	+0.2	▸

Most-Played Opponents

vsChen WangIM

🇨🇳CHN·2486

+2 −0 =11

13 games·last met Jun 2024

12 games·last met Apr 2024

11 games·last met Sep 2025

10 games·last met Aug 2025

10 games·last met Aug 2025

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Rankings

China

#37

out of 1,872 players

Asia-Pacific

#201

in continent

World

#860

out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe

World

China

1	🇨🇳Wei, Yi	2,753
2	🇨🇳Ding, Liren	2,738
3	🇨🇳Yu, Yangyi	2,714
4	🇨🇳Wang, Hao	2,684
5	🇨🇳Bu, Xiangzhi	2,661
6	🇨🇳Lu, Shanglei	2,635
7	🇨🇳Li, Chao b	2,625
8	🇨🇳Xu, Xiangyu	2,623
8	🇨🇳Wang, Yue	2,623
10	🇨🇳Ma, Qun	2,611
...
37	🇨🇳Lin, Chen	2,466

Asia-Pacific

1	🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2,777
1	🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir	2,777
3	🇮🇳Erigaisi Arjun	2,761
4	🇨🇳Wei, Yi	2,753
5	🇮🇳Anand, Viswanathan	2,739
6	🇨🇳Ding, Liren	2,738
7	🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa R	2,735
8	🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2,733
9	🇮🇳Gukesh D	2,732
10	🇻🇳Le, Quang Liem	2,731
...
201	🇨🇳Lin, Chen	2,466

World

1	🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus	2,841
2	🇺🇸Nakamura, Hikaru	2,792
2	🇺🇸Caruana, Fabiano	2,792
4	🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2,777
4	🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir	2,777
6	🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent	2,767
7	🇳🇱Giri, Anish	2,764
8	🇮🇳Erigaisi Arjun	2,761
9	🇺🇸So, Wesley	2,753
9	🇨🇳Wei, Yi	2,753
...
860	🇨🇳Lin, Chen	2,466