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Kim Yew Chan
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Kim Yew Chan

MalaysiaBorn 2002 (age 24)FIDE ID 5717981

Playing now: Asian Nations Chess Cup 2026

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2370

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Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 7 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Slav Defense150%
Queen's Pawn Game10%

Slav Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation150%

Queen's Pawn Game

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 0, lost 1 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Symmetrical Variation10%

English Opening

With Black: 3 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 1 · 33%

VariationGamesScore
Symmetrical Variation225%
Anglo-Indian Defense150%

Caro-Kann Defense

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 0, lost 2 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Advance Variation10%
Classical Variation10%

Recent events

EventPlace+/−+/−
Asian Nations Chess Cup 202613 Nov 20263½/7−19−19
46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 202627 Sep 20263/8−8−9
Fujairah Global 202531 Aug 20251½/4+2+2
31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival24 Aug 20250/3−11−12

Best wins

OpponentRating
FMA. Chinchilla18 Sep 2026 · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 20262166
FMS. Salim Mohammed10 Nov 2026 · Asian Nations Chess Cup 20261994

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
FMS. Salim MohammedLast 10 Nov 2026 · Asian Nations Chess Cup 20262101
GMXiao Tong(Qd)Last 11 Nov 2026 · Asian Nations Chess Cup 20262020
FMR. JaiswalLast 13 Nov 2026 · Asian Nations Chess Cup 20262020
GMT. StremaviciusLast 16 Aug 2025 · 31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival1001
IMJ. SeemannLast 18 Aug 2025 · 31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival1001

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