Lee began playing chess at the age of 10. He is the highest-rated South Korean-born chess player and the first one to become an International Master.[2] He has won the South Korean Chess Championship in several years: 2014,[3] 2017,[4] and 2021.[5]
In September 2018, he finished joint-third at the first Laos International Open.[6] He then represented South Korea at the 43rd Chess Olympiad, where he managed a draw against Victor Bologan (who was rated over 300 points higher) in the first round.[7]
hyeok, south, korean, chess, player, second, highest, rated, player, country, only, behind, grandmaster, alexey, countrysouth, koreaborn, 1999, october, 1999, titleinternational, master, 2019, peak, rating2437, august, 2019, chess, career, editlee, began, play. Lee Jun Hyeok is a South Korean chess player He is the second highest rated player of his country only behind Grandmaster Alexey Kim Lee Jun HyeokCountrySouth KoreaBorn 1999 10 10 October 10 1999 age 24 TitleInternational Master 2019 Peak rating2437 August 2019 1 Chess career editLee began playing chess at the age of 10 He is the highest rated South Korean born chess player and the first one to become an International Master 2 He has won the South Korean Chess Championship in several years 2014 3 2017 4 and 2021 5 In September 2018 he finished joint third at the first Laos International Open 6 He then represented South Korea at the 43rd Chess Olympiad where he managed a draw against Victor Bologan who was rated over 300 points higher in the first round 7 Lee played in the Chess World Cup 2023 where he was defeated by Frederik Svane in the first round 8 References edit Lee Jun Hyeok FIDE Betts Bryan June 27 2018 South Korea s Kid Chess Whizzes Original Tournament Report 2014 Korea National Championship Open FIDE Retrieved 2016 10 01 2017 National Championship Men February 2017 South Korea FIDE Chess Tournament report ratings fide com Retrieved 2020 03 25 2021 전국 체스 선수권 대회 결과 남자 kchess or kr Retrieved 2022 02 27 Lam Edwin September 16 2018 Laos a new chess destination McGourty Colin September 25 2018 Batumi 2018 1 Isolated heroes FIDE World Cup 2023 Preliminary lists of eligible players announced External links editLee Jun Hyeok rating card at FIDE nbsp This biographical article relating to an Asian chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lee Jun Hyeok amp oldid 1188385137, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
