Lester Van Meter

Country

USA

Birth Year

1953

Gender

M

Title

FIDE Master

FIDE ID

2001691

USCF ID

10301165

USCF Rating

2200

FIDE ratings

1883

Classical

Published FIDE

1878

Rapid

Published FIDE

—

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#52539
National rank · USA
#1460

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2273 Jan 2001
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
109

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USCF rating history

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FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Oct 2026.

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-09 (UTC).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
51 2025-01-11 132nd ch-NZL Rapid 2025 Auckland NZL 2.18 Lester Van Meter Yuehan (Max) Xia 1-0 36 Open
52 2025-01-10 132nd ch-NZL Open 2025 Auckland NZL 9.19 Xianzhe Lin Lester Van Meter 1/2-1/2 39 Open
53 2025-01-08 132nd ch-NZL Open 2025 Auckland NZL 7.2 Zeqi Xing Lester Van Meter 1-0 49 Open
54 2025-01-06 132nd ch-NZL Open 2025 Auckland NZL 5.15 Ollie Archer Lester Van Meter 1/2-1/2 70 Open
55 2025-01-05 132nd ch-NZL Open 2025 Auckland NZL 4.16 Lester Van Meter Anya Thurner 1/2-1/2 57 Open
56 2025-01-04 132nd ch-NZL Open 2025 Auckland NZL 3.13 Leo Malcolm Lester Van Meter 1/2-1/2 63 Open
57 2025-01-03 132nd ch-NZL Open 2025 Auckland NZL 2.3 Lester Van Meter Herman C. Van Riemsdijk 0-1 35 Open
58 2024-11-28 32nd World Senior 65+ Porto Santo POR 11.12 Eric Boulard Lester Van Meter 1-0 42 Open
59 2024-11-25 32nd World Senior 65+ Porto Santo POR 8.14 Nikolay A Legky Lester Van Meter 1/2-1/2 56 Open
60 2024-10-18 18th SPICE Cup Open 2024 Chesterfield MO USA 9.23 Jeffrey Quirke Lester Van Meter 1-0 42 Open
61 2024-10-17 18th SPICE Cup Open 2024 Chesterfield MO USA 8.26 Lester Van Meter Vignesh Anand 0-1 29 Open
62 2024-10-17 18th SPICE Cup Open 2024 Chesterfield MO USA 7.28 V Toshali Lester Van Meter 1/2-1/2 15 Open
63 2024-10-16 18th SPICE Cup Open 2024 Chesterfield MO USA 6.29 Lester Van Meter Gabriela Luisa Vicente Feller 1/2-1/2 48 Open
64 2024-10-15 18th SPICE Cup Open 2024 Chesterfield MO USA 5.29 Michael Takahashi Lester Van Meter 1-0 37 Open
65 2024-10-15 18th SPICE Cup Open 2024 Chesterfield MO USA 4.25 Ethan Guo Lester Van Meter 1-0 82 Open
66 2024-10-14 18th SPICE Cup Open 2024 Chesterfield MO USA 3.23 Lester Van Meter James A Chirilov 0-1 33 Open
67 2024-10-14 18th SPICE Cup Open 2024 Chesterfield MO USA 2.13 Lazaro Bruzon Batista Lester Van Meter 1-0 16 Open
68 2024-10-13 18th SPICE Cup Open 2024 Chesterfield MO USA 1.28 Lester Van Meter Shelev Oberoi 1/2-1/2 58 Open
69 2024-03-21 Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL 9.109 Junseop Yoon Lester Van Meter 0-1 45 Open
70 2024-03-20 Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL 8.132 Lester Van Meter Pierre Pointier 1-0 40 Open
71 2024-03-19 Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL 7.135 Engilbert Vidar Eythorsson Lester Van Meter 1/2-1/2 17 Open
72 2024-03-18 Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL 6.74 Lester Van Meter Nico Stelmaszyk 0-1 34 Open
73 2024-03-18 Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL 5.135 Samuel Beatty Lester Van Meter 0-1 29 Open
74 2024-03-17 Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL 4.106 Lester Van Meter Derek Adair 0-1 42 Open
75 2024-03-16 Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL 3.121 Lester Van Meter Chong Hien Andrew Tan 1/2-1/2 53 Open
76 2024-03-16 Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL 2.52 Nigel E Povah Lester Van Meter 1-0 63 Open
77 2024-03-15 Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL 1.105 Matthew Perchard Lester Van Meter 0-1 49 Open
78 2024-01-11 131st ch-NZL Rapid 2024 Palmerston North NZL 2.7 Lester Van Meter Ralph Hart 0-1 43 Open
79 2024-01-09 131st ch-NZL Open 2024 Palmerston North NZL 8.6 Daniel Hanwen Gong Lester Van Meter 1-0 26 Open
80 2024-01-08 131st ch-NZL Open 2024 Palmerston North NZL 7.9 Lester Van Meter Xiahan (Luna) Lu 1/2-1/2 66 Open
81 2024-01-07 131st ch-NZL Open 2024 Palmerston North NZL 6.7 Nunilon III Fulo Lester Van Meter 1/2-1/2 36 Open
82 2024-01-06 131st ch-NZL Open 2024 Palmerston North NZL 5.1 Lester Van Meter Helen Milligan 1/2-1/2 31 Open
83 2024-01-03 131st ch-NZL Open 2024 Palmerston North NZL 2.6 Michael V R Steadman Lester Van Meter 1-0 41 Open
84 2023-12-21 SPICE Cup Open 2023 Chesterfield MO USA 8.25 Anshul Shetty Lester Van Meter 1-0 30 Open
85 2023-12-21 SPICE Cup Open 2023 Chesterfield MO USA 7.25 Lester Van Meter Zachary Hankun Liu 0-1 30 Open
86 2023-12-20 SPICE Cup Open 2023 Chesterfield MO USA 6.25 Dhyana Patel Lester Van Meter 1-0 31 Open
87 2023-12-19 SPICE Cup Open 2023 Chesterfield MO USA 4.22 Lester Van Meter Ethan Guo 0-1 43 Open
88 2023-12-18 SPICE Cup Open 2023 Chesterfield MO USA 3.16 Julian Proleiko Lester Van Meter 1-0 34 Open
89 2023-12-18 SPICE Cup Open 2023 Chesterfield MO USA 2.1 Lester Van Meter George Li 0-1 38 Open
90 2023-12-17 SPICE Cup Open 2023 Chesterfield MO USA 1.26 Aryan Gutla Lester Van Meter 0-1 68 Open
91 2023-04-04 Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik ISL 9.125 Lester Van Meter Eirik Texe 0-1 29 Open
92 2023-04-03 Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik ISL 8.144 Kristjan Ingi Smarason Lester Van Meter 1/2-1/2 60 Open
93 2023-04-02 Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik ISL 7.142 Lester Van Meter Paul Haberecht 1/2-1/2 69 Open
94 2023-04-01 Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik ISL 6.89 Raphael Kracht Lester Van Meter 1-0 26 Open
95 2023-04-01 Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik ISL 5.124 Lester Van Meter George Adams 1/2-1/2 37 Open
96 2023-03-31 Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik ISL 4.72 Sondre Melaa Lester Van Meter 1-0 59 Open
97 2023-03-30 Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik ISL 3.14 Lester Van Meter Birkir Hallmundarson 1-0 39 Open
98 2023-03-30 Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik ISL 2.8 Birkir Isak Johannsson Lester Van Meter 1-0 22 Open
99 2023-03-29 Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik ISL 1.129 Lester Van Meter Odd Christoffersen 1-0 17 Open
100 2022-12-23 SPICE Cup Open 2022 Chesterfield MO USA 9.32 Lester Van Meter Tarini Goyal 1/2-1/2 12 Open

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