Lester Van Meter

Country

USA

Birth Year

1953

Gender

M

Title

FIDE Master

FIDE ID

2001691

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 ⓘ

Rating history

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

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

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: 2026-10-06 (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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