Lee Jun-hyeok

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-hyeok
Country	South Korea
Born	(1999-10-10) October 10, 1999 (age 25)
Title	International Master (2019)
FIDE rating	2436 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2438 (January 2025)[1]

Chess career

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 four times: 2014,^[3] 2017,^[4] 2021, and 2024.^[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 grandmaster 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]