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Lu, Yunong Elias
🇩🇪FIDE 16276426· Male· Germany· Born in 2010
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Yunong Elias Lu, a 16-year-old German player, is rated 2178 — his current career high and sitting in the top 3% of German players under 16, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +106 Elo over the past 12 months. 89 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Landesliga Hamburg 2025-2026 April 2026, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q6 A. Also played 5 rapid (including 3. Berlin U25 Open Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including Bundesliga-Blitzturnier des NSV 2026 2. Vorrunde) recently.
At junior level, he reached #18, #11, #10 and #8 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2178
Standard
Rpd2135·Blz2165
All-time high
2178
at best
May 2026 · age 16
May 2026 · age 16
Activity
77
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
80 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#21 · German players under 16 · of 759
Career timeline
14 entries2026
All-time peak 2178
at age 16
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 15
Jul 2025
18th German U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2140
Jan 2025
2024
11th German U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2156
Dec 2024
Best 12-month gain (+347 Elo)
1809 → 2156
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+50
2128 → 2178
Tournaments
18
88 games
Score
49.5/ 8856.3%
34W31D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/8 | #27 | 2023 | -66.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #25 | 2080 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #412 | 2249 | +60.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/5 | #16 | 2141 | -8.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #32 | 2090 | -4.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2026 | -35.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #37 | 2192 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/4 | #106 | 2077 | +3.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #18 | 2986 | +26.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #4 | 2134 | +8.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsConstantin Paul StichterCM
🇩🇪GER·2147
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMax WeidenhoeferCM
🇩🇪GER·2234
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsAlexander GelmanIM
🇩🇪GER·2419
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsDavid Schacht
🇩🇪GER·1792
+3 −0 =2
5 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
/
Germany
#985
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#6,644
in continent
World
#9,406
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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World
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