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Sheng, Joshua
GM🇺🇸FIDE 2057360· Male· United States of America· Born in 2000
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Joshua Sheng, a 26-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2498 — his current career high and ranked 40th among American players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 2 years. 26 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Cornerstone Holiday Norm Invitationals #2 - GM, 2025 Cornerstone Chess Labor Day Invitational - GM, and 2025 Royal City Masters Crown. Also played 2 rapid (including World Corporate 2025 Finals) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 Cornerstone New Year's Classic - Blitz) recently. He reached American #38 in Apr 2026.
Awarded GM in 2022 (age 22), IM in 2016 (age 16), and FM in 2015 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #45 in U20, World #44 in U18, World #27 in U16, World #43 in U14 and World #85 in U12.
Current rating
2498
Standard
Rpd2511·Blz2380
All-time high
2498
at best
Feb 2026 · age 26
Feb 2026 · age 26
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#40
#40 · American players · of 5,026
Career timeline
22 entries2026
Peak American rank: #38
at age 26 · rated 2498
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2498
at age 26
Feb 2026
2022
GM title awardedGM
at age 22 · 92nd 2021 FIDE Congress
Jan 2022
2020
45th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2474
Sep 2020
500 career games
at age 20
Feb 2020
2018
44th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2451
Nov 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+18
2480 → 2498
Tournaments
3
26 games
Score
18.5/ 2671.2%
13W11D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 6.5/9 | #1 | 2538 | +5.6 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 6.5/8 | #1 | 2644 | +15.9 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #6 | 2444 | -3.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsCraig HilbyIM
🇺🇸USA·2414
+0 −2 =7
9 games·last met Jul 2019
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vsAndrew HongGM
🇺🇸USA·2592
+2 −0 =5
7 games·last met Sep 2021
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vsAlexandre KretchetovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2119
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsVarun KrishnanIM
🇺🇸USA·2405
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsJosiah StearmanIM
🇺🇸USA·2477
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met Sep 2022
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Rankings
/
United States of America
#40
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#76
in continent
World
#594
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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