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Li, Ruifeng

Li, Ruifeng

GM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2061074· Male· United States of America· Born in 2001

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Ruifeng Li, a 25-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2535 and ranked 30th among American players, and 389th worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 54 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included) and 22 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: 2025 U.S. Masters. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 North Carolina Open - Blitz Championship) recently. His peak of 2587 was reached at age 17 (May 2018, World #277 at the time).

Awarded GM in 2017 (age 16), IM in 2015 (age 14), FM in 2014 (age 13), and CM in 2011 (age 10). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U16 and U12, World #16 in U20, World #4 in U18, World #3 in U14 and World #10 in U10.

Current rating

2535

Standard

Rpd2441·Blz2439

All-time high

2587

−52 pts below
May 2018 · age 17

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#30

#30 · American players · of 4,931

Career timeline

24 entries
2024
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 2545 → returned at 2535
Feb 2024
2020
16th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2541
Jun 2020
2019
Inactive for 54 months
paused at 2541 → returned at 2545
Jul 2019
2018
Peak World rank: #277
at age 17 · rated 2587
May 2018
All-time peak 2587
at age 17 · −52 from today
May 2018
Peak American rank: #22
at age 17 · rated 2585
Apr 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Benjamin DefromontIM 2,376
2025 U.S. Masters · Nov 2025 · +2.9 Elo
Evolution
-10
2545 → 2535
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
4W4D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBenjamin DefromontIM2,376·2025 U.S. Masters·R7·+2.9
2.[W]vsNitesh CherukuriFM2,278·2025 U.S. Masters·R6·+1.9
3.[W]vsMatias Shundi2,169·2025 U.S. Masters·R1·+1.1
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsEvan Sammons2,258·2025 U.S. Masters·R4·-8.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 U.S. Masters
Open Swiss
Nov 20256/9#242407-10.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsJeffery XiongGM
🇺🇸USA·2656
+3 −11 =15
29 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsAkshat ChandraGM
🇺🇸USA·2463
+3 −6 =8
17 games·last met Nov 2018
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vsDenis KadricGM
🇲🇪MNE·2518
+3 −3 =11
17 games·last met Oct 2017
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vsAwonder LiangGM
🇺🇸USA·2704
+4 −4 =7
15 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsJulio Catalino SadorraGM
🇵🇭PHI·2547
+2 −7 =6
15 games·last met Oct 2017
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Rankings

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United States of America
#30
out of 5,411 players
Americas
#53
in continent
World
#389
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,704
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
30🇺🇸Li, Ruifeng2,535
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,704
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
53🇺🇸Li, Ruifeng2,535
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
389🇺🇸Li, Ruifeng2,535