CChessStats
Format
ZD

Zhang, Derek

CM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2087871· Male· United States of America· Born in 2001

Follow Derek ZhangTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Derek Zhang, a 25-year-old American Candidate Master, is rated 2186 — just 30 short of his peak of 2216 (Dec 2019, age 18) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 36 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 18 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: 2025 National Open - Under 2300.

Awarded CM in 2019 (age 18). At junior level, he reached #25, #25, #47 and #22 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2186

Standard

Rpd—·Blz2087

All-time high

2216

−30 pts below
Dec 2019 · age 18

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 4%

#8,946 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

19 entries
2023
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2162 → returned at 2186
Dec 2023
2020
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 2187 → returned at 2186
Mar 2020
25th American U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2216
Jan 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2019
25th American U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2216
Dec 2019
Crossed 2200
at age 18
Dec 2019

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Arseniy Kryazhev 2,139
2025 National Open - Under 2300 · Jun 2025 · +8.7 Elo
Evolution
0
2186 → 2186
Tournaments
1
3 games
Score
3/ 3100.0%
3W0D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 National Open - Under 2300
Open Swiss
Jun 20253/3#392890+24.2

Rankings

/
United States of America
#322
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#980
in continent
World
#8,946
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
1
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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.
2,696
7
🇺🇸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
...
322🇺🇸Zhang, Derek2,186
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
1
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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.
2,696
7
🇺🇸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
...
980🇺🇸Zhang, Derek2,186
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸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.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
8946🇺🇸Zhang, Derek2,186