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Zhu, Brandon
🇨🇦FIDE 2627787· Male· Canada· Born in 2000
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Brandon Zhu, a 26-year-old Canadian player, is rated 1965. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 33 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 15 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 2025 Victoria BC Day Open Premier. His peak of 2082 was reached at age 19 (May 2019); he also reached Canadian #97 in Oct 2020.
At junior level, he reached #3, #8 and #19 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1965
Standard
Rpd1955·Blz1955
All-time high
2082
−117 pts below
May 2019 · age 19
May 2019 · age 19
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#33,644
#33,644 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1946 → returned at 1965
May 2024
2020
Peak Canadian rank: #97
at age 20 · rated 2060
Oct 2020
3rd Canadian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2060
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2060 → returned at 2025
Nov 2019
100 career games
at age 19
Nov 2019
All-time peak 2082
at age 19 · −117 from today
May 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
1946 → 1965
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
5.5/ 691.7%
5W1D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/4 | #2 | 2642 | +18.8 |
Rankings
/
Canada
#245
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#3,589
in continent
World
#33,643
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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