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Zhu, Matthew

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FIDEFIDE 2633434· Male· Canada· Born in 2007

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Matthew Zhu, a 19-year-old Canadian player, is rated 2010. He has slipped back 33 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Canadian University Chess Championship Crown, 2025 SSCA_SOW Boxing Week Chess Open, and 2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Open U18. He took a 16-month break between Apr 2024 and Sep 2025. His peak of 2136 was reached at age 17 (Feb 2024, Canadian #95 at the time).

At junior level, he reached #20, #8, #8, #37 and #31 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2010

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2136

−126 pts below
Feb 2024 · age 17

Activity

26

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#25,949

#25,949 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
20th Canadian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2011
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2043 → returned at 2055
Apr 2024
Peak Canadian rank: #95
at age 17 · rated 2136
Feb 2024
8th Canadian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2136
Feb 2024
Best 12-month gain (+375 Elo)
1761 → 2136
Feb 2024

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Eric Qian 2,041
2025 SSCA_SOW Boxing Week Chess Open · Dec 2025 · +1.1 Elo
Evolution
-33
2043 → 2010
Tournaments
3
18 games
Score
10/ 1855.6%
9W2D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Canadian University Chess Championship Crown
Open Swiss
Jan 20263.5/3#27—+9.2
2025 SSCA_SOW Boxing Week Chess Open
Swiss
Dec 20251.5/5#101856-54.4
2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Open U18
Open Swiss
Aug 20255/9#112101+12.4
Worst Elo result: 2025 SSCA_SOW Boxing Week Chess Open (-54.4 Elo, finished #10).

Rankings

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Canada
#180
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#2,697
in continent
World
#25,949
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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2,533
2
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2,513
3
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2,483
4
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2,470
5
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2,454
6
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2,453
7
🇨🇦Sai Krishna G VFollow Sai Krishna G VTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,443
8
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2,434
9
🇨🇦Krnan, TomasFollow Tomas KrnanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,427
10
🇨🇦Spraggett, KevinFollow Kevin SpraggettTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,414
...
180🇨🇦Zhu, Matthew2,010
Americas
1
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2,792
2
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2,788
3
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2,754
4
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2,732
5
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2,728
6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
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2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
2697🇨🇦Zhu, Matthew2,010
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
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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
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2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack 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
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25949🇨🇦Zhu, Matthew2,010