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Yan, Ruiyang
FM🇺🇸FIDE 30919860· Female· United States of America· Born in 2007
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Ruiyang Yan, a 19-year-old American FIDE Master, is rated 2230 and ranked 16th among women worldwide under 20, and in the top 3% worldwide. She plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and took a 15-month break between Dec 2015 and Apr 2017. Recent appearance: 2025 US Girls' Junior Championship. Her peak of 2315 was reached at age 15 (Feb 2022).
Awarded FM in 2022 (age 15) and WCM in 2019 (age 12). At junior level, she reached World #62 in U16, World #86 in U14, World #36 in U12 and #29, #24, #40 and #20 nationally in U20, U18, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2230
Standard
Rpd2120·Blz2267
All-time high
2315
−85 pts below
Feb 2022 · age 15
Feb 2022 · age 15
Activity
36
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#16
#16 · women worldwide under 20 · of 1,440
Career timeline
19 entries2026
29th American U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2231
Mar 2026
2024
24th American U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2233
Jan 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 16
Jun 2023
2022
62nd U16 player worldwide
at age 15 · rated 2315
Feb 2022
FM title awardedFM
at age 15
Feb 2022
Crossed 2300
at age 15
Feb 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+21
2209 → 2230
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5.5/ 961.1%
3W5D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #4 | 2293 | +21.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRochelle WuFM
🇺🇸USA·2199
+2 −4 =3
9 games·last met Jul 2025
View head-to-head →
vsAlice LeeIM
🇺🇸USA·2415
+2 −1 =5
8 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsAbhinav Penagalapati
🇺🇸USA·2111
+6 −0 =2
8 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsMegan LeeFM
🇺🇸USA·2274
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsElliott WinslowIM
🇺🇸USA·1976
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met Apr 2024
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Rankings
/
United States of America
#256
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#746
in continent
World
#6,680
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
United States of America
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| 256 | 2,230 | |
Americas
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| 5 | 🇺🇸Follow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,732 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸Follow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,724 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Follow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,696 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Follow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,696 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,656 |
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| 746 | 2,230 | |
World
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| 6680 | 2,230 | |