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Gao, Marvin

CM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 30920175· Male· United States of America· Born in 2008

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Marvin Gao, a 18-year-old American Candidate Master, is rated 2193 and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2143 and 2250 over the past 2 years. 17 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 23rd Annual Southern Class Championship - Master, 23rd Annual Turkey Bowl - Premier, and 2025 Harvey Lerman Florida State Championship - Open. He took a 22-month break between Dec 2017 and Nov 2019. His peak of 2250 was reached at age 17 (Oct 2025).

Awarded CM in 2016 (age 8). At junior level, he reached World #84 in U10, World #58 in U8 and #26, #28, #27 and #58 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2193

Standard

Rpd·Blz

All-time high

2250

57 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 17

Activity

26

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 3%

#521 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441

Career timeline

17 entries
2025
26th American U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2250
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 17
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2250
at age 17 · −57 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 17
Feb 2025
2024
28th American U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2184
Feb 2024
2023
Crossed 2100
at age 15
Nov 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Tianqi WangIM 2,356
53rd Annual World Open · Jul 2025 · +29.1 Elo
Evolution
-9
22022193
Tournaments
4
17 games
Score
9/ 1752.9%
7W4D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Mar 20261/3#252072-24.0
Open Swiss
Nov 20250/1#391178-33.2
Open Swiss
Aug 20253.5/4#82544+64.4
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/9#862160-15.6
Worst Elo result: 23rd Annual Turkey Bowl - Premier (-33.2 Elo, finished #39).

Rankings

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United States of America
#310
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#938
in continent
World
#8,565
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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2,792
1
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2,792
3
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2,753
4
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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
...
310🇺🇸Gao, Marvin2,193
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
...
938🇺🇸Gao, Marvin2,193
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
...
8565🇺🇸Gao, Marvin2,193