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Xu, Gordon

CM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 30981506· Male· United States of America· Born in 2010

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Gordon Xu, a 16-year-old American Candidate Master, is rated 2069 — just 21 short of his peak of 2090 (Dec 2025, age 15) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 8% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +71 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Dreaming King Open, 35th Annual North American Open - U2300, and 2025 Susan Polgar Foundation National Open for Girls and Boys - K-12 Open. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 SPICE Cup Rapid - Championship) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 March Irvine FIDE Blitz) recently.

Awarded CM in 2023 (age 13). At junior level, he reached #54, #36 and #50 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2069

Standard

Rpd2010·Blz1876

All-time high

2090

−21 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 15

Activity

39

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 4%

#782 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363

Career timeline

13 entries
2026
54th American U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2090
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
Dec 2025
All-time peak 2090
at age 15 · −21 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 14
Jun 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 13
Nov 2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 13
Aug 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
20th Annual Los Angeles Open - Major
perf 2266 (+176) · 3.5/5 · #11
Top opponent
vs Ted WangFM 2,224
20th Annual Los Angeles Open - Major · Nov 2025 · +27.4 Elo
Evolution
+71
1998 → 2069
Tournaments
4
19 games
Score
13.5/ 1971.1%
12W3D4L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsGeorge Huang1,797·2026 Dreaming King Open·R3·-33.1
2.[L]vsLucas Foerster-YialamasCM2,125·2026 Dreaming King Open·R4·-16.8
3.[L]vsArman MikaelyanGM2,500·20th Annual Los Angeles Open - Major·R5·-3.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Dreaming King Open
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/6#211999-34.4
35th Annual North American Open - U2300
Open Swiss
Dec 20252.5/3#1292194+13.6
2025 Susan Polgar Foundation National Open for Girls and Boys - K-12 Open
Swiss
Nov 20255/4#12530+30.0
20th Annual Los Angeles Open - Major
Open Swiss
Nov 20253.5/5#112266+61.6
Worst Elo result: 2026 Dreaming King Open (-34.4 Elo, finished #21).

Rankings

/
United States of America
#553
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#1,940
in continent
World
#18,527
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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United States of America
1
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4
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5
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6
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7
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2,696
7
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2,696
9
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10
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553🇺🇸Xu, Gordon2,069
Americas
1
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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
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2,732
6
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2,724
7
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2,696
7
🇺🇸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
...
1940🇺🇸Xu, Gordon2,069
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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9
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