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Zou, Brendan

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FIDEFIDE 3221296· Male· Australia· Born in 2003

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Brendan Zou, a 23-year-old Australian Candidate Master, is rated 1988. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 6 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2026 UNSW Open Weekender and 2025 Australian Universities Chess League. He took a 70-month break between Feb 2020 and Jan 2026 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2068 was reached at age 15 (Aug 2018); he also reached Australian #79 in Sep 2019.

Awarded CM in 2019 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #7, #8, #4, #4, #6 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

1988

Standard

Rpd1926·Blz1911

All-time high

2068

−80 pts below
Aug 2018 · age 15

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#29,457

#29,457 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

19 entries
2022
7th Australian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1999
Jan 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2020
Inactive for 70 months
paused at 1999 → returned at 1996
Feb 2020
8th Australian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2014
Jan 2020
2019
Peak Australian rank: #79
at age 16 · rated 2063
Sep 2019
CM title awardedCM
at age 16
Sep 2019

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
2026 UNSW Open Weekender
perf 2078 (+90) · 5/6 · #6
Top opponent
vs Daniel Lee 1,931
2026 UNSW Open Weekender · Mar 2026 · +8.4 Elo
Evolution
-11
1999 → 1988
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
8.5/ 1270.8%
7W3D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsDaniel Lee1,931·2026 UNSW Open Weekender·R4·+8.4
2.[W]vsJonas Sze-To1,794·2025 Australian Universities Chess League·R7·+4.8
3.[W]vsRay Sheng1,775·2026 UNSW Open Weekender·R7·+4.5
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsAidan OdenthalFM2,092·2025 Australian Universities Chess League·R3·-7.3
2.[L]vsYifei HuFM2,240·2026 UNSW Open Weekender·R6·-3.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 UNSW Open Weekender
Swiss
Mar 20265/6#62078-8.2
2025 Australian Universities Chess League
Team
Dec 20253.5/4#122203-2.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsLillian LuWIM
🇦🇺AUS·1979
+5 −4 =1
10 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsLuis ChanFM
🇦🇺AUS·2269
+0 −7 =2
9 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsKris ChanFM
🇦🇺AUS·2114
+0 −8 =1
9 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsDavid CannonIM
🇦🇺AUS·2339
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsHaran SalasanCM
🇦🇺AUS·2048
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings

/
Australia
#145
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,645
in continent
World
#29,456
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Australia
1
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3
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2,510
4
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5
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2,460
6
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2,423
7
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2,409
8
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2,399
9
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2,389
10
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2,385
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145🇦🇺Zou, Brendan1,988
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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2,777
3
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2,761
4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,735
8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
...
3645🇦🇺Zou, Brendan1,988
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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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
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2,767
7
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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
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2,753
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29456🇦🇺Zou, Brendan1,988