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Zhang, Richard
🇦🇺FIDE 3248127· Male· Australia· Born in 2010
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Richard Zhang, a 16-year-old Australian player, is rated 1868 — just 14 short of his peak of 1882 (Apr 2026, age 16). He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 14 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Rooty Hill Autumn Swiss Rounds 5-8, 2026 Rooty Hill Autumn Swiss Rounds 1-4, and 2025 Rooty Hill Spring Swiss Rounds 5-7. Also played 1 rapid (including 2026 Rooty Hill Rapid Championships) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 Rooty Hill Spring Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #26, #14 and #10 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1868
Standard
Rpd1869·Blz1975
All-time high
1882
−14 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 16
Apr 2026 · age 16
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#56,356
#56,356 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1882
at age 16 · −14 from today
Apr 2026
26th Australian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1880
Jan 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 14
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 14
Mar 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 13
Nov 2023
14th Australian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1688
Jul 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-4
1872 → 1868
Tournaments
4
13 games
Score
8/ 1361.5%
6W4D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #34 | 1745 | -14.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #8 | 1892 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #24 | 1968 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/4 | #3 | 1861 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKamal Jain
🇦🇺AUS·1696
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsAnup Kumar Siva Sankaran
🇦🇺AUS·1860
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsSayum Rupasinghe
🇦🇺AUS·1988
+1 −2 =4
7 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsJohn Yao
🇦🇺AUS·1667
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsVihaan Anup Kumar
🇦🇺AUS·2077
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Australia
#311
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,659
in continent
World
#56,355
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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