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Sheng, Ming
🇩🇪FIDE 34605258· Male· Germany· Born in 2013
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Ming Sheng, a 13-year-old German player, is rated 2163 — just 16 short of his peak of 2179 (Nov 2025, age 12) and ranked 4th among German players under 14, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +125 Elo over the past 12 months. 126 rated games in the past year (≈77/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 10, Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r7-9, and Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 8-9. Also played 3 rapid (including Gambit Rapid Open 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 18. DSAM-Blitzturnier - powered by chessemy) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #37 in U12, World #40 in U10, World #62 in U8 and #3 nationally in U14.
Current rating
2163
Standard
Rpd2231·Blz1969
All-time high
2179
−16 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 12
Nov 2025 · age 12
Activity
95
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
125 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#4
#4 · German players under 14 · of 584
Career timeline
13 entries2026
3rd German U14 player
at age 13 · rated 2165
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 13
Apr 2026
2025
37th U12 player worldwide
at age 12 · rated 2179
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2179
at age 12 · −16 from today
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 12
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 12
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+132
2031 → 2163
Tournaments
23
108 games
Score
67/ 10862.0%
49W36D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/7 | #17 | 2072 | -25.6 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 2252 | +32.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #80 | 1990 | -9.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #280 | 2280 | +18.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #56 | 2123 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/7 | #22 | 2129 | +44.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/5 | #54 | 1910 | -24.0 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2295 | +124.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #150 | 1675 | -3.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #490 | 1429 | -13.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,118
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#7,384
in continent
World
#10,365
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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