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HZ
He, Zhi Yu (Paul)
🇳🇿FIDE 4307623· Male· New Zealand· Born in 2008
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Zhi Yu (Paul) He, a 18-year-old player, is rated 1979 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Box Hill Summer Cup Rounds 5-7, 2026 Box Hill Summer Cup Rounds 1-4, and 2025 Oceania Youth Championship U18 Open. Also played 1 rapid event (including 2025 MCC Spring Rapid) recently. He reached #47 nationally in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #10, #8, #7, #4 and #3 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1979
Standard
Rpd1769·Blz1750
All-time high
1979
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#30,971
#30,971 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Peak national rank: #47
at age 18 · rated 1979
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1979
at age 18
May 2026
10th U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1978
Apr 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Dec 2024
2023
8th U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1683
Jan 2023
2022
7th U14 player nationally
at age 14 · rated 1725
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+53
1926 → 1979
Tournaments
12
35 games
Score
24/ 3568.6%
20W8D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/3 | #25 | 2203 | +40.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/4 | #4 | 1931 | +4.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #13 | 1863 | -33.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #21 | 2455 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #4 | 2001 | +19.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #4 | 2298 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #30 | 2678 | +14.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/4 | #24 | 1832 | -24.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1/1 | #10 | 2439 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/3 | #12 | 1949 | +10.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
Rankings
/
New Zealand
#47
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,798
in continent
World
#30,970
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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