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Zhao, Nicole Xiaoyin
🇳🇿FIDE 4312910· Female· New Zealand· Born in 2010
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Nicole Xiaoyin Zhao, a 16-year-old player, is rated 1538. She is on a steady climb with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include ACC Club Championships 2025 Rounds 3-7, ACC Club Championships 2025 Rounds 1-2, and ACC Winter Cup 2025 Rounds 8-9. Also played 2 rapid events (including 2025 Summit Rapid Championships Open) recently. Her peak of 1591 was reached at age 14 (Jun 2024).
At junior level, she reached #35, #19 and #21 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1538
Standard
Rpd1706·Blz1498
All-time high
1591
−53 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 14
Jun 2024 · age 14
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#170,950
#170,950 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
35th U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1552
Sep 2025
6-month rising streak
+128 Elo
Sep 2025
100 career games
at age 15
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 15
Jun 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+444 Elo)
1147 → 1591
Aug 2024
19th U14 player nationally
at age 14 · rated 1591
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+17
1521 → 1538
Tournaments
3
7 games
Score
3/ 742.9%
3W0D4L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/3 | #56 | 1545 | -4.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1/1 | #55 | 2732 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1/2 | #33 | 1699 | +14.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJunqing Jerome Tao
🇳🇿NZL·1864
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsRichard Jingjie Liu
🇳🇿NZL·1917
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsAlexander Hanrui Pan
🇳🇿NZL·1691
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsGrayson Po`e-Tofaeono
🇳🇿NZL·1793
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsKisara Hettiarachchi
🇳🇿NZL·1674
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Feb 2024
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Rankings
/
New Zealand
#359
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#31,733
in continent
World
#170,921
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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