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Xu, Luna Yuexiu
WCM🇳🇿FIDE 4317360· Female· New Zealand· Born in 2013
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Luna Yuexiu Xu, a 13-year-old Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1900 — just 21 short of her peak of 1921 (Nov 2025, age 12) and sitting in the top 3% of women worldwide under 14. She is climbing fast, having gained +120 Elo over the past 12 months. 127 rated games in the past year (≈128/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Summit Autumn Cup, Oceania Youth Chess Championships 2026 Under 8 - Under 20 Girls, and Wellington Chess Open 2026. Also played 18 rapid (including FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2025) and 2 blitz events (including COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Blitz Open Event) recently. She reached #67 nationally in Nov 2025.
Awarded WCM in 2024 (age 11). At junior level, she reached World #87 in U10 and #6 and #2 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
1900
Standard
Rpd1899·Blz1858
All-time high
1921
−21 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 12
Nov 2025 · age 12
Activity
130
games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo
93 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#105 · women worldwide under 14 · of 3,888
Career timeline
14 entries2026
500 career games
at age 13
Apr 2026
6th U14 player nationally
at age 13 · rated 1880
Jan 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #67
at age 12 · rated 1921
Nov 2025
All-time peak 1921
at age 12 · −21 from today
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 12
Aug 2025
2nd U12 player nationally
at age 12 · rated 1903
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+174
1726 → 1900
Tournaments
16
85 games
Score
55.5/ 8565.3%
47W19D19L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsWanyao Sarah SunWFM1,893·Oceania Youth Chess Championships 2026 Under 8 - Under 20 Girls·R5·+20.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/6 | #5 | 1915 | +8.8 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 1907 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #5 | 1854 | -1.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/5 | #24 | 2013 | -13.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2393 | +14.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/2 | #4 | 2325 | +11.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #6 | — | +8.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/1 | #32 | 2233 | +3.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3/9 | #8 | 1885 | -12.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #5 | 1881 | +6.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRichard Jingjie Liu
🇳🇿NZL·1917
+6 −4 =8
18 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsJustin Zhide WangCM
🇳🇿NZL·2072
+0 −12 =4
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsOlivia Li
🇳🇿NZL·1683
+11 −2 =1
14 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsPatrick Di Jiang
🇳🇿NZL·1947
+3 −5 =5
13 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsOliver Sun
🇳🇿NZL·1799
+5 −3 =3
11 games·last met Jun 2026
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Rankings
/
New Zealand
#78
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,671
in continent
World
#48,129
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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