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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 1889 and sitting in the top 3% of women worldwide under 14. She is on a steady climb with +49 Elo over the past 12 months. 122 rated games in the past year (≈130/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oceania Youth Chess Championships 2026 Under 8 - Under 20 Girls, Wellington Chess Open 2026, and 2026 North Shore Summer Cup Rounds 6-7. 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. Her peak of 1921 was reached at age 12 (Nov 2025, #67 nationally at the time).
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
1889
Standard
Rpd1911·Blz1858
All-time high
1921
−32 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 12
Nov 2025 · age 12
Activity
135
games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo
122 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#108 · women worldwide under 14 · of 3,807
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 · −32 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
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+109
1780 → 1889
Tournaments
22
108 games
Score
64.5/ 10859.7%
53W25D30L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/9 | #63 | 1841 | -49.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/5 | #6 | 2059 | -5.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRichard Jingjie Liu
🇳🇿NZL·1967
+6 −3 =8
17 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJustin Zhide WangCM
🇳🇿NZL·2020
+0 −11 =4
15 games·last met Jun 2025
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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·1890
+3 −4 =5
12 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsIlias Angelo (Leo) BakerCM
🇳🇿NZL·2157
+0 −8 =3
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
New Zealand
#82
out of 649 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,005
in continent
World
#50,857
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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