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Zhou, Yang-Fan
IM🇬🇧FIDE 468584· Male· England· Born in 1994
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Yang-Fan Zhou, a 32-year-old English International Master, is rated 2390 and ranked 31st among English players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 35 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Mindsports International Festival 2025 - Open, 2025 British Championship, and Norway Chess Open 2025 GM group. He took a 52-month break between Apr 2020 and Sep 2024 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2486 was reached at age 19 (Oct 2013); he also reached English #17 in Aug 2014.
Awarded IM in 2011 (age 17) and FM in 2009 (age 15). Earned GM norms at 3rd Big Slick Intl GM norm section 2013 and 4NCL Division 1 2015. At junior level, he reached World #32 in U20, World #25 in U18, World #39 in U16, World #23 in U14 and #1 nationally in U12.
Current rating
2390
Standard
Rpd2454·Blz2429
All-time high
2486
−96 pts below
Oct 2013 · age 19
Oct 2013 · age 19
Activity
35
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#31
#31 · English players · of 2,546
Career timeline
17 entries2020
Inactive for 52 months
paused at 2436 → returned at 2437
Apr 2020
2014
Peak English rank: #17
at age 20 · rated 2475
Aug 2014
32nd U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2476
Feb 2014
2013
All-time peak 2486
at age 19 · −96 from today
Oct 2013
500 career games
at age 19
Aug 2013
2012
25th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2438
Jan 2012
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-40
2430 → 2390
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
10/ 1662.5%
7W6D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/8 | #26 | 2290 | -8.7 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/8 | #29 | 2326 | -7.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKeith C ArkellGM
🇬🇧ENG·2397
+4 −3 =5
12 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsJack RuddIM
🇬🇧ENG·2253
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsIan L Snape
🇬🇧ENG·2098
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met Jan 2011
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vsGavin R LockCM
🇬🇧ENG·2047
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Oct 2009
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vsDaniel W GormallyGM
🇬🇧ENG·2366
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
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England
#31
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#1,169
in continent
World
#1,845
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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