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Zhang, Yiming
🇫🇮FIDE 520543· Male· Finland· Born in 2014
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Yiming Zhang, a 12-year-old Finnish player, is rated 2167 — his current career high and ranked 42nd among players worldwide under 12, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +201 Elo over the past 12 months. 54 rated games in the past year (≈37/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 14-15, Nordic Youth Chess Championships 2026 - D, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group2 7. Also played 1 rapid (including Nopean shakin joukkueiden SM-kilpailu 2025) and 2 blitz events (including EYCC 2025 - 3rd Blitz Tournament) recently. He reached Finnish #93 in Apr 2026.
At junior level, he reached World #37 in U12 and World #96 in U10.
Current rating
2167
Standard
Rpd1758·Blz1952
All-time high
2167
at best
Jun 2026 · age 12
Jun 2026 · age 12
Activity
36
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
54 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#42
#42 · players worldwide under 12 · of 14,529
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 2167
at age 12
Jun 2026
Peak Finnish rank: #93
at age 12 · rated 2152
Apr 2026
37th U12 player worldwide
at age 12 · rated 2152
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 12
Mar 2026
100 career games
at age 12
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 11
Oct 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+192
1975 → 2167
Tournaments
13
51 games
Score
38.5/ 5175.5%
33W11D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/4 | #4 | 2217 | +14.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2864 | +29.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/6 | #1 | 2218 | +38.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #14 | — | -5.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #22 | 2841 | +18.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #75 | 1900 | -25.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/6 | #2 | 2470 | -4.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #5 | 2869 | +32.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #43 | 1968 | -72.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #4 | 2529 | +4.8 |
Rankings
/
Finland
#88
out of 813 players
Europe
#7,193
in continent
World
#10,113
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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