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Ni, Hua
GM🇨🇳INACTIVE · since January 2024FIDE 8601160· Male· China· Born in 1983
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Hua Ni, a 43-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2649 and ranked 6th among Chinese players, and 69th worldwide. He plays around 53 rated games per year. His peak of 2724 was reached at age 26 (Apr 2009, World #21 at the time); he has been in the world top 100 for 169 months and counting (11 consecutive years on his current run).
Awarded GM in 2004 (age 21) and FM in 2001 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #11 in U20 and World #5 in U18.
Current rating
2649
Standard
Rpd2619·Blz2579
All-time high
2724
−75 pts below
Apr 2009 · age 26
Apr 2009 · age 26
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#6
#6 · Chinese players · of 1,641
World top 100 since Jul 2013
World top 100 since Jul 2013
Career timeline
26 entries2026
169 months in world top 100 (ongoing)
longest streak 138 months · since Jan 2005
May 2026
2024
7th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 41 · rated 2649
Dec 2024
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2649 → still inactive
Jan 2024
2015
Re-crossed 2700
at age 32
Feb 2015
2013
1,000 career games
at age 30
Sep 2013
Re-crossed 2650
at age 30
Jul 2013
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2649 → 2649
Most-Played Opponents
vsXiangzhi BuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2661
+2 −1 =33
36 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsYue WangGM
🇨🇳CHN·2623
+0 −0 =27
27 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsChao b LiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2625
+8 −3 =15
26 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsHao WangGM
🇨🇳CHN·2684
+1 −4 =15
20 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsWeiqi ZhouGM
🇨🇳CHN·2600
+6 −2 =11
19 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings
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China
#6
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#23
in continent
World
#78
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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