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Zhou, Weiqi
GM🇨🇳INACTIVE · since January 2025FIDE 8601674· Male· China· Born in 1986
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Weiqi Zhou, a 40-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2600 and ranked 11th among Chinese players, and 154th worldwide. He plays around 35 rated games per year and took a 32-month break between Jan 2020 and Oct 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2646 was reached at age 29 (Jul 2015, World #109 at the time); he spent 44 months in Chinese top 10.
Awarded GM in 2009 (age 23). At junior level, he reached World #65 in U20, World #58 in U18 and World #55 in U16.
Current rating
2600
Standard
Rpd2607·Blz2590
All-time high
2646
−46 pts below
Jul 2015 · age 29
Jul 2015 · age 29
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#11
#11 · Chinese players · of 1,641
44 months in National top 10 (2009–2023)
44 months in National top 10 (2009–2023)
Career timeline
23 entries2025
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2600 → still inactive
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2600
at age 38
Aug 2024
2023
44 months in national top 10
longest streak 12 months · since Apr 2009
May 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2600
at age 36
Oct 2022
2020
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 2597 → returned at 2604
Jan 2020
2015
Peak World rank: #109
at age 29 · rated 2646
Aug 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2600 → 2600
Most-Played Opponents
vsChao b LiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2625
+2 −9 =19
30 games·last met Sep 2022
View head-to-head →
vsYangyi YuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2714
+5 −6 =14
25 games·last met Apr 2018
View head-to-head →
vsJianchao ZhouGM
🇺🇸USA·2605
+5 −6 =13
24 games·last met Apr 2016
View head-to-head →
vsLiren DingGM
🇨🇳CHN·2738
+3 −6 =14
23 games·last met Jul 2014
View head-to-head →
vsYang WenGM
🇨🇳CHN·2575
+5 −2 =14
21 games·last met Sep 2022
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
China
#12
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#39
in continent
World
#161
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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