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Xiu, Deshun
GM🇨🇳FIDE 8603693· Male· China· Born in 1989
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Deshun Xiu, a 37-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2509 and ranked 31st among Chinese players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 4 years. 26 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A (Knockout Stage,Home and Away Format) Round 1-2, and 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) 7-11. He had 3 career breaks: 20 months (2005–2007), 27 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 15 months (2021–2023). His peak of 2585 was reached at age 24 (Sep 2013, World #262 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2011 (age 22). At junior level, he reached World #36 in U20, World #31 in U16 and #5 nationally in U18.
Current rating
2509
Standard
Rpd2546·Blz2439
All-time high
2585
−76 pts below
Sep 2013 · age 24
Sep 2013 · age 24
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#31
#31 · Chinese players · of 1,640
Career timeline
20 entries2021
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2524 → returned at 2514
Nov 2021
2019
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2528 → returned at 2524
Jul 2019
2014
500 career games
at age 25
Jan 2014
2013
Peak Chinese rank: #13
at age 24 · rated 2585
Oct 2013
Peak World rank: #262
at age 24 · rated 2585
Sep 2013
All-time peak 2585
at age 24 · −76 from today
Sep 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-9
2518 → 2509
Tournaments
4
13 games
Score
7.5/ 1357.7%
4W7D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/5 | #56 | 2226 | -12.1 |
Knockout | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | R32 | 1756 | -4.5 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2.5/3 | #21 | 2683 | +6.2 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 2.5/4 | #31 | 2530 | +0.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJianchao ZhouGM
🇺🇸USA·2612
+2 −10 =7
19 games·last met Dec 2014
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vsYi WeiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2753
+6 −5 =6
17 games·last met Apr 2015
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vsJun ZhaoGM
🇨🇳CHN·2538
+4 −3 =8
15 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsWeiqi ZhouGM
🇨🇳CHN·2600
+5 −5 =5
15 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsYang WenGM
🇨🇳CHN·2575
+5 −4 =6
15 games·last met Feb 2023
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Rankings
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China
#31
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#137
in continent
World
#520
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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