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Lou, Yiping
IM🇨🇳FIDE 8603928· Male· China· Born in 1991
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Yiping Lou, a 35-year-old Chinese International Master, is rated 2416 and sitting in the top 4% of Chinese players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 51 Elo over the past 12 months. 85 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), PILSEN OPEN 2026 C - FIDE open, and SixDays Budapest March 2026 - GM-B. Also played 1 rapid (including PILSEN OPEN 2026 D - rapid tournament) and 1 blitz events (including PILSEN OPEN 2026 E - blitz tournament) recently. He took a 17-month break between Oct 2005 and Apr 2007. His peak of 2500 was reached at age 31 (Dec 2022); he also reached Chinese #25 in Apr 2022.
Awarded IM in 2010 (age 19). At junior level, he reached World #53 in U20, World #53 in U18, World #61 in U16 and World #70 in U14.
Current rating
2416
Standard
Rpd2432·Blz2444
All-time high
2500
−84 pts below
Dec 2022 · age 31
Dec 2022 · age 31
Activity
62
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
85 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#59 · Chinese players · of 1,641
Career timeline
16 entries2022
Crossed 2500
at age 31
Dec 2022
All-time peak 2500
at age 31 · −84 from today
Dec 2022
Peak Chinese rank: #25
at age 31 · rated 2485
Apr 2022
2016
500 career games
at age 25
Nov 2016
2011
53rd U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2446
Mar 2011
2010
IM title awardedIM
at age 19 · 81st FIDE Congress 2010
Nov 2010
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-55
2471 → 2416
Tournaments
10
78 games
Score
36/ 7846.2%
27W32D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #27 | 2348 | -7.7 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 8.5/9 | #1 | 2497 | +4.6 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3.5/9 | #9 | 2302 | -15.2 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #2 | 2472 | +5.6 |
Knockout | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | R16 | 2565 | +3.4 |
Knockout | Oct 2025 | 0.5/2 | R32 | 2160 | -7.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/5 | #47 | 2359 | -6.0 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 0.5/2 | #70 | 2315 | -3.3 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #19 | 2383 | -2.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/11 | #33 | 2275 | -27.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYang WenGM
🇨🇳CHN·2575
+4 −9 =11
24 games·last met May 2023
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vsJun ZhaoGM
🇨🇳CHN·2538
+2 −5 =12
19 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsChongsheng ZengGM
🇨🇳CHN·2557
+2 −5 =10
17 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsYunguo WanGM
🇨🇳CHN·2503
+3 −6 =8
17 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsXiangyu XuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2611
+2 −6 =5
13 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
China
#59
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#313
in continent
World
#1,412
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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