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Li, Chao b
GM🇨🇳FIDE 8604436· Male· China· Born in 1989
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Chao b Li, a 37-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2625 and ranked 7th among Chinese players, and 107th worldwide. He is currently in the 2625–2650 range. 24 rated games in the past year (≈64/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. Also played 3 rapid events (including The 16th China Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament Preliminaries Group B) recently. His peak of 2758 was reached at age 27 (Jun 2016); he also reached World #14 in Aug 2015 and spent 21 months in the world top 20.
Awarded GM in 2007 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #3 in U20, World #11 in U18 and World #99 in U16.
Current rating
2625
Standard
Rpd2579·Blz2684
All-time high
2758
−133 pts below
Jun 2016 · age 27
Jun 2016 · age 27
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#7
#7 · Chinese players · of 1,641
21 months in World top 20 (2015–2017)
21 months in World top 20 (2015–2017)
Career timeline
21 entries2020
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2683 → returned at 2679
Jan 2020
2017
21 months in world top 20
longest streak 17 months · since May 2015
Nov 2017
2016
All-time peak 2758
at age 27 · −133 from today
Jun 2016
1,000 career games
at age 27
Apr 2016
2015
Crossed 2750
at age 26
Sep 2015
Peak World rank: #14
at age 26 · rated 2748
Aug 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+1
2624 → 2625
Tournaments
4
18 games
Score
11.5/ 1863.9%
5W13D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/7 | #14 | 2598 | +4.1 |
Knockout | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | R16 | 2621 | 0.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #16 | 2681 | +3.2 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 2.5/5 | #38 | 2541 | -5.6 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsYue WangGM
🇨🇳CHN·2623
+0 −5 =29
34 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsWeiqi ZhouGM
🇨🇳CHN·2600
+9 −2 =19
30 games·last met Sep 2022
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vsXiangzhi BuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2661
+4 −4 =21
29 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsHao WangGM
🇨🇳CHN·2684
+5 −11 =12
28 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsJianchao ZhouGM
🇺🇸USA·2605
+10 −3 =15
28 games·last met Aug 2017
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Rankings
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China
#7
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#36
in continent
World
#107
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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