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Fang, Yan
IM🇨🇳INACTIVE · since October 2023FIDE 8604746· Male· China· Born in 1996
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Yan Fang, a 30-year-old Chinese International Master, is rated 2444 — just 3 short of his peak of 2447 (Jan 2017, age 21) and ranked 48th among Chinese players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 22 rated games per year and took a 18-month break between Nov 2021 and Jun 2023. He reached Chinese #36 in Apr 2022.
Awarded IM in 2018 (age 22). At junior level, he reached World #63 in U20, World #76 in U18, World #59 in U16 and World #22 in U14.
Current rating
2444
Standard
Rpd2413·Blz2341
All-time high
2447
−3 pts below
Jan 2017 · age 21
Jan 2017 · age 21
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#48
#48 · Chinese players · of 1,641
Career timeline
21 entries2023
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2444 → still inactive
Oct 2023
2022
Peak Chinese rank: #36
at age 26 · rated 2441
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2441 → returned at 2440
Nov 2021
2018
IM title awardedIM
at age 22 · 2nd quarter Presidential Board 2018
Jul 2018
2017
Best 12-month gain (+165 Elo)
2282 → 2447
Jan 2017
All-time peak 2447
at age 21 · −3 from today
Jan 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2444 → 2444
Most-Played Opponents
vsYuxiang FangGM
🇨🇳CHN·2444
+2 −0 =7
9 games·last met Aug 2019
View head-to-head →
vsShanglei LuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2635
+0 −5 =3
8 games·last met Apr 2017
View head-to-head →
vsYinglun XuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2504
+1 −1 =5
7 games·last met May 2018
View head-to-head →
vsJinshi BaiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2599
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Aug 2017
View head-to-head →
vsJianchao ZhouGM
🇺🇸USA·2605
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Apr 2017
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Rankings
/
China
#56
out of 1,856 players
Asia-Pacific
#175
in continent
World
#1,129
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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