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Xu, Yinglun
GM🇨🇳FIDE 8604940· Male· China· Born in 1996
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Yinglun Xu, a 30-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2516 and ranked 27th among Chinese players, and 473rd worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 11 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), 2025 Chinese Chess League Division B, and 2025 China chess championship (Men). Also played 1 rapid (including 4th Chinese Chess Rapid Tournament) and 1 blitz events (including 4th Chinese Chess Blitz Tournament) recently. His peak of 2565 was reached at age 23 (Sep 2019); he also reached World #337 in Mar 2023.
Awarded GM in 2017 (age 21). At junior level, he reached World #14 in U20, World #35 in U18 and World #59 in U16.
Current rating
2516
Standard
Rpd2512·Blz2537
All-time high
2565
−49 pts below
Sep 2019 · age 23
Sep 2019 · age 23
Activity
37
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#27
#27 · Chinese players · of 1,640
Career timeline
15 entries2023
Peak World rank: #337
at age 27 · rated 2558
Mar 2023
2022
Peak Chinese rank: #17
at age 26 · rated 2549
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2554 → returned at 2555
Jan 2020
2019
All-time peak 2565
at age 23 · −61 from today
Sep 2019
2018
500 career games
at age 22
Jul 2018
2017
GM title awardedGM
at age 21 · 2nd quarter Presidential Board 2017
Aug 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-14
2530 → 2516
Tournaments
3
39 games
Score
16/ 3941.0%
13W22D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/8 | #41 | 2474 | -3.7 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2375 | -6.5 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/11 | #26 | 2419 | -15.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsXiangyu XuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2623
+1 −2 =20
23 games·last met May 2026
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vsShanglei LuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2635
+2 −8 =13
23 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsJinshi BaiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2600
+0 −2 =19
21 games·last met May 2026
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vsYi WeiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2753
+1 −9 =10
20 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsRenjie Huang
🇨🇳CHN·2500
+2 −3 =12
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
China
#27
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#122
in continent
World
#473
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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