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Liu, Xiangyi
IM🇸🇬FIDE 8605718· Male· Singapore· Born in 2000
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Xiangyi Liu, a 26-year-old International Master, is rated 2353 and ranked 6th among SGP players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is currently in the 2350–2400 range. 33 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 77th National Chess Championships, 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship, and Hanoi IM chess tournament June 2025. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2017–2018) and 42 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2461 was reached at age 15 (Jun 2015, #1 nationally at the time); he spent 40 months in top 3, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.
Competes for Singapore since Sep 2016. Awarded IM in 2017 (age 17) and FM in 2012 (age 12). At junior level, he reached World #87 in U20, World #33 in U18, World #15 in U16, World #35 in U14 and World #13 in U12.
Current rating
2353
Standard
Rpd2277·Blz2323
All-time high
2461
−108 pts below
Jun 2015 · age 15
Jun 2015 · age 15
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#6
#6 · SGP players · of 464
40 months in National top 3 (2015–2019)
40 months in National top 3 (2015–2019)
Career timeline
24 entries2020
Inactive for 42 months
paused at 2377 → returned at 2374
Jan 2020
2019
40 months in national top 3
longest streak 24 months · since Jan 2015
Mar 2019
87th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2425
Jan 2019
2018
33rd U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2449
Jan 2018
2017
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2449 → returned at 2439
Apr 2017
IM title awardedIM
at age 17 · Title Applications approved by the Presidential Board by written resolution
Mar 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
2349 → 2353
Tournaments
4
33 games
Score
18.5/ 3356.1%
12W13D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/8 | #5 | 2365 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/8 | #15 | 2308 | -1.0 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 4/8 | #5 | 2290 | -8.6 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 3/9 | #10 | 2268 | -12.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJingyao TinGM
🇸🇬SGP·2589
+8 −6 =14
28 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsQing Aun LeeFM
🇸🇬SGP·2280
+12 −1 =1
14 games·last met Jun 2018
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vsZhi Rong Benjamin FooCM
🇸🇬SGP·2209
+6 −4 =1
11 games·last met Aug 2015
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vsEnrique PacienciaIM
🇸🇬SGP·2259
+6 −1 =3
10 games·last met Aug 2015
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vsJun Hao TanCM
🇸🇬SGP·2013
+8 −0 =1
9 games·last met Jan 2016
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Rankings
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Singapore
#6
out of 1,166 players
Asia-Pacific
#543
in continent
World
#2,627
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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