Format
Li, Yunshan
WIM🇨🇦FIDE 8607664· Female· Canada· Born in 2002
Follow Yunshan LiTrack her monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Yunshan Li, a 24-year-old Canadian Woman International Master, is rated 2228 and sitting in the top 3% of Canadian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. She has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 21 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Canadian Women's Closed, 2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship, and FIDE Women's World Cup 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 Rapid TB) recently. She took a 27-month break between Feb 2020 and Jun 2022 (COVID-19 included). Her peak of 2294 was reached at age 21 (Mar 2023); she also reached Canadian #25 in Jun 2022.
Competes for Canada since Nov 2023. Awarded WIM in 2020 (age 18) and WFM in 2011 (age 9). At junior level, she reached World #53 in U10 and #2, #3, #5, #4 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2228
Standard
Rpd2166·Blz2121
All-time high
2294
−66 pts below
Mar 2023 · age 21
Mar 2023 · age 21
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#53 · Canadian players · of 1,718
Career timeline
23 entries2023
Switched federation: CHN → CAN
at age 21
Nov 2023
All-time peak 2294
at age 21 · −66 from today
Mar 2023
2022
Peak Canadian rank: #25
at age 20 · rated 2269
Jun 2022
2021
2nd Canadian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2262
Nov 2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
2020
WIM title awardedWIM
at age 18 · 90th FIDE Congress 2019
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-2
2230 → 2228
Tournaments
3
17 games
Score
12/ 1770.6%
10W4D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7.5/9 | #2 | 2185 | +2.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #27 | 2100 | -11.6 |
Knockout | Jul 2025 | 1/2 | R64 | 2352 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJiner ZhuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2547
+4 −7 =1
12 games·last met Oct 2019
View head-to-head →
vsXue Bai
🇨🇳CHN·2177
+5 −1 =4
10 games·last met Jun 2023
View head-to-head →
vsTianlu GuWIM
🇨🇳CHN·2254
+7 −0 =3
10 games·last met Dec 2019
View head-to-head →
vsXueyi LiWGM
🇨🇳CHN·2180
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Jun 2023
View head-to-head →
vsLanlin ZhangWIM
🇨🇳CHN·2258
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met Jun 2023
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Canada
#53
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#761
in continent
World
#6,777
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Canada
| 1 | 🇨🇦Follow Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,533 |
| 2 | 🇨🇦Follow Pascal CharbonneauTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,513 |
| 3 | 🇨🇦Follow Razvan PreotuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,485 |
| 4 | 🇨🇦Follow Anthony AtanasovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,470 |
| 5 | 🇨🇦Follow Nikolay NoritsynTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,459 |
| 6 | 🇨🇦Follow Alexandre LesiegeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,454 |
| 6 | 🇨🇦Follow Sai Krishna G VTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,454 |
| 8 | 🇨🇦Follow Tomas KrnanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,427 |
| 9 | 🇨🇦Follow Bator SambuevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,419 |
| 10 | 🇨🇦Follow Kevin SpraggettTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,414 |
| ... | ||
| 53 | 2,228 | |
Americas
| 1 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 1 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸Follow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,742 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸Follow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,732 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸Follow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,724 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Follow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,696 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Follow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,696 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,656 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸Follow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,653 |
| ... | ||
| 761 | 2,228 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 6777 | 2,228 | |