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Dai, Changren
GM🇨🇳FIDE 8608156· Male· China· Born in 1999
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Changren Dai, a 27-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2552 — just 9 short of his peak of 2561 (Feb 2026, age 27) and ranked 21st among Chinese players, and 299th worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +21 Elo over the past 12 months. 84 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Final), and Rilton Cup 2025-2026. Also played 2 rapid (including 4th Chinese Chess Rapid Tournament) and 2 blitz events (including 4th Chinese Chess Blitz Tournament) recently. He took a 12-month break between Nov 2021 and Dec 2022. He reached World #262 in Apr 2026.
Awarded GM in 2023 (age 24) and IM in 2018 (age 19). At junior level, he reached World #34 in U20, World #42 in U18, World #81 in U16 and World #29 in U14.
Current rating
2552
Standard
Rpd2405·Blz2407
All-time high
2561
−9 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 27
Feb 2026 · age 27
Activity
76
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
84 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#21
#21 · Chinese players · of 1,641
Career timeline
21 entries2026
Peak Chinese rank: #14
at age 27 · rated 2561
Apr 2026
Peak World rank: #262
at age 27 · rated 2561
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2561
at age 27 · −9 from today
Feb 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2500
at age 25
Jan 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 24
Sep 2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 24
Jun 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-8
2560 → 2552
Tournaments
9
68 games
Score
35/ 6851.5%
27W29D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsCarlos Sandoval MercadoIM2,409·XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group A·R5·-6.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/7 | #48 | 2413 | -9.1 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 1.5/5 | R32 | 2492 | -3.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2617 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/10 | #10 | 2514 | -1.8 |
Knockout | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | F | 3314 | +8.8 |
Knockout | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | SF | 2490 | -1.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #24 | 2506 | -3.4 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #22 | 2543 | -0.7 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7/11 | #10 | 2538 | -2.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJinshi BaiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2599
+2 −4 =18
24 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsXiangyu XuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2611
+1 −5 =13
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsZiji ZhangIM
🇨🇳CHN·2365
+8 −0 =10
18 games·last met May 2026
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vsDi LiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2571
+5 −5 =8
18 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJun ZhaoGM
🇨🇳CHN·2538
+3 −8 =7
18 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
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China
#21
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#78
in continent
World
#299
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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