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Xu, Xiangyu
GM🇨🇳FIDE 8608288· Male· China· Born in 1999
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Xiangyu Xu, a 27-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2623 — just 13 short of his peak of 2636 (May 2024, age 25) and ranked 8th among Chinese players, and 111th worldwide. He has held steady between 2600 and 2625 for 22 months. 102 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Relegation Playoffs Finals), and Rilton Cup 2025-2026. Also played 2 rapid (including 2025 The Third China Chess King Competition) and 1 blitz events (including 4th Chinese Chess Blitz Tournament) recently. He reached World #109 in May 2024 and has been in Chinese top 10 for 13 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2017 (age 18) and IM in 2017 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #10 in U20, World #12 in U18, World #49 in U16, World #43 in U12 and #12 nationally in U14.
Current rating
2623
Standard
Rpd2605·Blz2543
All-time high
2636
−13 pts below
May 2024 · age 25
May 2024 · age 25
Activity
70
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
72 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#8
#8 · Chinese players · of 1,640
National top 10 since Jan 2026
National top 10 since Jan 2026
Career timeline
22 entries2026
13 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
since May 2024
Jun 2026
Peak Chinese rank: #8
at age 27 · rated 2619
Feb 2026
2024
Peak World rank: #109
at age 25 · rated 2636
May 2024
All-time peak 2636
at age 25 · −25 from today
May 2024
2023
Crossed 2600
at age 24
Jun 2023
2020
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2573 → returned at 2571
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+11
2612 → 2623
Tournaments
10
81 games
Score
52.5/ 8164.8%
29W47D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/9 | #17 | 2566 | -3.9 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 8.5/11 | #1 | 2699 | +11.9 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/8 | #19 | 2536 | -8.1 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 2/4 | QF | 2578 | -1.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/8 | #3 | 2790 | +14.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/10 | #4 | 2617 | +5.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #22 | 2527 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/11 | #101 | 2563 | -7.4 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #18 | 2586 | -1.5 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #1 | 2621 | +2.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsShanglei LuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2635
+5 −7 =23
35 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJinshi BaiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2600
+1 −4 =29
34 games·last met May 2026
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vsXiangzhi BuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2661
+6 −6 =20
32 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsYinglun XuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2516
+2 −1 =20
23 games·last met May 2026
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vsDi LiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2557
+3 −0 =17
20 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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China
#8
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#37
in continent
World
#111
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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