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Shen, Zhiyuan
WFM🇦🇺FIDE 8608482· Female· Australia· Born in 1999
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Zhiyuan Shen, a 27-year-old Australian Woman FIDE Master, is rated 2106 — her current career high and sitting in the top 4% of Australian players, and in the top 7% worldwide. She is on a steady climb with +58 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 51 Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla 2026, 22e Bois-Colombes Chess Master - Open A, and 2025 Byron Capital Darling Downs Open - Premier Division. She had 3 career breaks: 55 months (2012–2017), 16 months (2017–2019) and 23 months (2021–2023). She reached Australian #61 in May 2025.
Competes for Australia since Jun 2023. Awarded WFM in 2024 (age 25). At junior level, she reached #12, #14, #6 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2106
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1957
All-time high
2106
at best
Jun 2026 · age 27
Jun 2026 · age 27
Activity
68
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
54 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#73 · Australian players · of 1,878
Career timeline
19 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 27
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2106
at age 27
Jun 2026
2025
Peak Australian rank: #61
at age 26 · rated 2103
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+129 Elo)
1974 → 2103
May 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 26
May 2025
2024
WFM title awardedWFM
at age 25
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+58
2048 → 2106
Tournaments
7
45 games
Score
21.5/ 4547.8%
13W17D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #16 | 2145 | +8.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #79 | 2158 | +36.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #23 | 2246 | +59.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/9 | #20 | 2057 | +8.0 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 1.5/4 | #7 | 1986 | -5.8 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 0.5/4 | #10 | 1787 | -17.6 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 0/1 | #10 | 1357 | -6.4 |
Rankings
/
Australia
#73
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,073
in continent
World
#14,855
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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