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Xiang, Zeyu
IM🇨🇳FIDE 8608547· Male· China· Born in 1999
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Zeyu Xiang, a 27-year-old Chinese International Master, is rated 2482 — his current career high and ranked 35th among Chinese players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +34 Elo over the past 12 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Open Chess Menorca 2026, 52 Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda 2026, and Basel Spring Open 2026. He took a 13-month break between Sep 2024 and Nov 2025. He reached Chinese #36 in May 2026.
Awarded IM in 2018 (age 19). Earned a GM norm at PICF 2024 - D. At junior level, he reached World #73 in U20, World #68 in U18 and #6 and #14 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
2482
Standard
Rpd2376·Blz2335
All-time high
2482
at best
May 2026 · age 27
May 2026 · age 27
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#35
#35 · Chinese players · of 1,640
Career timeline
21 entries2026
Peak Chinese rank: #36
at age 27 · rated 2482
May 2026
All-time peak 2482
at age 27
May 2026
500 career games
at age 27
Apr 2026
2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2448 → returned at 2449
Sep 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2400
at age 24
Sep 2023
2019
73rd U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2456
Sep 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+34
2448 → 2482
Tournaments
6
44 games
Score
31/ 4470.5%
24W14D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #19 | 2493 | +6.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7.5/9 | #2 | 2623 | +21.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 2289 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #7 | 2444 | +2.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #24 | 2491 | +5.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/3 | #54 | 2471 | +1.1 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDi LiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2557
+7 −4 =6
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsYuanhe ZhaoIM
🇨🇳CHN·2446
+1 −5 =8
14 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsYan LiuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2516
+5 −3 =5
13 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsZiji ZhangIM
🇨🇳CHN·2368
+1 −2 =6
9 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsXiongjian PengGM
🇨🇳CHN·2519
+1 −4 =4
9 games·last met May 2023
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Rankings
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China
#35
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#176
in continent
World
#731
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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