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Liu, Yan

Liu, Yan

GM🇨🇳

FIDEFIDE 8608962· Male· China· Born in 2000

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Yan Liu, a 26-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2527 and ranked 25th among Chinese players, and 427th worldwide. He has held steady between 2525 and 2550 for 16 months. 55 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Final), and 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A (Knockout Stage,Home and Away Format) Round 3-4. Also played 1 rapid (including 4th Chinese Chess Rapid Tournament) and 1 blitz events (including 4th Chinese Chess Blitz Tournament) recently. His peak of 2579 was reached at age 23 (Aug 2023); he also reached World #257 in Nov 2023.

Awarded GM in 2018 (age 18), IM in 2017 (age 17), and FM in 2014 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #20 in U20, World #18 in U18, World #14 in U16, World #3 in U14 and World #8 in U12.

Current rating

2527

Standard

Rpd2436·Blz2427

All-time high

2579

52 pts below
Aug 2023 · age 23

Activity

55

games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo

55 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#25

#25 · Chinese players · of 1,641

Career timeline

21 entries
2023
Peak World rank: #257
at age 23 · rated 2579
Nov 2023
Peak Chinese rank: #15
at age 23 · rated 2579
Aug 2023
All-time peak 2579
at age 23 · −52 from today
Aug 2023
500 career games
at age 23
Jun 2023
2020
20th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2524
Aug 2020
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2524 → returned at 2530
Feb 2020

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6
perf 2591 (+53) · 3.5/6 · #23
Top opponent
vs Hao WangGM 2,698

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Apr 20265/9#152436-8.0
Knockout
Jan 20262/5R162579+2.6
Knockout
Oct 20251/2QF2467-2.0
Team
Oct 20252/5#372480-4.2
Team
Aug 20253.5/6#232591+5.0
Open Swiss
Aug 20257/9#12543+2.4
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/8#872501-3.0
Open Swiss
Jun 20257.5/11#22502-1.6

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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China
#25
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#110
in continent
World
#427
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
China
1
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2,753
2
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2,738
3
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2,714
4
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2,684
5
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2,661
6
🇨🇳Lu, ShangleiFollow Shanglei LuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,635
7
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2,625
8
🇨🇳Wang, YueFollow Yue WangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,623
9
🇨🇳Xu, XiangyuFollow Xiangyu XuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,611
9
🇨🇳Ma, QunFollow Qun MaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,611
...
25🇨🇳Liu, Yan2,527
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
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2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
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110🇨🇳Liu, Yan2,527
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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427🇨🇳Liu, Yan2,527