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Liu, Yan
GM🇨🇳FIDE 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
Aug 2023 · age 23
Activity
55
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
55 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#25
#25 · Chinese players · of 1,641
Career timeline
21 entries2023
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
Top opponent
Evolution
-9
2536 → 2527
Tournaments
8
66 games
Score
33/ 6650.0%
18W43D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #15 | 2436 | -8.0 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 2/5 | R16 | 2579 | +2.6 |
Knockout | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | QF | 2467 | -2.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/5 | #37 | 2480 | -4.2 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #23 | 2591 | +5.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2543 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/8 | #87 | 2501 | -3.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7.5/11 | #2 | 2502 | -1.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJinshi BaiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2599
+2 −3 =15
20 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsXiangyu XuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2611
+1 −7 =11
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsShanglei LuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2635
+1 −10 =8
19 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsYi XuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2480
+1 −2 =14
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsXiongjian PengGM
🇨🇳CHN·2518
+2 −3 =11
16 games·last met Mar 2025
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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
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