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Pang, Tao
GM🇨🇳FIDE 8609950· Male· China· Born in 2001
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Tao Pang, a 25-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2434 and sitting in the top 3% of Chinese players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 51 Elo over the past 12 months. 59 rated games in the past year (≈37/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), Hong Kong International Open 2025, and 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) 7-11. Also played 1 blitz event (including HKCCFL International Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He took a 31-month break between Feb 2020 and Oct 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2501 was reached at age 23 (Mar 2024, Chinese #33 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2025 (age 24) and IM in 2020 (age 19). At junior level, he reached World #69 in U20, World #98 in U18 and #5, #5 and #7 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2434
Standard
Rpd2333·Blz2319
All-time high
2501
−67 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 23
Mar 2024 · age 23
Activity
55
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#51 · Chinese players · of 1,641
Career timeline
18 entries2025
GM title awardedGM
at age 24 · 2025 2nd FIDE Council
Aug 2025
2024
Peak Chinese rank: #33
at age 23 · rated 2501
Apr 2024
Crossed 2500
at age 23
Mar 2024
All-time peak 2501
at age 23 · −67 from today
Mar 2024
2021
69th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2427
Jul 2021
2020
IM title awardedIM
at age 19 · 2020 2nd FIDE Council meeting
Jul 2020
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-35
2469 → 2434
Tournaments
6
41 games
Score
23/ 4156.1%
12W22D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsTianqi YanWIM2,290·2025 "the Belt and Road" China International Chess Open(Aksu, Xinjiang)Group A·R9·-7.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #30 | 2411 | +0.5 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/8 | #33 | 2246 | -11.7 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/3 | #49 | 2445 | 0.0 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 2/4 | #50 | 2477 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #16 | 2372 | -10.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #13 | 2326 | -13.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsXiongjian PengGM
🇨🇳CHN·2518
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Sep 2022
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vsTing-Hao WangCM
🇹🇼TPE·1959
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsZiji ZhangIM
🇨🇳CHN·2365
+0 −1 =4
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsQi b ChenIM
🇨🇳CHN·2471
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Sep 2022
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vsZhihang XuIM
🇨🇳CHN·2494
+1 −0 =4
5 games·last met Dec 2018
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Rankings
/
China
#51
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#266
in continent
World
#1,189
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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