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Xu, Zhihang

Xu, Zhihang

IM🇨🇳

FIDEFIDE 8611572· Male· China· Born in 2001

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Zhihang Xu, a 25-year-old Chinese International Master, is rated 2494 — just 21 short of his peak of 2515 (Jun 2021, age 20) and ranked 34th among Chinese players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 15 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent appearances: 23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026 and XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo A. Also played 1 rapid event (including 3rd The Rooky Mini-Open 2026 - Super Rapid Open) recently. He reached Chinese #24 in Apr 2022.

Awarded IM in 2019 (age 18) and FM in 2017 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #23 in U20, World #17 in U18, World #54 in U16, World #38 in U14 and World #86 in U12.

Current rating

2494

Standard

Rpd2427·Blz2404

All-time high

2515

−21 pts below
Jun 2021 · age 20

Activity

31

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#34

#34 · Chinese players · of 1,641

Career timeline

21 entries
2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 22
Mar 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2500
at age 21
Oct 2022
Peak Chinese rank: #24
at age 21 · rated 2489
Apr 2022
2021
23rd U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2515
Jul 2021
All-time peak 2515
at age 20 · −21 from today
Jun 2021
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2506 → returned at 2515
Jan 2020

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo A
perf 2564 (+77) · 6/8 · #29
Top opponent
vs Brandon JacobsonGM 2,599
XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo A · Nov 2025 · +1.6 Elo
Evolution
+17
2477 → 2494
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
11.5/ 1671.9%
8W7D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsNigel D ShortGM2,587·23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026·R8·-3.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20265.5/8#452528+7.2
XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo A
Open Swiss
Nov 20256/8#292564+10.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsChangren DaiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2552
+2 −5 =5
12 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsYan LiuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2527
+4 −3 =5
12 games·last met May 2023
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vsDi LiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2571
+5 −2 =3
10 games·last met May 2023
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vsYinglun XuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2504
+1 −1 =8
10 games·last met May 2023
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vsYi WeiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2753
+0 −4 =4
8 games·last met Jun 2023
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Rankings

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China
#34
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#160
in continent
World
#625
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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7
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9
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34🇨🇳Xu, Zhihang2,494
Asia-Pacific
1
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2
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4
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7
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8
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9
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2,731
10
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World
1
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2
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625🇨🇳Xu, Zhihang2,494