Zhang, Zhi
🇨🇳FIDE 8618399· Male· China· Born in 2008
Zhi Zhang, a 18-year-old Chinese player, is rated 2267 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +141 Elo over the past 12 months. 140 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Rebecca Cup The 6th China Chess Rising Stars Tournament 2026, Chinese National Youth Chess Championship 2026(B18), and 17h Penang Heritage City Intenational Chess Open 2025 (Open). Also played 1 rapid (including 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Rapid U18) and 2 blitz events (including 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025 - Blitz U18) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 24 months (2017–2019) and 42 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2320 was reached at age 17 (Sep 2025, Chinese #96 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #10, #13, #52, #32 and #8 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2267
Standard
All-time high
2320
Sep 2025 · age 17
Activity
77
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
Career timeline
16 entriesStandard rating history
Activity & highlights
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/9 | #20 | 2235 | -10.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 8.5/10 | #5 | 2301 | -6.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/9 | #12 | 2255 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2208 | -11.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 2277 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/9 | #11 | 1985 | -39.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2381 | +9.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #32 | 2313 | +3.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #40 | 2367 | +19.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7/8 | #9 | 2364 | +7.8 |
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