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Cai, Chaoruo
CM🇨🇳FIDE 8618402· Male· China· Born in 1986
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Chaoruo Cai, a 40-year-old Chinese Candidate Master, is rated 2264 — just 16 short of his peak of 2280 (Jul 2025, age 39) and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 2 years. 27 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Djerba International Chess Festival 2026 Open A, 10e Open International Marina Viva (Tournoi p1900 Elo), and S: International Chess Tournament 37th Open Pula 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Djerba International Chess Festival 2026 Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2018–2019) and 47 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included). He reached Chinese #97 in Aug 2021.
Awarded CM in 2019 (age 33).
Current rating
2264
Standard
Rpd2123·Blz2123
All-time high
2280
−16 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 39
Jul 2025 · age 39
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#5,317 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
100 career games
at age 39
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2280
at age 39 · −16 from today
Jul 2025
2021
Peak Chinese rank: #97
at age 35 · rated 2209
Aug 2021
2019
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 2209 → returned at 2223
Sep 2019
CM title awardedCM
at age 33
May 2019
Crossed 2200
at age 33
Apr 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-16
2280 → 2264
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
16/ 2759.3%
12W8D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #9 | 2249 | -9.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #25 | 2225 | -6.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6.5/9 | #14 | 2337 | +22.2 |
Rankings
/
China
#118
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#947
in continent
World
#5,317
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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