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Zhong, Kangmin

FM🇨🇳

FIDEFIDE 8618887· Male· China· Born in 2004

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Kangmin Zhong, a 22-year-old Chinese FIDE Master, is rated 2321 — just 27 short of his peak of 2348 (Mar 2026, age 22) and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 93 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), V Open Chess Menorca 2026, and X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A. Also played 4 rapid (including 21st Memorial Rapid Tournament "Uros Dinic") and 3 blitz events (including Ganja Open - 2025, Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 22 months (2016–2018) and 19 months (2021–2023). He reached Chinese #88 in Mar 2026.

Awarded FM in 2025 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #7, #12, #30, #25 and #14 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2321

Standard

Rpd2202·Blz2181

All-time high

2348

27 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 22

Activity

72

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

93 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#3,460 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

17 entries
2026
Peak Chinese rank: #88
at age 22 · rated 2348
Mar 2026
Crossed 2300
at age 22
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2348
at age 22 · −27 from today
Mar 2026
2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 21
Aug 2025
Best 12-month gain (+289 Elo)
2010 → 2299
May 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 21
May 2025

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
IM3 RR 102 Putnik
perf 2425 (+77) · 6.5/9 · #3
Top opponent
vs Alexei ShirovGM 2,604
V Open Chess Menorca 2026 · Apr 2026 · +6.7 Elo
Evolution
+22
22992321
Tournaments
11
93 games
Score
53/ 9357.0%
29W48D16L

Last 12 months — tournaments

11 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Apr 20264/8#352204-20.8
Open Swiss
Apr 20264/8#2422279-14.4
Open Swiss
Apr 20265.5/9#922368+8.0
Round-Robin
Jan 20266.5/9#32425+40.0
Round-Robin
Jan 20265.5/9#52315+14.0
Open Swiss
Jan 20264.5/8#242353+20.2
Open Swiss
Jan 20264/8#442328+13.8
Open Swiss
Nov 20256.5/9#52300+8.2
Open Swiss
Nov 20253/7#572107-31.2
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/9#842209-21.2
Worst Elo result: Ganja Open - 2025, Group A (-31.2 Elo, finished #57).

Rankings

/
China
#98
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#685
in continent
World
#3,460
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
China
1
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3
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4
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2,684
5
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6
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2,635
7
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2,625
8
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2,623
9
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2,611
9
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2,611
...
98🇨🇳Zhong, Kangmin2,321
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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3460🇨🇳Zhong, Kangmin2,321