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Hou, Yifan(HLJ)
🇨🇳FIDE 8619492· Male· China· Born in 2005
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Yifan(HLJ) Hou, a 21-year-old Chinese player, is rated 2372 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of Chinese players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +38 Elo over the past 12 months. 81 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), I Open Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Irun, and XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo A. Also played 1 rapid event (including 2025"Liaocheng Dongchangfu Cup" Rising Star International Chess Tournament knockout stage) recently. He took a 15-month break between Nov 2021 and Mar 2023. He reached Chinese #77 in Mar 2026.
At junior level, he reached #4, #5, #4, #3 and #20 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2372
Standard
Rpd2080·Blz2262
All-time high
2372
at best
May 2026 · age 21
May 2026 · age 21
Activity
69
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
81 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#77 · Chinese players · of 1,641
Career timeline
15 entries2026
All-time peak 2372
at age 21
May 2026
Peak Chinese rank: #77
at age 21 · rated 2371
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Dec 2025
4th Chinese U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2334
May 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 20
Apr 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 20
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+71
2301 → 2372
Tournaments
9
74 games
Score
48/ 7464.9%
28W40D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsTao PangGM2,469·2025 "the Belt and Road" China International Chess Open (Bengbu, Anhui)Group A·R7·+15.4
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/8 | #21 | 2358 | +1.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/6 | #19 | 2402 | +16.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/9 | #35 | 2376 | +30.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/10 | #3 | 2390 | +36.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/7 | #12 | 2387 | +25.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2281 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #22 | 2178 | -23.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/8 | #12 | 2340 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #9 | 2223 | -16.0 |
Worst Elo result: 2025 "the Belt and Road" China International Chess Open (Bengbu, Anhui)Group A (-23.0 Elo, finished #22).
Most-Played Opponents
vsHongsen ChenIM
🇨🇳CHN·2313
+2 −0 =8
10 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsXiangrui KongIM
🇨🇳CHN·2497
+0 −4 =4
8 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsKaifan XieIM
🇨🇳CHN·2472
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsLiu Jiang
🇨🇳CHN·2235
+1 −0 =4
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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vslvheng Chen
🇨🇳CHN·2078
+0 −0 =5
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
China
#77
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#468
in continent
World
#2,196
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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