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Xiao, Tong(QD)
GM🇨🇳FIDE 8622388· Male· China· Born in 2008
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Tong(QD) Xiao, a 18-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2586 — his current career high and ranked 4th among players worldwide under 18, and 201st worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +66 Elo over the past 12 months. 134 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men), V Open Chess Menorca 2026, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. Also played 4 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached World #199 in May 2026.
Awarded GM in 2024 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #4 in U18, World #4 in U16, World #58 in U12, World #2 in U10 and #2 nationally in U14.
Current rating
2586
Standard
Rpd2438·Blz2445
All-time high
2586
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
85
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
81 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#4
#4 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
18 entries2026
Peak World rank: #199
at age 18 · rated 2586
May 2026
Peak Chinese rank: #13
at age 18 · rated 2586
May 2026
All-time peak 2586
at age 18
May 2026
2025
4th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2539
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 17
Jun 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2500
at age 16
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+66
2520 → 2586
Tournaments
10
85 games
Score
57/ 8567.1%
44W34D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2705 | +13.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2605 | +9.3 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/8 | #46 | 2586 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #29 | 2609 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/9 | #9 | 2635 | +10.1 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2882 | +21.1 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/5 | #38 | 2499 | -2.9 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 2.5/6 | #30 | 2443 | -8.1 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #15 | 2578 | +5.9 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/8 | #18 | 2581 | +6.7 |
Hot streak: 6 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsXiangrui KongIM
🇨🇳CHN·2513
+4 −2 =8
14 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsYihan MengIM
🇨🇳CHN·2478
+6 −0 =5
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsKaifan XieIM
🇨🇳CHN·2441
+3 −3 =5
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsDi Zhang
🇨🇳CHN·2447
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsSunle GongIM
🇨🇳CHN·2422
+6 −1 =3
10 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
China
#13
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#55
in continent
World
#201
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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