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HZ
Hu, Zhening
🇨🇳FIDE 8622795· Male· China· Born in 2007
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Zhening Hu, a 19-year-old Chinese player, is rated 2123 — his current career high and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2017–2020) and 42 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: 9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 Standard-U18. Also played 1 blitz event (including 9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 Blitz-U18) recently.
At junior level, he reached #10, #16, #7, #26, #14 and #7 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2123
Standard
Rpd1937·Blz1995
All-time high
2123
at best
Aug 2025 · age 18
Aug 2025 · age 18
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#13,388 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
10th Chinese U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2123
Feb 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
16th Chinese U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2123
Aug 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2123
at age 18
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+446 Elo)
1641 → 2087
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+57
2066 → 2123
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
5W2D2L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsUlziikhishig KhishigbatIM2,267·9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 Standard-U18·R9·+27.8
3.[W]vsGenivan GenkeswaranFM2,136·9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 Standard-U18·R3·+20.7
Top 2 losses
2.[L]vsJing Xi Jonathan Lee1,919·9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 Standard-U18·R5·-30.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/8 | #4 | 2252 | +57.2 |
Rankings
/
China
#173
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,909
in continent
World
#13,388
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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