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Xu, Yang
🇨🇳FIDE 8624780· Male· China· Born in 1989
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Yang Xu, a 37-year-old Chinese player, is rated 2288 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent appearances: Basel Christmas Master Open 2025 and Lince Andujar Chess Open 2025. He had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2018–2019) and 39 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
2288
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2159
All-time high
2288
at best
Feb 2026 · age 37
Feb 2026 · age 37
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#4,474 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
14th Chinese 35-40 player
at age 37 · rated 2288
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2288
at age 37
Feb 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 36
Feb 2025
2024
65th Chinese 20-35 player
at age 35 · rated 2238
Nov 2024
Crossed 2200
at age 35
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+118 Elo)
2079 → 2197
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+27
2261 → 2288
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
6W0D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/9 | #12 | 2352 | +21.6 |
Rankings
/
China
#108
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#837
in continent
World
#4,474
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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