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Xue, Haowen
GM🇨🇳FIDE 8625492· Male· China· Born in 2008
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Haowen Xue, a 18-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2553 — his current career high and ranked 5th among players worldwide under 18, and 293rd worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +35 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent appearances: 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Masters and Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial - Aktobe Open 2025 (MASTERS). Also played 3 rapid (including 4th Chinese Chess Rapid Tournament) and 2 blitz events (including 4th Chinese Chess Blitz Tournament) recently. He took a 14-month break between Jul 2021 and Oct 2022. He reached World #295 in May 2026.
Awarded GM in 2025 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #4 in U18, World #6 in U16, World #51 in U14, World #75 in U12 and World #6 in U10.
Current rating
2553
Standard
Rpd2442·Blz2407
All-time high
2553
at best
Sep 2025 · age 17
Sep 2025 · age 17
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#5
#5 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
16 entries2026
Peak World rank: #295
at age 18 · rated 2553
May 2026
Peak Chinese rank: #19
at age 18 · rated 2553
Jan 2026
2025
4th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2553
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2553
at age 17
Sep 2025
GM title awardedGM
at age 17 · 2025 1st FIDE Council
Apr 2025
2024
6th U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2502
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+35
2518 → 2553
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
12.5/ 1869.4%
8W9D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #6 | 2682 | +17.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #7 | 2655 | +17.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDi LiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2557
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsJinshi BaiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2600
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsXiangzhi BuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2661
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsYi WeiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2753
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsHaochen JiangIM
🇨🇳CHN·2456
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
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China
#20
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#74
in continent
World
#293
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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