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CHN · 17 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2330 (Jan 2026)

Best performance: 2478 at FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship 2025(Best of 2025)

World #3653 live, down 418#3,235 publishedChina #71Asia #782#14 girls U18 in the worldamong active players

NOV26 Rating

2259

Live Rating

2245.6

Change

-13.4

Games Played

7

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1987 to 2259 over the last 12 months; peak 2330 in January 2026.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262268, 0, 0 games2259, -28, 4 games2114, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262268, 0, 0 games2287, 0, 0 games2114, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262268, 0, 0 games2287, 0, 0 games2114, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262268, -10, 6 games2287, 0, 0 games2114, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262278, -20, 9 games2287, 0, 0 games2114, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262298, +28, 11 games2287, 0, 0 games2114, 0, 0 games
May 20262270, -25, 10 games2287, 0, 0 games2114, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262295, +10, 8 games2287, 0, 0 games2114, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262285, 0, 0 games2287, 0, 0 games2114, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262285, 0, 0 games2287, -43, 11 games2114, -25, 11 games
Jan 20262285, +7, 10 games2330, +187, 11 games2139, -132, 15 games
Dec 20252278, -15, 9 games2143, +156, 10 games2271, +125, 13 games
Next title: WGMrating metno norms on record yetdetails ↓

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 3 games (1 win, 2 draws), since Nov 4. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 5 games, Jan 1 – Jan 2.

From 107 rapid games on record, the latest on Nov 4.

Rapid games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
2026 Future Stars Chinese Women's Chess Invitational Tournament RapidNov 3 – Nov 4TPR 21764/7-13.4

Title Progress

WGM title progress

Next title: Woman Grandmaster

Rating requirement met (peak 2363, JAN24 list)

Norms: none on record with us yet

Woman International Master (FIDE, registered 2025)

First Saturday IM November 2023Nov 20234½/9
SixDays Budapest November 2023 IMDec 20236/9
30th Abu Dhabi INT. Chess Festival 2024(Masters)Aug 20243½/9

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Rapid

From 97 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2017–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, Dec 2025 · FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship 2025, 2450
2, IM Eline Roebers, Dec 2025 · FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship 2025, 2392
3, IM Aras Vardanyan, Nov 2025 · 3. Berlin U25 Open Rapid, 2367

* No rapid rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 62 of 107 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 29 of 32 games.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...d5 or 1...Nf6, and 1.e4 with 1...c6.

All openings (3 as White, 4 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Queen's Gambit Declined1164%
Queen's Indian Defense413%
Semi-Slav Defense367%

14 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

15 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
2026221220592095
2025211323192406
2024291320331997
20236416401765
20225½22921926
20197512041362
201732½12511524

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Recent opponents · Rapid

WIM Qinxuanyi WangWIM Chuqiao WangTianyu JiangWIM Muziyan GaoWIM Yunqing ZhaoShumeng ZhouWIM Tianhao Xue

Rated near Yining Chen · Rapid

World

  1. #=3626FM Marco Cattaneo2246.0
  2. #3652Denis Kantuta2245.8
  3. #3653FM Yining Chen2245.6
  4. #3654FM Boris Plotnikov2245.2
  5. #=3655IM Pablo Barrionuevo2245.0

China

  1. #=68IM Yueheng Jin2254.0
  2. #70WGM Yiyi Xiao2253.0
  3. #71FM Yining Chen2245.6
  4. #72IM Kaifan Xie2244.4
  5. #73FM Bei Liu2234.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.