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CHN · 18 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2326 (Jun 2025)

Best performance: 2497 at Asian Individual Men's Blitz Chess Championships(Best of 2025)

World #=2421 live, down 29#2,392 publishedChina #54#10 U18 in China

Blitz rating

2294

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Nov 2023

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Official blitz rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202622940
Oct 202622940
Sep 202622940
Aug 20262294+30
Jul 202622640
Jun 202622640
May 202622640
Apr 202622640
Mar 20262264+1
Feb 202622630
Jan 20262263+6
Dec 202522570
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating 2443 of 2500, live 2395composition opendetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (3 wins, 1 draw), since Jul 19. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 108 blitz games on record, the latest on Jul 19.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
Biel Chess Festival 2026 - Blitz tournament (BTZ)Jul 19TPR 23329½/13

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 1 · 9 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2443, needs 2500

Composition: next norm must come from an event played at one round a day for at least 3 days

projected19th Arad Open Grand Prix Classic (part of Romania Grand Prix series) A Tournament (above 2000 rating)Aug 20267/9Rp 2626

International Master (FIDE, registered 2025)

21st Bangkok Chess Club Open 2024Apr 20245½/9
RUDAR XXVI - IM ROUND ROBINJul 20247/9

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 106 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2023–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Karthik Venkataraman, May 2025 · Asian Individual Men's Blitz Chess Championships, 2480
2, IM Yiping Lou, May 2025 · Asian Individual Men's Blitz Chess Championships, 2437
3, GM Pa Iniyan, May 2025 · Asian Individual Men's Blitz Chess Championships, 2431

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 29 of 108 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 15 of 16 games.

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

All openings (1 as White, 1 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Catalan Opening580%

11 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

11 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
2026139½21572332
2025533221562228
20243118½19422014
202396½20082174

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

Rated near Qingfeng Cao · Blitz

World

  1. #=2421Juan Esteban Cabiativa2294.0
  2. #=2421GM R.R. Laxman2294.0
  3. #=2421IM Qingfeng Cao2294.0
  4. #=2421FM Milos Vlatkovic2294.0
  5. #=2439IM Husain Aziz2293.0

China

  1. #52IM Kaifan Xie2301.0
  2. #53IM Yixing Wu2296.0
  3. #54IM Qingfeng Cao2294.0
  4. #55WGM Mo Zhai2281.0
  5. #56Yifan(HLJ) Hou2274.0

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