Top Chess Players in China

GM Bu Xiangzhi 2666 | #42

Bu Xiangzhi is a Chinese chess champion and was for a time the youngest GM in history; as of June 2020, he is still the 10th-youngest player to ever become GM. He was also China’s 10th-ever GM. Bu has been a member of the 2700-rating club off and on since April 2008 and every month since June...

GM Lu Shanglei

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GM Wang Yue 2625 | #85

Wang Yue is a Chinese grandmaster who holds three national championships: 2005, 2013, and 2024. He’s the first Chinese player to make the top 10 of the FIDE world rankings and the first to achieve a rating of 2700. For five years, Wang was the highest-ever rated player in Chinese chess history. Early...

GM Li Chao 2621 | #88

Li Chao is a Chinese grandmaster. He won the 2013 Asian Chess Championship and has had several top finishes in high-level tournaments around the world, such as his undefeated win at the Reykjavik Open in 2014. Li spent a considerable amount of time in 2015 and 2016 ranked in the world’s top-15...

GM Xu Xiangyu

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GM Ma Qun 2611 | #103

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GM Bai Jinshi

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GM Hou Yifan 2596 | #122

Despite being in only her mid-20s, Hou Yifan is widely considered to be the second-strongest female chess player in history (behind Judit Polgar). Among her top accomplishments are the four Women’s World Chess Championships Hou won before declining to participate in the event. She’s also...

GM Wen Yang 2574 | #154

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GM Dai Changren

GM Zhang Pengxiang

GM Li Di

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GM Tong Xiao

GM Xue Haowen 2553 | #191

GM Zhao Jun

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GM Yan Liu

Renjie Huang

Renjie Huang is a Chinese chess player who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. As of August 2023, he has no FIDE title despite an official rating of 2487.

GM Xu Yinglun

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GM Wan Yunguo

IM Zhihang Xu

IM Qi Chen b

GM Xu Yi

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GM Chen Lin

IM Song Yuxin

GM Zhao Xue

Zhao Xue is a Chinese chess player and the 24th person to earn the grandmaster title in China. She is currently the 11th best female player in China and 17th in the world (as of February 2021). Zhao won the U-20 World Junior Girls Chess Championship ahead of GM Humpy Koneru in 2002. After...