Top Chess Players in China

GM Yu Yangyi 2717 | #23

Yu Yangyi is a Chinese super-grandmaster and world-class player. He was the World U-10 Champion (2004), the World Junior Champion (2013), the Chinese Champion (2013), as well as the Asian Continental Champion (2014).  He has won multiple international events and is a particularly strong rapid and...

GM Wang Hao 2684 | #36

GM Wang Hao is a super grandmaster who was a candidate for the world championship in 2020, which he achieved by winning the 2019 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. He had a fantastic youth career that culminated in winning the seventh Dubai Open at the age of 16, when he topped several dozen GMs and IMs as...

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 Ju Wenjun 2559 | #178

GM Ju Wenjun is a Chinese grandmaster and the reigning Women’s Champion since May 2018, when she defeated GM Tan Zhongyi in a match. Ju has defended her title successfully four times: in a November 2018 tournament, a 2020 match against GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, a 2023 match against GM Lei Tingjie,...

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

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GM Xu Yi

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