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FM Grant Xu

Grant Xu
Full name
Grant Xu
Born
1997 (age 29)‎
Place of birth
Federation
United States
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2298
Classical
2166
Rapid
2186
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Alapin Sicilian Defense (3 games)
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Push Variation (3 games)
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Accepted, Classical Formation (3 games)
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Alapin Formation (2 games)
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Accepted, Scheveningen Formation (2 games)
Black Pieces
Pirc Defense (5 games)
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (4 games)
French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Pawn Center Variation (3 games)
French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (2 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn, Main Line (2 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Grant Xu (2289)
Megan Althea Paragua (2222)
½-½ 46 2026
Grant Xu (2289)
Pijus Stremavicius (2345)
1-0 66 2026
Grant Xu (2289)
Sebastian Lukas Kostolansky (2429)
1-0 41 2026
Grant Xu
1_Corinthians_15 (2291)
1-0 27 2026
Carter Ho (2267)
Grant Xu (2289)
0-1 57 2026
Gergana Peycheva (2182)
Grant Xu (2289)
1-0 40 2026
Mykola Bortnyk (2421)
Grant Xu (2289)
1-0 35 2026
Nitesh Cherukuri (2256)
Grant Xu
1-0 86 2026
Grant Xu (2301)
Liam Putnam (2462)
0-1 81 2025
Grant Xu (2291)
Ilias Van der Lende (2409)
1-0 60 2025
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