Scouting report: Ruifeng Li (GM, USA)

715 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (693 classical, 22 blitz): 46% wins, 33% draws, 21% losses. FIDE rating 2535 standard, 2441 rapid, 2439 blitz. 32 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.06 blunders per game.

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Ruifeng Li

GM

United Statesborn 2001FIDE ID 2061074

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2420
2460
2500
2540
2541 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2535
2441
2439
2587peak, May 2018
715games
327wins, 46%
239draws, 33%
149losses, 21%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.0% average
High resilience (60%): Dangerous even when losing
Very consistent (94%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.b3 as ♔ (73% in 76 games)

Play against Li's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 715 games

Openings

715 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: 2...c61.e4 c5 2.f3 c610 games, last played 9 years ago70.0%wins
Nimzowitsch-Larsen1.b3 e5 2.b2 c621 games, last played 3 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 32 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
94.8%
Middlegame
93.7%
Endgame
94.7%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
92%
Problematic pieces
23%
5 err
18%
4 err
18%
4 err
14%
3 err
14%
3 err
14%
3 err
Critical moment
Move 44 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
50%
26-35
0%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
2
Few
Many
c7
2
e5
2
a1
1
c3
1
c5
1
c7/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

9 errors
#30
c7?? vs Duda
Middlegame · OTB · 2023
#59
b5?? vs Caruana
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#53
d6?? vs Nakamura
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#36
f8?? vs Iniyan
Middlegame · Blitz · 2021
#50
b3?? vs Antolak
Endgame · Blitz · 2021
#48
e1+?? vs Shuvalova
Endgame · Blitz · 2021

Recent games

Shlyakhtenko, Robert(2451)

Round 8: Li, Ruifeng - Sh... · 30 Nov 2025

½–½
Daggupati, Balaji(2459)

Round 9: Daggupati, Balaj... · 30 Nov 2025

½–½
Defromont, Benjamin(2376)

US Chess Masters 2025 · 29 Nov 2025

1–0
Cherukuri, Nitesh(2278)

Round 6: Li, Ruifeng - Ch... · 29 Nov 2025

1–0
Sammons, Evan(2258)

2025 US Masters · 28 Nov 2025

0–1
Guo, Ethan(2318)

Round 2: Li, Ruifeng - Gu... · 27 Nov 2025

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
715 games in scope
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1a
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360 games51%W33%D16%L
Move
1. e4
2499m
47%35%18
65%
1. b3
763y
61%25%14
73%
1. d4
2610m
58%35%
75%
1. g3
48y
75%25%
88%
1. c4
29y
50%50%
25%
1. f3
112y
100%
100%
1. a3
19y
100%
100%
1. g4
14y
100%
50%

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