Scouting report: Zong-Yuan Zhao (GM, AUS)

980 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (980 classical): 50% wins, 33% draws, 17% losses. FIDE rating 2415 standard, 2507 rapid, 2553 blitz. 175 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.04 blunders per game.

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Zong-Yuan Zhao

GM

Australiaborn 1986FIDE ID 3202534

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2350
2450
2550
2499 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2553
2507
2415
2592peak, Mar 2010
980games
491wins, 50%
319draws, 33%
170losses, 17%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.3% average
Solid conversion: 90%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (73% in 145 games)

Play against Zhao's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 980 games

Openings

980 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 e638 games, last played 6 months ago65.8%wins
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e614 games, last played 5 months ago64.3%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 175 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.1%
Middlegame
94.3%
Endgame
96.1%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
29%
32 err
17%
18 err
16%
17 err
16%
17 err
13%
14 err
10%
11 err
Critical moment
Move 49 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
17%
26-35
33%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
5
4
4
4
5
Few
Many
f3
5
h6
5
c4
4
c5
4
d5
4
f3/h6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#38
h8?? vs Rej
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#24
b5?? vs Zhu
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#43
a4?? vs Xie
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#50
h4?? vs Jumabayev
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#32
h6?? vs O`Gorman
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#40
e6?? vs Alshnaiber
Endgame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Batashevs, Arsens(2252)

23rd BCC Open 2026 · 19 Apr 2026

0–1
Madhesh Kumar S(2296)

23rd BCC Open 2026 · 16 Apr 2026

0–1
Aronyak Ghosh(2533)

23rd BCC Open 2026 · 15 Apr 2026

0–1
Arshpreet Singh(2312)

23rd BCC Open 2026 · 13 Apr 2026

½–½
Sai Han Thiha(2154)

23rd BCC Open 2026 · 12 Apr 2026

1–0
Mendoza, Shania Mae(2010)

23rd BCC Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
980 games in scope
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
499 games57%W29%D14%L
Move
1. e4
2815m
56%28%16
70%
1. d4
1455m
59%28%13
73%
1. f3
381y
47%39%14
67%
1. c4
346m
65%29%
79%
1. g3
19y
100%
50%

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