Scouting report: Qingnan Liu (GM, CHN)

430 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (400 classical, 30 rapid): 37% wins, 40% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2529 standard, 2514 rapid, 2537 blitz. 100 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.03 blunders per game.

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Qingnan Liu

GM

Chinaborn 1992FIDE ID 8603294

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2480
2520
2560
2545 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2537
2529
2514
2551peak, Jun 2019
430games
157wins, 37%
172draws, 40%
101losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.8% average
Solid conversion: 81%
Very consistent (94%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (64% in 183 games)
Vulnerable to 1.e4 ♚ (only 47%)

Play against Liu's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 430 games

Openings

430 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Italian Game1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝c413 games, last played 3 months ago69.2%wins
Sicilian: 2...♞c61.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c616 games, last played 3 years ago62.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 100 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
94.7%
Endgame
95.6%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
93%
Problematic pieces
26%
18 err
17%
12 err
16%
11 err
16%
11 err
14%
10 err
10%
7 err
Critical moment
Move 22 avg
0%
1-15
100%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
5
5
Few
Many
f3
5
f4
5
b6
3
c6
3
d7
3
f3/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Wang, Yue(2623)

Move 80 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−3.0g4+??
Zeng, Chongsheng(2565)

Move 37 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.5f3??
Iskandarov, Misratdin(2530)

Move 43 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−2.7g1??
Llaneza Vega, Marcos(2362)

Move 60 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−7.2f5??
Wu, Yixing(2326)

Move 22 · Middlegame · Classical · 2024

−2.4h3??
Zhao, Yuanhe(2440)

Move 66 · Endgame · Rapid · 2022

−7.2g2??
Bu, Xiangzhi(2709)

Move 50 · Endgame · Rapid · 2022

−3.9f7??
Pang, Tao(2427)

Move 21 · Middlegame · Rapid · 2022

−4.4d1??
Wang, Hao B(2165)

Move 26 · Middlegame · Classical · 2022

−3.2xg2??
Peng, Hongchi(2375)

Move 58 · Endgame · Classical · 2022

−3.2e3??

Recent games

Wan, Yunguo(2503)

CHN League Division A Pt1 · 29 Jun 2026

½–½
Xie, Kaifan(2441)

CHN League Division A Pt1 · 28 Jun 2026

1–0
Li, Guohao(2342)

CHN League Division A Pt1 · 27 Jun 2026

0–1
Peng, Xiongjian(2519)

CHN League Division A Pt1 · 26 Jun 2026

0–1
Wang, Yue(2623)

CHN League Division A Pt1 · 25 Jun 2026

1–0
Zeng, Chongsheng(2565)

CHN League Division A Pt1 · 24 Jun 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
430 games in scope
8
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5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
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213 games43%W41%D16%L
Move
1. e4
1833m
44%40%16
64%
1. d4
193m
32%47%21
55%
1. ♞f3
64y
1750%33%
42%
1. c4
52y
60%40%
80%

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