What is Jianchao Zhou's FIDE rating?

Jianchao Zhou's FIDE rating is 2574 standard, 2574 rapid, 2489 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Jianchao Zhou's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Jianchao Zhou played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 1,852 over-the-board games by Jianchao Zhou (1,676 classical, 122 rapid, 54 blitz), with 40% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Jianchao Zhou's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Jianchao Zhou?

Open Jianchao Zhou's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Jianchao Zhou's style, before facing them.

Jianchao Zhou

United Statesborn 1988FIDE ID 8603537

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2574Classical

2574Rapid

2489Blitz

2669peak, Nov 2010

1,852games

733wins, 40%

865draws, 47%

253losses, 14%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2669 · Nov 2010

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 95.3% average

High resilience (58%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 88%

Very consistent (92%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(70% in 556 games)

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Based on

1,852 games

Based on 1,852 games

Openings

1,852 gamesBased on 1,852 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c515 games, last played 2 years ago73.3%wins

Nimzo-Indian: Classical1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞c3 ♝b4 4.♛c251 games, last played last month58.8%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 542 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 542 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.7%

Middlegame

95.2%

Endgame

96.4%

Clutch factor

+6%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

96%217g

EqualEqual position

96%234g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%49g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

22%

46 err

19%

40 err

18%

37 err

14%

30 err

13%

28 err

13%

27 err

Critical moment

Move 47 avg

1-15

16-25

27%

26-35

36-45

64%

46+

64% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

76Errors mapped

e4 / e6Hotspot zone

Critical squares

1212 err

99 err

88 err

77 err

e4/e6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#38

♜d4?? vs Chirilov

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#35

♜xc2?? vs Melillo

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#17

♜d1?? vs Su

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

#61

♛d2?? vs Rohde

Endgame · OTB · 2025

#55

♝e4?? vs Arjun C Krishnamachari

Endgame · OTB · 2025

#47

♛e2?? vs Zhao

Endgame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

1,852 games

Harikrishnan.A.Ra(2523)

Southern California Open · 7 Sept 2026

½–½

Batchuluun, Tsegmed(2435)

Southern California Open · 6 Sept 2026

½–½

Rostomyan, Mikayel(2328)

Southern California Open · 6 Sept 2026

½–½

Wu, Derek(2230)

Southern California Open · 5 Sept 2026

½–½

Chumpitaz, Ann(2256)

Southern California Open · 5 Sept 2026

1–0

Gasparyan, David(2241)

Southern California Open · 4 Sept 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

290 endgames (53.5%) · force Double Rook (32%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

53.5%

290 / 542

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Double Rook: only 32% win rate (34 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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PROTime controls · Years · Events

1,852 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

931 games46%W45%D9%L

931games in this linewon 46%, drew 45%, lost 9%

Move

1. d4

5562w

47%45%8

70%

1. ♞f3

1892w

42%47%11

66%

1. c4

1413m

45%43%12

66%

1. e4

383m

45%45%10

67%

1. g3

67y

100%

50%

1. e3

15y

100%

Scouting report: Jianchao Zhou (GM, USA)

Jianchao Zhou

Rating & statistics

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Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Deep analysis

Critical blunders

Recent games

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