Scouting report: Kaiqi Yang (GM, CAN)

2,048 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,969 classical, 19 rapid, 60 blitz): 46% wins, 13% draws, 41% losses. FIDE rating 2481 standard, 2384 rapid, 2381 blitz. 99 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.11 blunders per game.

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Kaiqi Yang

GM

Canadaborn 1988FIDE ID 8604398

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
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2481 · Sep 2023
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2481
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2381
2505peak, Mar 2019
2,048games
942wins, 46%
273draws, 13%
833losses, 41%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.0% average
Low resilience (31%): Doesn't save lost positions
Solid conversion: 87%
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (60% in 154 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 44%)

Play against Yang's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,048 games

Openings

2,048 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Reti: Double Fianchetto1.f3 f6 2.g3 g6only 8 games, last played 2 years ago62.5%losses
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.c3 b4 4.e317 games, last played 2 years ago58.8%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Advance1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e511 games, last played last year81.8%wins
Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.f3 c6 3.b526 games, last played last year76.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 99 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.9%
Middlegame
93.0%
Endgame
94.5%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
23%
24 err
20%
21 err
19%
20 err
17%
18 err
11%
11 err
10%
10 err
Critical moment
Move 34 avg
0%
1-15
30%
16-25
30%
26-35
10%
36-45
30%
46+
30% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
6
Few
Many
d4
6
b5
4
d7
4
f3
4
f4
4
d4/b5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#18
g4?? vs Fier
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#55
c5+?? vs Levitan
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#48
f4?? vs Nepomniachtchi
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#51
xf3?? vs Blomqvist
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#30
d4?? vs Lupulescu
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#41
e5?? vs Caruana
Endgame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Zobel,Christian(2157)

Titled Tue 27th May Early · 27 May 2025

0–1
Ilinca, Felix-Antonio(2420)

Titled Tue 27th May Early · 27 May 2025

0–1
Ragger, Markus(2566)

Titled Tue 27th May Late · 27 May 2025

1–0
Medina Paz, Miguel(2368)

Titled Tue 27th May Late · 27 May 2025

1–0
Priasmoro, Novendra(2437)

Titled Tue 27th May Early · 27 May 2025

0–1
Aradhya, Garg(2383)

Titled Tue 27th May Early · 27 May 2025

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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2,048 games in scope
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1,048 games49%W14%D37%L
Move
1. e4
4521y
48%1636%
56%
1. d4
3551y
49%39%
55%
1. c4
1541y
54%1333%
60%
1. f3
871y
45%1837%
54%

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