Li, Chao b

#19 World

CHN CHN·Born 1989·FIDE #8604436·1,020 Games

Classical2625930 Games

Rapid257935 Games

Blitz268457 Games

Statistics

1020

Total

406

Wins

443

Draws

171

Losses

40%43%17%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.4% average

High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing

Very consistent (90%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.c4 ♔ (72% in 25 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 103 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.8%

Middlegame93.9%

Endgame94.8%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+5%

Winning (+2 or more)94%

27 Games

Equal position95%

54 Games

Losing (-2 or more)89%

22 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♙

21%

21 errors

♖

21%

21 errors

♕

17%

17 errors

♔

15%

15 errors

♗

13%

13 errors

♞

12%

12 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 50average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

71% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

e46 err

g56 err

h55 err

c64 err

d64 err

e4/g5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Wen, Yang2574

CHN Team Men 2026 · 27 Apr 2026

½-½

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½-½

Xu, Xiangyu2619

CHN Team Men 2026 · 25 Apr 2026

½-½

Li, Guohao2340

CHN Team Men 2026 · 24 Apr 2026

0-1

Xu, Yinglun2508

CHN Team Men 2026 · 23 Apr 2026

1-0

Li, Chengzhang1867

CHN Team Men 2026 · 22 Apr 2026

0-1

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

Catalan

61.2%

49 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3

Black

Sicilian: Classical

57.1%

21 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6

Grünfeld

49.0%

49 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#56a4??

Endgame

vs Lu

OTB·2025

▶

#32Qd3??

Tactics

vs Wang

OTB·2025

▶

#45Rb1??

Endgame

vs Andreikin

OTB·2025

▶

#55Ng5??

Endgame

vs Bilguun

OTB·2025

▶

#60Nf4??

Endgame

vs Bakhrillaev

OTB·2025

▶

#62a5??

Endgame

vs Xu

OTB·2025

▶

#43h5??

Endgame

vs Wang

OTB·2025

▶

#25Bd6??

Tactics

vs Lam

OTB·2025

▶

#55Qe7??

Endgame

vs Wei

OTB·2025

▶

#46Qe7??

Endgame

vs Lu

OTB·2025

Endgame Statistics

21 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

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Starting Position

493 Games

44%41%15%

Move	Games	%
1.d4	283	68%
1.e4	143	59%
1.Nf3	38	62%
1.c4 Strong	25	72%
1.b3	3	67%
1.g3	1	50%

1.d4

68%

283

1.e4

59%

143

1.Nf3

62%

1.c4

72%

1.b3

67%

1.g3

50%

Li, Chao b

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Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Catalan

Sicilian: Classical

Grünfeld

Critical Blunders