Scouting report: Yinglun Xu (GM, CHN)

1,140 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (927 classical, 123 rapid, 95 blitz): 30% wins, 51% draws, 19% losses. FIDE rating 2516 standard, 2509 rapid, 2537 blitz. 373 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.02 blunders per game.

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Yinglun Xu

GM

Chinaborn 1996FIDE ID 8604940

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2480
2520
2560
2532 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2537
2516
2509
2565peak, Sep 2019
1,140games
345wins, 30%
584draws, 51%
211losses, 19%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 95.1% average
Solid conversion: 82%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (69% in 148 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 45%)

Play against Xu's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,140 games

Openings

1,140 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
King's Indian: Classical1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7 4.e4 d6 5.e215 games, last played last year73.3%wins
King's Indian: Main Line1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O10 games, last played 7 years ago60.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 373 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.8%
Middlegame
94.8%
Endgame
95.8%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
20%
34 err
20%
33 err
19%
32 err
17%
29 err
13%
22 err
10%
16 err
Critical moment
Move 29 avg
0%
1-15
56%
16-25
11%
26-35
33%
36-45
0%
46+
56% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
7
8
8
7
Few
Many
e5
8
f4
8
d8
7
f3
7
d4
6
e5/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#31
f5?? vs Li
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#45
gxf4?? vs Ding
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#28
e3?? vs Kong
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#31
g2?? vs Kong
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025
#24
d8?? vs Wu
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#24
b4?? vs Jiang
Endgame · Classical · 2024

Recent games

Wang, Yinuo(LN)(2136)

TCh-CHN League B 2026 · 2 Aug 2026

1–0
Jin, Yueheng(2377)

TCh-CHN League B 2026 · 1 Aug 2026

½–½
Zhou, Guoyu(1900)

TCh-CHN League B 2026 · 1 Aug 2026

1–0
Fan, Jingyi(2009)

TCh-CHN League B 2026 · 31 Jul 2026

1–0
Wu, Xinliang(2039)

TCh-CHN League B 2026 · 30 Jul 2026

½–½
Indjic, Aleksandar(2602)

TCh-CHN League B 2026 · 30 Jul 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,140 games in scope
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585 games38%W48%D14%L
Move
1. d4
3564m
31%52%17
58%
1. c4
1486w
51%35%14
69%
1. f3
767w
38%51%
64%
1. e4
54m
80%20
90%

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