Scouting report: Zhihang Xu (IM, CHN)

450 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (408 classical, 32 rapid, 10 blitz): 34% wins, 44% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2482 standard, 2427 rapid, 2404 blitz. 212 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.01 blunders per game.

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Zhihang Xu

IM

Chinaborn 2001FIDE ID 8611572

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2380
2420
2460
2500
2540
2509 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2482
2427
2404
2515peak, Jun 2021
450games
152wins, 34%
196draws, 44%
102losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.7% average
Solid conversion: 83%
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (73% in 20 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 41%)

Play against Xu's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 450 games

Openings

450 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 212 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
94.5%
Endgame
95.7%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
92%
Problematic pieces
28%
28 err
18%
18 err
15%
15 err
15%
15 err
14%
14 err
10%
10 err
Critical moment
Move 57 avg
0%
1-15
33%
16-25
0%
26-35
33%
36-45
33%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
5
6
Few
Many
e2
6
c5
5
c4
4
d3
4
e5
4
e2/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#37
e7?? vs Bryakin
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#20
fc1?? vs Wei
Middlegame · Rapid · 2023
#50
e2?? vs Liu
Endgame · Rapid · 2023
#26
f3?? vs Dai
Middlegame · OTB · 2022
#110
b5+?? vs Liu
Endgame · OTB · 2022
#56
b6?? vs Zhou
Endgame · Rapid · 2022

Recent games

Savic, Miodrag R(2435)

Chess Summer Sarajevo GM3 · 14 Jul 2026

½–½
Savanovic, Aleksandar(2325)

Chess Summer Sarajevo GM3 · 13 Jul 2026

½–½
Bivor Adak(2388)

Chess Summer Sarajevo GM3 · 12 Jul 2026

½–½
Bernadskiy, Vitaliy(2507)

Chess Summer Sarajevo GM3 · 12 Jul 2026

½–½
Pavan Karthikeya Varma Gunturi(2223)

Chess Summer Sarajevo GM3 · 11 Jul 2026

1–0
Sethuraman, Sandeep(2426)

Chess Summer Sarajevo GM3 · 10 Jul 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
450 games in scope
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
222 games37%W44%D19%L
Move
1. d4
1322m
35%45%20
58%
1. f3
355m
31%46%23
54%
1. c4
355m
43%43%14
64%
1. e4
202m
55%35%
73%

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