Scouting report: Di Zhang (CHN)

573 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (516 classical, 27 rapid, 30 blitz): 44% wins, 28% draws, 28% losses. FIDE rating 2447 standard, 2192 rapid, 2349 blitz. 364 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.08 blunders per game.

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Di Zhang

Chinaborn 2007FIDE ID 8616590

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2000
2200
2400
2600
Peak2481
2266 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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2025
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Oct
2026
Apr
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2447
2349
2192
2481peak, Jan 2026
573games
251wins, 44%
159draws, 28%
163losses, 28%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
Solid conversion: 85%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (65% in 153 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 29%)

Play against Zhang's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 573 games

Openings

573 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Scotch Game1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.d4only 8 games, last played 10 months ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Caro-Kann1.e4 c6 2.d4 d511 games, last played 9 months ago63.6%wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 d613 games, last played 3 months ago61.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 364 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.2%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
95.4%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
24%
77 err
17%
54 err
16%
50 err
16%
51 err
14%
45 err
13%
40 err
Critical moment
Move 41 avg
0%
1-15
17%
16-25
29%
26-35
25%
36-45
29%
46+
29% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
13
12
13
Few
Many
d4
13
f5
13
c4
12
c3
10
d7
10
d4/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#37
g7?? vs Xu
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#20
d5?? vs Xu
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#64
c2?? vs Xu
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#67
g5?? vs Bharath Subramaniyam H
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#56
xd3?? vs Gurbanov
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#20
g4?? vs Suyarov
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

Wang, Shixu B(2440)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 11 Aug 2026

0–1
Savchenko, Boris(2477)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 10 Aug 2026

1–0
Kamsky, Gata(2595)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 10 Aug 2026

½–½
Zhao,Chenxi(2514)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 9 Aug 2026

½–½
Peng, Xiongjian(2517)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 8 Aug 2026

0–1
Meng, Yihan(2494)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 8 Aug 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
573 games in scope
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281 games49%W25%D26%L
Move
1. e4
1535w
51%29%20
65%
1. d4
715w
51%1732%
59%
1. f3
533m
42%2335%
53%
1. c4
41y
50%25%25%
63%

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