Scouting report: Tong(QD) Xiao (GM, CHN)

774 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (638 classical, 95 rapid, 66 blitz): 47% wins, 33% draws, 21% losses. FIDE rating 2598 standard, 2472 rapid, 2490 blitz. 369 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.04 blunders per game.

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Tong(QD) Xiao

GM

Chinaborn 2008FIDE ID 8622388

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
1900
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2300
2500
2700
Peak2599
2452 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2598
2490
2472
2599peak, Jul 2026
774games
360wins, 47%
255draws, 33%
159losses, 21%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.6% average
Solid conversion: 92%
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (82% in 37 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 39%)

Play against Xiao's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 774 games

Openings

774 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e614 games, last played 2 months ago64.3%wins
Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e519 games, last played last month57.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 369 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
93.9%
Endgame
95.5%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
27%
60 err
18%
39 err
18%
40 err
13%
29 err
12%
27 err
12%
27 err
Critical moment
Move 45 avg
8%
1-15
0%
16-25
17%
26-35
25%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
7
7
7
7
8
7
7
7
Few
Many
f4
8
b3
7
b5
7
d6
7
d7
7
f4/b3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#35
♜xb5?? vs Agibileg
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#49
♚d1?? vs Aronian
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#14
♝b6?? vs Casiguran
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#50
♚h2?? vs Alonso Rosell
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#31
♛c7?? vs Amartuvshin
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#26
♛d5?? vs Volokitin
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

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½–½
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½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
774 games in scope
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385 games52%W32%D16%L
Move
1. e4
2604w
47%39%14
66%
1. d4
476w
72%17
78%
1. c4
373m
76%14
82%
1. ♞f3
286w
32%32%36%
48%
1. b3
112m
55%1827%
64%
1. g3
15m
100%
100%
1. ♞c3
13m
100%
100%

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