Scouting report: Yihan Meng (IM, CHN)

729 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (665 classical, 42 rapid, 44 blitz): 48% wins, 23% draws, 28% losses. FIDE rating 2473 standard, 2453 rapid, 2447 blitz. 281 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.13 blunders per game.

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Yihan Meng

IM

Chinaborn 2009FIDE ID 8631891

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
1700
1900
2100
2300
2500
Peak2502
2001 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2473
2453
2447
2502peak, Feb 2026
729games
351wins, 48%
170draws, 23%
204losses, 28%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.6% average
Solid conversion: 82%
Very consistent (84%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (79% in 29 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 42%)

Play against Meng's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 729 games

Openings

729 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e632 games, last played 2 months ago40.6%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Italian: Two Knights1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝c4 ♞f625 games, last played 7 months ago56.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 281 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
23%
74 err
18%
56 err
17%
54 err
16%
51 err
14%
44 err
13%
41 err
Critical moment
Move 45 avg
4%
1-15
11%
16-25
18%
26-35
21%
36-45
46%
46+
46% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
10
10
10
11
12
11
11
10
Few
Many
c4
12
e4
11
e5
11
f2
11
d5
10
c4/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Zeng, Chongsheng(2565)

Move 38 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−2.6d7??
Caruana, Fabiano(2795)

Move 31 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−15.0d7??
Nakamura, Hikaru(2810)

Move 49 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−5.9d6??
Levitan, Caleb Levi(2192)

Move 19 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−3.3f6??
Tsydypov, Zhamsaran(2495)

Move 51 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−2.8f2??
Shabalov, Alexander(2470)

Move 40 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.0f2??
Drygalov, Sergey(2571)

Move 27 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

−4.9g4??
Motylev, Alexander(2573)

Move 50 · Endgame · Blitz · 2025

−5.5d5??
Samunenkov, Ihor(2584)

Move 25 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

−3.3e5??
Hakobyan, Aram(2613)

Move 63 · Endgame · Blitz · 2025

−2.6g3??

Recent games

Terry, Renato(2500)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

0–1
Pyrih, Roman(2390)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

1–0
Lai, Duc Minh(2177)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

1–0
Sorokin, Aleksey(2512)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

1–0
Herrera Ortiz, Miguel(2176)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

1–0
Le Tuan Minh (VIE)(2585)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
729 games in scope
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373 games51%W21%D28%L
Move
1. e4
2781w
47%26%27%
59%
1. d4
301w
60%33%
63%
1. c4
295m
76%17
79%
1. g3
168m
63%37%
63%
1. ♞f3
57m
60%40%
60%
1. b3
56m
60%40%
60%
1. f4
48m
75%25%
88%
1. a3
27m
100%
50%
1. d3
26m
100%
0%
1. b4
26m
100%
100%

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