In the last list of the top Chess players we published, we went over the best Ukrainian Chess players. Now in this article, we’re ranking the best Chinese Chess players from China, starting with the number ten spot in FIDE.
10. Yifan Hou
Full name: Yifan Hou
Title: Grandmaster
Born: February 27, 1994
Federation: China
Ratings
World Ranking: 101
Rapid: 2621
Blitz: 2601
Classical: 2650
Profiles
Hou Yifan is a Chinese Chess player born on February 27, 1994, and holds a grandmaster title in her chess game career. She is a four-time champion in the world Women’s Chess Championship. Yifan is the second female chess player with the highest FIDE ratings. She qualified for her grandmaster title at 14, making her the youngest female chess player to win the grandmaster title in January 2007. In addition, Yifan became the youngest woman to win the world’s women’s chess championship in 2010 at 16.
9. Ma Qun
Full name: Ma Qun
Title: Grandmaster
Born: November 9, 1991
Federation: China
Ratings
World Ranking:80 (active)
Rapid: 2570
Blitz: 2602
Classical: 2666
Profiles
Ma Qun is a famous Chinese grandmaster born on November 9, 1991. He earned his grandmaster title from FIDE in 2013 and has also won a gold medal in the individual category of the Asian Nation chess cup after scoring 7/7 points as the winner of all the seven chess games he managed to play. Ma was also the winner of the Rapid championships of china in 2019.
8. Ni Hua
Full name: Ni Hua
Title: Grandmaster
Born: May 31, 1983
Federation: China
Ratings
World Ranking: 72 (active)
Rapid: 2647
Blitz: 2579
Classical: 2668
Profiles
Ni Hua is a popular Chinese chess player born on May 31, 1983, in Shanghai China. Ni has victoriously become a Chinese champion three times and is currently the captain of the national chess players team. In addition, Ni Hua won his grandmaster in the year 2003 which made him become the 15th chess player from China to win the grandmaster title at 19 years of age.
7. Wang Yue
Full name: Wang Yue
Title: Grandmaster
Born: March 31, 1987
Federation: China
Ratings
World Ranking: 78 (All players)
Rapid: 2710
Blitz: 2666
Classical: 2669
Profiles
Wang Yue is one of the strong Chinese grandmasters born on March 31, 1987. He won his grandmaster title in 2004 and became the 18th grandmaster winner from china at 17 years of age. In addition, Wang is the first Chinese chess player to pass the top ten rankings by FIDE in the world rankings. He was also the highest-rated chess player from China after reaching a peak rating of 2756 up to August 2015 when another Chinese strong chess player Ding Liren managed to break the record from him.
6. Chao B Li
Full name: Chao B Li
Title: Grandmaster
Born: April 21, 1989
Federation: China
Ratings
World Ranking: 60 (active)
Rapid: 2645
Blitz: 2693
Classical: 2679
Profiles
Li Chao b is a famous Chinese chess player born on April 21, 1989. He has had positive progress in his chess career and became an Asian Champion after having a great victory in the chess games championships in 2013. He has a grandmaster title which he was awarded by FIDE in 2007. This made him the 23rd Chinese chess player to win the title at 18 years of age. Li has in most cases been the assistant to Wang Yue who is also a chess grandmaster from China on different occasions.
5. Xiangzi Bu
Full name: Xiangzi Bu
Title: Grandmaster
Born: December 10, 1985
Federation: China
Ratings
World Ranking: 28
Rapid: 2642
Blitz: 2760
Classical: 2709
Profiles
Born on December 10, 1985, Bu Xiangzhi is a famous chess player with a federation of China. He won his grandmaster title and was awarded by FIDE in 1999 which made him the tenth youngest grandmaster winner in China at the age of 13 in the history of chess games. In addition, he was the second Chess player from china to break through the Elmo rating of 2700 in his chess career after Wang Yue. He became a Chinese chess player champion in 2004 after winning the Chinese chess championships.
4. Yangyi Yu
Full name: Yangyi Yu
Title: Grandmaster
Born: June 8, 1994
Federation: China
Ratings
World Ranking: 27 (active)
Rapid: 2738
Blitz: 2898
Classical: 2710
Profiles
Yu Yangyi born on June 8, 1994, is a Chinese chess player with a grandmaster player title he was awarded By FIDE in 2009 when he was 14 years old. Yangyi is a committed chess player who has had positive progress in his chess career and was a winner of the Open tournament of Qatar Masters in December 2014. In the tournament, Yangyi managed to beat Anish Giri and Vladimir Kramnik among other veteran chess players which made him gain more popularity as a strong Chinese chess player.
3. Yi Wei
Full name: Yi Wei
Title: Grandmaster
Born: June 2, 1999
Federation: china
Ratings
World Ranking: 22
Rapid: 2752
Blitz: 2686
Classical: 2727
Profiles
Wei Yi is a popular Chinese chess player born on June 2, 1999. He was awarded a grandmaster title by FIDE in 2012 at the age of 13. Wei is the youngest Chinese chess player in history to be rated at 2700 in the FIDE ratings at the age of 15. In addition, he is a Jiangsu club player representative in the Chinese national chess league.
2. Hao Wang
Full name: Hao Wang
Title: Grandmaster
Born: August 4, 1989
Federation: China
Ratings
World Ranking: 19
Rapid: 2750
Blitz: 2712
Classical: 2744
Profiles
Wang Hao is a famous Chinese Chess player born on August 4, 1989. Wang was the fourth chess player from china to cross over the Elo rating of 2700 mark in November 2009. Furthermore, Wang won the Swiss tournament organized by FIDE in 2019 to make him qualify for FIDE Candidates 2020 which made him the second chess player from china to qualify for the tournament. Wang continued with his chess career in 2022 despite announcing his retirement 2021 from chess games. He is a chess grandmaster a title he was awarded by FIDE in the year 2005.
1. Ding Liren
Full name: Ding Liren
Title: Grandmaster
Born: October 24, 1992
Federation: China
Ratings
World Ranking: 2
Rapid: 2836
Blitz: 2788
Classical: 2806
Profiles
Ding Liren is a popular Chinese player born on October 24, 1992. Liren is the Chinese chest player with the highest FIDE rating and has become a Chinese chess champion three times. He held a grandmaster title and was a winner in the 2019 Grand chess tour after managing to beat Maxime Vachier. He was ranked the highest blitz player globally in 2016 after achieving a blitz rating of 2875. Furthermore, Liren was the first chess player from China to participate in the Candidates Tournament, where he managed to pass the 2800 FIDE rating mark, which was the highest world ranking.
That concludes the list of the best Chinese Chess players. If you like list posts like this, you may also be interested in seeing the ten best Indian Chess players or the best Canadian Chess players.