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GM Xu Yinglun

Xu Yinglun

Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

Full name

Yinglun Xu

Born

1/1/1996 (age 28)‎

Place of birth

Federation

China

Rating

Bio

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (14 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov Defense (11 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (11 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (9 games)

English Opening: Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto Line (8 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (20 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (18 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz, Fianchetto Defense (17 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (16 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (16 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Xu Yinglun (2521) Wan Yunguo (2506)	1-0	64	2024
Xu Yinglun (2521) Shixu B Wang (2427)	1-0	52	2024
Xu Yinglun (2521) Jun Zhao (2542)	1-0	35	2024
Xu Yinglun (2521) Xinyang Nie (2419)	1-0	35	2024
Xu Yinglun (2521) Dai Changren (2510)	½-½	30	2024
Xu Yinglun (2558) Gulnar Mammadova (2349)	1-0	75	2023
Xu Yinglun (2558) Inna Gaponenko (2338)	1-0	39	2023
Xu Yinglun (2558) Arseniy Nesterov (2568)	0-1	50	2023
Xu Yinglun (2558) Tamas Banusz (2615)	½-½	55	2023
Xu Yinglun (2558) Vasif Durarbayli (2627)	½-½	39	2023

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