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Lei Tingjie
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Lei Tingjie

ChinaBorn 1997 (age 29)FIDE ID 8605114

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2561
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2552
Luft

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Lei Tingjie's classical titles

3 classical titles, 2 medals, newest first

  • Candidates 20221st
  • FIDE Grand Swiss 20211st
  • Women's Chess Olympiad 2018Silver, board 4 · China
  • Women's Chess Olympiad 2018Gold, team · China
  • Chinese Championship 20171st
  • Candidates 
  • FIDE Grand Swiss 
  • Chinese Championship 

Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 69 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Italian Game956%
Sicilian Defense570%
English Opening560%
Ruy Lopez350%
Queen's Gambit Declined350%

Italian Game

With White: 9 games, won 3, drew 4, lost 2 · 56%

VariationGamesScore
Giuoco Pianissimo488%
Two Knights Defense250%
Classical Variation20%
Evans Gambit150%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 5 games, won 2, drew 3, lost 0 · 70%

VariationGamesScore
Kalashnikov Variation1100%
Alapin Variation1100%
Four Knights Variation150%
Lasker-Pelikan Variation150%
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack150%

English Opening

With White: 5 games, won 2, drew 2, lost 1 · 60%

VariationGamesScore
Symmetrical Variation463%
Four Knights System150%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 3 games, won 0, drew 3, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Berlin Defense350%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With White: 3 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation350%

French Defense

With Black: 5 games, won 2, drew 3, lost 0 · 70%

VariationGamesScore
Tarrasch Variation275%
Classical Variation1100%
Exchange Variation150%
Advance Variation150%

Slav Defense

With Black: 4 games, won 1, drew 2, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation333%
Czech Variation1100%

Tarrasch Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 0, drew 3, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Two Knights Variation250%
Symmetrical Variation150%

Four Knights Game

With Black: 3 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Spanish Variation350%

Ruy Lopez

With Black: 3 games, won 0, drew 3, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Open250%
Berlin Defense150%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
2026 Chinese Chess League Division A30 Oct 20263/7−23−24
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A 中国国际象棋甲级联赛 Finals 总决赛争冠组9 Jan 20261/2−3−3
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A 中国国际象棋甲级联赛3 Oct 20255½/6+4+4
FIDE World Cup 202527 Jul 20259/12+8+11
Norway Chess 20256 Jun 20252nd+5+9

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMJu Wenjun11 Jul 2023 · FIDE World Championship2566
GMA. Goryachkina15 Apr 2024 · FIDE Candidates 20242553
GMH. Koneru10 Apr 2024 · FIDE Candidates 20242546
GMTan Zhongyi13 Apr 2024 · FIDE Candidates 20242521
GMA. Muzychuk27 May 2024 · Norway Chess 20242505

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMJu WenjunLast 1 Jun 2025 · Norway Chess 2025171124
GMH. KoneruLast 23 Jul 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20259342
GMA. MuzychukLast 3 Jun 2025 · Norway Chess 20258161
GMR. VaishaliLast 2 Jun 2025 · Norway Chess 20257322
GMTan ZhongyiLast 27 Jul 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20254112

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.