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Lu Shanglei
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Lu Shanglei

ChinaBorn 1995 (age 31)FIDE ID 8603332

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2617
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2637
Luft

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Lu Shanglei's classical titles

1 classical title, newest first

  • Chinese Championship 20191st
  • 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 33 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Caro-Kann Defense570%
Sicilian Defense570%
Petrov's Defense350%
Italian Game275%
French Defense1100%

Caro-Kann Defense

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

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation475%
Advance Variation150%

Sicilian Defense

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

VariationGamesScore
Moscow Variation1100%
Classical Variation1100%
Prins Variation150%
O'Kelly Variation150%
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack150%

Petrov's Defense

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

VariationGamesScore
Modern Attack250%
Classical Attack150%

Italian Game

With White: 2 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation1100%
Two Knights Defense150%

French Defense

With White: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Advance Variation1100%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 6 games, won 1, drew 4, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Najdorf Variation350%
Accelerated Dragon250%
Delayed Alapin Variation150%

Queen's Gambit Accepted

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

VariationGamesScore
Main line350%

English Opening

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

VariationGamesScore
Anglo-Indian Defense250%
Agincourt Defense150%

Trompowsky Attack

With Black: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Main line1100%

Nimzo-Indian Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation150%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
2026 Chinese Chess League Division A31 Oct 20265½/8−3−1
2026 Chinese Team Chess Championship26 Apr 2026=16th+2+2
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A 中国国际象棋甲级联赛 Relegation Playoffs 总决赛保级组29 Jan 20262½/4−1−2
FIDE Grand Swiss 202515 Sep 2025=51st−8−10
Fujairah Global 20251 Sep 2025=12th+2+2

Best wins

OpponentRating
GME. Safarli14 Apr 2025 · Reykjavik Open 20252617
GMC. Henriquez Villagra14 Sep 2025 · FIDE Grand Swiss 20252594
GMM. Muradli7 Sep 2025 · FIDE Grand Swiss 20252590
GMA. Hong1 Sep 2025 · Fujairah Global 20252562
GMV. Dragnev27 Apr 2025 · Menorca Open 20252538

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMV. IvanchukLast 6 Sep 2025 · FIDE Grand Swiss 20252011
IMXie KaifanLast 27 Jan 2026 · 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A 中国国际象棋甲级联赛 Relegation Playoffs 总决赛保级组2110
GMXu XiangyuLast 29 Jan 2026 · 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A 中国国际象棋甲级联赛 Relegation Playoffs 总决赛保级组2020
FMLi GuohaoLast 30 Oct 2026 · 2026 Chinese Chess League Division A2200
IMKong XiangruiLast 25 Jun 2026 · 2026 Chinese Chess League Division A2020

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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.