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Song Yuxin
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Song Yuxin

ChinaBorn 2005 (age 21)FIDE ID 8614300

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2486
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2465
Luft

Flair

Song Yuxin's classical flairs

1 of 19 earned over the last 12 months

  • SignatureSicilian Defense in 11 of 20 games with black, among the best women
  • TitanLuft classical rating averaging 2800+ over the last 4 years
  • Serial WinnerWon 2+ elite events in the last 12 months
  • UnderdogRegularly beats players rated 50+ higher
  • Fortress25+ games in a row without a loss
  • Black BeltDoes better with black than with white
  • IronmanPlayed 50+ games over the last 12 months
  • RisingAged 18 or under, Luft rating up 40+ over the last 12 months
  • Endgame SpecialistEndgame 90+: converting, saving and not throwing endgames
  • TacticianTactics 90+: sharp, tactical games they made sharp
  • LightningTop 20 at speed chess (mostly blitz, some rapid)
  • Hot StreakAt least 6 points from 7 straight games against strong opposition
  • ChameleonPlays a wide range of defences with black
  • WildcardBrilliant one event, off the next: hard to predict
  • ReliableConsistent across all top events
  • FighterRarely draws, and wins far more than they lose
  • AdaptableTactics and Positional both 90+
  • PositionalPositional 90+: slow, quiet games they steered
  • PodiumTop 3 in at least half of their elite events
  • Signature

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Song Yuxin's classical titles

2 classical titles, newest first

Attributes

Tactics 72Positional 71Endgame 69Openings 76Composure 74Defence 81Speed 63Consistency 69

Luft classical rating

2486No. 301

From 40 classical games in top events over the last year, playing at a 2507 level.

ResultsPlayed at a 2507 level, blended with their FIDE rating+9
Tournament winsNone in the last year0
FormThe last 3 months against the whole year+5
ConsistencyHow steady they are from event to event+4
Activity40 classical games in top events+3

Openings

Their most-played, from 77 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Sicilian Defense1573%
Ruy Lopez1070%
French Defense2100%
Indian Defense1100%
English Opening150%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 15 games, won 8, drew 6, lost 1 · 73%

VariationGamesScore
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack863%
Najdorf Variation2100%
Delayed Alapin Variation1100%
French Variation1100%
Accelerated Dragon1100%
Kalashnikov Variation150%
Closed150%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 10 games, won 4, drew 6, lost 0 · 70%

VariationGamesScore
Morphy Defense3100%
Berlin Defense275%
Closed250%
Cozio Defense150%
Marshall Attack150%
Open150%

French Defense

With White: 2 games, won 2, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Tarrasch Variation1100%
Advance Variation1100%

Indian Defense

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

VariationGamesScore
Accelerated London System1100%

English Opening

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

VariationGamesScore
King's English Variation150%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 21 games, won 5, drew 11, lost 5 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Najdorf Variation950%
Closed350%
Accelerated Dragon275%
Alapin Variation250%
Scheveningen Variation225%
Kan Variation1100%
Moscow Variation150%
Four Knights Variation10%

Nimzo-Indian Defense

With Black: 5 games, won 0, drew 5, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Normal Variation250%
Classical Variation250%
Leningrad Variation150%

English Opening

With Black: 4 games, won 0, drew 3, lost 1 · 38%

VariationGamesScore
Agincourt Defense225%
Symmetrical Variation150%
Four Knights System150%

Queen's Indian Defense

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

VariationGamesScore
Kasparov-Petrosian Variation150%
Petrosian Variation150%
Fianchetto Variation150%

Queen's Gambit Accepted

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

VariationGamesScore
Main line1100%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
2026 Chinese Chess League Division A31 Oct 20267½/11+3+2
46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 202627 Sep 20268/11+8+4
Sparkassen Chess Trophy 20269 Aug 20261st+5+5
Asian Individual Chess Championship 20266 Jun 2026=3rd−2−2
V Open Chess Menorca 202611 Apr 2026=105th−7−7

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMB. Assaubayeva23 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Team Championship 20252513
IMM. Tsaruk27 Aug 2025 · Fujairah Global 20252470
IMY. Osmak20 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Team Championship 20252452
IML. Javakhishvili16 Jul 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252432
WGMN. Toncheva20 Sep 2026 · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 20262408

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
IML. JavakhishviliLast 28 Oct 2026 · 2026 Chinese Chess League Division A3120
IMK. KulonLast 8 Aug 2026 · Sparkassen Chess Trophy 20263300
GMK. LagnoLast 22 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Team Championship 20253021
GMLei TingjieLast 27 Oct 2026 · 2026 Chinese Chess League Division A3030
WGMM. MkrtchyanLast 25 Sep 2026 · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 20262110

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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.