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ID: 8659621

Yihan Cheng

FIDE ratings

1,653Classical
1,709Rapid

Performance

36 games
22% Win
44% Draw
34% Loss

Yihan Cheng's playing style

Overall score:44%8W 16D 12L over 36 games
Best with 1.Nf3 as White:38%in 16 games
Steady recent form:43%4W 9D 7L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto
100%
4g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: West Indian Defense has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Indian Defense: West Indian Defense
100%
4g
Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Nge2
100%
4g
Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation
100%
4g
Alekhine Defense
100%
4g

Repertoire

16 games as white in scope
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Starting position

16 games in this line · White to move

Results for Cheng, Yihan as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
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Game History

(36 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Li, Ziheng
D—
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Chen, Yining(BJ)
L—
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Wang, Shuke
D—
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Yang, Fuyu
D—
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Wang, Jingyan(JS)
D—
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
WIMGao, Muziyan
L—
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Zhi, Jingyi
W—
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Lin, Minghui
W—
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Liu, Zhuoni
L—
Feb 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Li, Ziheng(1193)
D—

Research Yihan Cheng’s games and opening repertoire

Yihan Cheng is rated 1653 in standard, 1709 in rapid by FIDE. Yihan Cheng plays for China.

Yihan Cheng has FIDE ID 8659621.

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