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ID: 2633434

Matthew Zhu

FIDE ratings

2,025Classical

Performance

50 games
44% Win
16% Draw
40% Loss

Matthew Zhu's playing style

Overall score:52%22W 8D 20L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:70%in 23 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as Black:27%in 15 games
In great form:65%11W 4D 5L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
75%
25%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation
100%
4g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Cozio Defense
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Sokolsky Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Sicilian Defense: Closed
25%
50%
25%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Sokolsky Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto
100%
2g

Repertoire

23 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

23 games in this line · White to move

Results for Zhu, Matthew as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
57%
26%
17%
Move
23 · 100%
57%
26%
17%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 16, 2026
OTB
Kolodner, Garry(1794)
W—
Jul 15, 2026
OTB
FMXu, Daniel(2157)
L—
Jul 14, 2026
OTB
WFMLi, Yilin(1914)
W—
Jul 13, 2026
OTB
Salkeld, Tobias(1967)
W—
Jul 12, 2026
OTB
Hoekman, Samuel(1983)
W—
Jul 12, 2026
OTB
Berengolts, Isai(1937)
L—
Jul 11, 2026
OTB
Mutyalapati, Modith Aaroh(1994)
L—
Jul 11, 2026
OTB
IMNoritsyn, Nikolay(2458)
L—
Jul 11, 2026
OTB
IMNoritsyn, Nikolay(2458)
L—
Jan 8, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Byl, Oliver
W—

Research Matthew Zhu’s games and opening repertoire

Matthew Zhu is rated 2025 in standard by FIDE. Matthew Zhu plays for Canada.

Matthew Zhu has FIDE ID 2633434.

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