Player profile

Hou, Yifan

Standard: 2596 Rapid: 2529 Blitz: 2521 (last updated 2026-10-02)
FIDE ID: 8602980 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: CHN Sex: F Birth Year: 1994 Age: 32
Title: GM Women's title: WGM Other title: FA FOA title: —
Games: 164 Wins: 77 (47%) Draws: 54 (33%) Losses: 33 (20%)
Dossier

162 of 164 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 91%
Opened e4: 31/41Opened d4: 10/41
Castled kingside: 68Same-side castling: 54Did not castle: 10Opposite-side castling: 9Castled queenside: 6
Played in the center: 33Played on the kingside: 24Fianchettoed queenside: 20Played on the queenside: 14Fianchettoed kingside: 7
Initiated exchanges: 62Active pieces: 61Sacrificed material: 54Space advantage: 47Backward pawn: 45Isolated pawn: 41Kept the bishop pair: 41Avoided exchanges: 15Missed tactics: 10Played gambits: 6
Openings

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As White 42 games 25W 10D 7L
Ruy Lopez 8 games 4W 2D 2L
Morphy Defense 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Anderssen Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Steinitz Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Steinitz Deferred 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Defense Deferred 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Martinez Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Worrall Attack, Delayed Castling Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Keres Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Marshall Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sicilian Defense 8 games 6W 2D 0L
Closed 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, with d6 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Traditional 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Smith-Morra Gambit 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Delayed Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
with d6 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Westerinen Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Najdorf Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rapport-Jobava System 8 games 6W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 8 games 6W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 8 games 6W 0D 2L
Italian Game 5 games 1W 2D 2L
Classical Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Giuoco Pianissimo 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Giuoco Pianissimo 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Italian Four Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Two Knights Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Modern Bishop's Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
French Defense 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Steinitz Variation 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Boleslavsky Variation 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Caro-Kann Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Endgame Offer 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Keres Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bishop's Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Vienna Hybrid 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Spielmann Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tartakower Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Dutch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Knight Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Knight Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Konstantinopolsky 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Vienna Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Mieses Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Petrov's Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 44 games 18W 20D 6L
Sicilian Defense 12 games 7W 2D 3L
Moscow Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Sokolsky Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kan Variation 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Modern Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Knight Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Neo-Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anti-Alapin Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Dragon Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Yugoslav Attack, Hungarian Dragon 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kalashnikov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 8 games 2W 5D 1L
Exchange Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Positional Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Janowski Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Orthodox Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Barmen Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Defense 7 games 2W 5D 0L
Advance Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Euwe Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Milner-Barry Gambit, Hector Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Blackburne Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Chistyakov Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Agincourt Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Hedgehog Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Indian Defense 3 games 1W 2D 0L
London System 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Petrosian Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Farago Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Yates Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzowitsch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Williams Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Slav Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Quiet Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Vitolins Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kangaroo Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
London System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 578

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2025.11.13 · 36. Bb2 (−81.4% win chance) 1-0
Yip, Carissa
Hou, Yifan
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2025.06.14 · 47. Rf8 (−73.5% win chance) 1-0
Osmak, Yuliia
Hou, Yifan
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2025.06.12 · 20... Bg4 (−71.7% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Hou, Yifan
Tsolakidou, Stavroula
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2023.04.25 · 34. Rd4 (−66.2% win chance) 1-0
Erigaisi, Arjun
Hou, Yifan
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