Jeffery Xiong

World rank: No. 58 (October 2026)
Rating: 2656
Peak rating: 2712 (November 2019)
Title: Grandmaster (2015)
Federation: United States
Born: October 30, 2000, Plano, Texas, United States (age 25)
FIDE ID: 2047640

An American grandmaster from Texas who earned the title at 14. Xiong reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 World Cup as the 31st seed, beating Anish Giri and Jan-Krzysztof Duda before losing to the eventual winner, Teimour Radjabov.

He finished second at the 2020 U.S. Championship behind Wesley So, and worked as Tan Zhongyi’s second for the 2025 Women’s World Championship.

With Awonder Liang he won the Bughouse World Championship in 2021 and 2022.

Career highlights

World Cup quarter-finalist in 2019
Bughouse World Champion in 2021 and 2022
Second at the 2020 U.S. Championship
Grandmaster at 14

Jeffery Xiong in The Chess Herald

Oct 21, 2026So Draws Niemann in Under an Hour, One Round From a Fourth Title
Oct 16, 2026Caruana and Liang Join a Four-Way Lead After Round 6
Oct 15, 2026Woodward Beats Caruana as Eight of 12 Games Are Decisive
Oct 14, 2026Caruana Joins So in the Lead as Liang Falls to Xiong
Oct 13, 2026Woodward and Shankland Win as So and Liang Stay Level at 2.5

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Oct 11, 2026So and Liang Lead Open at 2/2, Bottom Seeds Top the Women
Oct 10, 2026Caruana Chases a Fifth Straight US Title, and Reshevsky's Record
Oct 2, 2026Caruana Heads a 12-Player U.S. Championship Field in Saint Louis
Aug 15, 2026What a $400 First Prize Says About Bullet Chess's Economics

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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.