Lu Shanglei

World rank: No. 82 (October 2026)
Rating: 2637
Peak rating: 2647 (May 2025)
Title: Grandmaster (2011)
Federation: China
Born: July 10, 1995, Shenyang, China (age 31)
FIDE ID: 8603332

A Chinese grandmaster and the 2014 World Junior Champion. Lu is especially strong at blitz: he won the Asian Blitz Championship in 2016 and the Chinese blitz title in 2019.

At the 2015 World Cup he knocked out Wang Hao before losing to Veselin Topalov in rapid tiebreaks. He plays for Zhejiang in the China Chess League.

Career highlights

2014 World Junior Champion
2016 Asian Blitz Champion
2019 Chinese Blitz Champion
Peak rating 2647 (May 2025)

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