GMJeffery Xiong

Jeffery Xiong played his first tournament at seven and became World Under-10 runner-up in 2010. He earned the International Master title in 2014 and the grandmaster title in 2015, aged fourteen. In 2016 he won both the U.S. Junior Championship and the World Junior Championship, securing the latter with a round to spare. He won the Saint Louis Spring Classic in 2018 and 2019 without losing a game. At the 2019 World Cup he defeated Parham Maghsoodloo, Anish Giri and Jan-Krzysztof Duda before reaching the quarterfinals. He finished second in the 2020 U.S. Championship. He has also excelled at bughouse, winning world championships with Awonder Liang in 2021 and 2022. In 2025 he helped Tan Zhongyi prepare for her women's world-title match.