Ryan (Zhuoyuan) Xu

Ryan Zhuoyuan Xu won Canada's under-eight championship in 2022, shortly after his family arrived in the country. His mother described that recent move to an opponent at the Canadian Open, where eight-year-old Ryan was already competing against adults. Later that year he finished thirteenth in the World Under-Eight Championship in Batumi, scoring seven and a half points from eleven games. He received Canada's national candidate master title in 2025.