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![]() Wei Yi in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Country | China | ||||||||||||||
Born | Yancheng, Jiangsu, China[1] | 2 June 1999||||||||||||||
Title | Grandmaster (2013) | ||||||||||||||
FIDE rating | 2762 (August 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Peak rating | 2762 (August 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Ranking | No. 8 (August 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Peak ranking | No. 8 (August 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Traditional Chinese | 韋奕 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 韦奕 | ||||||||
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Wei Yi (Chinese: 韦奕; born 2 June 1999) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.
Wei became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days, the 9th youngest in history.[2][3] He is the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700, accomplishing this feat at age 15.[4][5] Wei represents the Jiangsu club in the China Chess League and is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion as well as the 2018 Asian Chess Champion.[6] He won the Tata Steel Masters in 2024.[7]