Wei Yi

Wei Yi
Wei Yi in 2024
CountryChina
Born (1999-06-02) 2 June 1999 (age 25)
Yancheng, Jiangsu, China[1]
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating2762 (August 2024)
Peak rating2762 (August 2024)
RankingNo. 8 (August 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 8 (August 2024)
Medal record
Men's chess
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Men's individual
Wei Yi
Traditional Chinese韋奕
Simplified Chinese韦奕
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWéi Yì
IPA[wéɪ ì]

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]

  1. ^ "Yancheng player wins championship at Corus Chess Tournament". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Wei Yi has become the youngest GM in the world". ChessBase. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Certificate of Title Result (Reykjavik 2013)" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  4. ^ "March 2015 ratings: After 26 years, Yifan no.1". ChessBase. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Wei Yi Wins in Danzhou, Climbs to World #14". 18 July 2017.
  6. ^ Chinese Chess League: Wei Yi OlimpBase
  7. ^ "Wei Yi wins 2024 Tata Steel Masters". FIDE. 28 January 2024. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

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