Yu Yangyi
Chinese chess grandmaster (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yu Yangyi (born 8 June 1994)[3] is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He qualified for the Grandmaster title at 14 years, 11 months and 23 days old in 2009. He is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion and the 2014 Asian Chess Champion.
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Country | China |
Born | (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 29) Huangshi, Hubei, China[1] |
Title | Grandmaster (2009)[2] |
FIDE rating | 2728 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2765 (September 2018) |
Ranking | No. 23 (May 2024) |
Peak ranking | No. 10 (September 2019) |
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Simplified Chinese | 余泱漪 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 余泱漪 | ||||||||
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He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the 41st Chess Olympiad in 2014 and at the World Team Chess Championship in 2015. In the 2014 Olympiad he also won the individual gold medal on board 3, thanks to his performance rating of 2912, the best of the entire event.
In December 2014, he won the first Qatar Masters Open tournament, beating among others Vladimir Kramnik and Anish Giri.