Yu Yangyi

Summary

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.

Yu Yangyi
Yu Yangyi in 2023
CountryChina
Born (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 29)
Huangshi, Hubei, China[1]
TitleGrandmaster (2009)[2]
FIDE rating2728 (April 2024)
Peak rating2765 (September 2018)
RankingNo. 24 (April 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 10 (September 2019)
Yu Yangyi
Simplified Chinese余泱漪
Traditional Chinese余泱漪

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.

Tournaments edit

Personal life edit

Yu Yangyi plays for Beijing chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[28]

Outside the chess world, Yu studied Sports Economics at Beijing Sports University.[29]

References edit

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  18. ^ "Chess in Khanty-Mansiysk". Cup2009.fide.com. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  19. ^ "Aeroflot open 2011 A March 2011 Russia". FIDE. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  20. ^ Gu Xiaobing (24 May 2011). "2nd Dangzhou GM 16-year-old Yu Yangyi wins with 2880 performance". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  21. ^ "Yu Yangyi: "It's 90% effort and 10% talent"". chess24.com. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  22. ^ "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz Winners & Losers". chess24. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  23. ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (13 May 2021). "Yu Yangyi Wins 4th Shenzhen Masters". Chess.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  24. ^ nikita (11 June 2022). "Yu Yangyi convincing at the 2022 Summer Chess Classic – Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  25. ^ "Fall Chess Classic: Yu Yangyi wins the last round and the tournament". Chess News. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Yu Yangyi wins Alef Super Stars tournament in Sharjah". Chess News. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  27. ^ Rodgers (JackRodgers), Jack (29 December 2023). "Carlsen Wins 5th Rapid World Championship; Bodnaruk Wins 1st". Chess.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  28. ^ "雅戈尔杯中国国际象棋甲级联赛官方网站". Ccl.sports.cn. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  29. ^ "Yu Yangyi and the Curse of Caruana".

External links edit

  • Yu Yangyi rating card at FIDE  
  • Yu Yangyi player profile and games at Chessgames.com
  • Yu Yangyi chess games at 365Chess.com
  • Yu Yangyi player profile at Chess.com