Wei, Yi Age 25

Source: chess-news.ru

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2750.9
Live Rank
#9
FIDE Rating
2753
World Rank
#9
China Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2763 - Oct 2024 (Age 25)
FIDE Peak Rank
#8 (2762) - Aug 2024 (Age 25)
Rapid
2760 World #5, Peak 2782 (Sep 2024)
Blitz
2719 World #17, Peak 2755 (May 2024)
Born
2 Jun 1999
Yancheng, Jiangsu, China
FIDE ID 8603405
Wikipedia
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Active Years:
2009 - 2024
Total Games:
1382
Wins:
564 (41%)
Losses:
205 (15%)
Draws:
613 (44%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2767
White:
C54 Italian Game (32 games)
C42 Russian Game (29 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (29 games)
Black:
D85 Grünfeld Defense (29 games)
C42 Russian Game (27 games)
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined (26 games)

In terms of talent and preparation, Wei Yi belongs to the rare group of players capable of becoming a world champion. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond his control, chess never became the main focus of his life, despite his bold declaration at 17 that he wanted to become a chess king.

Wei Yi was born on June 2, 1999 in Jiangsu Province. He learned to play chess at the age of 6 and by just three years later he won the World Championship for players under 11 with a score of 8.5/9. The Chinese prodigy consistently triumphed in all categories, often outpacing opponents much older than him, until at 13, he secured 11th place in the World Championship for players under 20. He earned his first Grandmaster norm at that tournament and by the age of 13 years, 8 months, and 23 days, he had achieved the Grandmaster title.

Wei Yi continued to break records regularly, claiming the title of "youngest" in various categories. In 2013, he reached the 3rd round of the World Cup, defeating Nepomniachtchi and Shirov and became the fastest in history to achieve a rating of 2600, surpassing Wesley So. In 2014 he became an Olympic champion as part of the Chinese team and the following year he won the national championship in a tournament featuring all the top players (he would win the Chinese championship two more times). But the main achievement of 2015 was breaking the 2700 barrier, surpassing Carlsen's previous record and advancing to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, where the 15-year-old lost to Peter Svidler, one of the finalists, in the rapid tiebreaker.

In 2016 Wei Yi reached the final tournament of the year in Bilbao, competing against five other top-10 players and finished in 3rd place. At that time the future world champion Ding Liren remarked: "I am merely a small stream or a small hill in his path, surpassing me and everyone else is just a matter of time for him!"

In the next two years, Wei Yi continued to win: in the Chinese championships, Danzhou Super GM (6.5/9) and Asian Championship (6.5/9). However in 2018, when all doors in chess seemed open to him, he became a student at the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University and immersed himself in his studies. His last major success for nearly five years was at the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix in Jerusalem, where he reached the final but lost to Nepomniachtchi.

Wei Yi chose to focus on his studies at a timely moment – starting in 2020, China was hit by an epidemic, leaving its chess players completely deprived of practice. Over three years he played only twice in national championships and in 2023 he became Ding Liren's second in the World Championship match.

His first tournament after the long break was Wijk aan Zee 2024 – an immediate triumph with a powerful finish (4.5/5) and victory in the tie-breaks. Soon afterwards, Wei Yi dominated the Grand Chess Tour in Warsaw in rapid & blitz with only a remarkable finishing surge by Carlsen preventing him from winning. But after that everyone understood: the story of Wei Yi is far from over. He is back and he ready to Getty victories!

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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Huschenbeth, Niclas2594Wei, Yi27531/2-1/252Germany30 Nov 2024
2Wei, Yi2753Ma, Qun26380-128Chengdu3 Nov 2024
3Ma, Qun2638Wei, Yi27530-159Chengdu3 Nov 2024
4Wei, Yi2763Maurizzi, Marc Andria25941-067Vrnjacka Banja26 Oct 2024
5Wei, Yi2763Keymer, Vincent27211/2-1/278Vrnjacka Banja25 Oct 2024
6Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Wei, Yi27631-048Vrnjacka Banja24 Oct 2024
7Yakubboev, Nodirbek2654Wei, Yi27631-063Vrnjacka Banja23 Oct 2024
8Wei, Yi2763Steinberg, Nitzan25541/2-1/243Vrnjacka Banja22 Oct 2024
9Sahidi, Samir2481Wei, Yi27630-150Vrnjacka Banja21 Oct 2024
10Wei, Yi2763Ostlund, Joar23391-032Vrnjacka Banja20 Oct 2024
11Wei, Yi2763Ostlund, Joar23391-031Vrnjacka Banja20 Oct 2024
12Wei, Yi2763Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27830-197London12 Oct 2024
13Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2783Wei, Yi27630-187London12 Oct 2024
14Wei, Yi2763Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27461/2-1/281London11 Oct 2024
15Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2783Wei, Yi27631-031London10 Oct 2024
16Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2797Wei, Yi27631-086London9 Oct 2024
17Wei, Yi2763Duda, Jan Krzysztof27401/2-1/261London8 Oct 2024
18Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2726Wei, Yi27631-046London7 Oct 2024
19Wei, Yi2763Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi27261-048London6 Oct 2024
20Duda, Jan Krzysztof2740Wei, Yi27630-153London5 Oct 2024
21Wei, Yi2763Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27971/2-1/260London5 Oct 2024
22Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2746Wei, Yi27630-1119London4 Oct 2024
23Wei, Yi2763Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27830-141London3 Oct 2024
24So, Wesley2752Wei, Yi27621-041Budapest22 Sep 2024
25Wei, Yi2762Yakubboev, Nodirbek26661-060Budapest21 Sep 2024
26Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin2714Wei, Yi27620-152Budapest20 Sep 2024
27Wei, Yi2762Deac, Bogdan Daniel26801/2-1/272Budapest19 Sep 2024
28Gukesh, Dommaraju2764Wei, Yi27621-080Budapest18 Sep 2024
29Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son2633Wei, Yi27621/2-1/215Budapest16 Sep 2024
30Wei, Yi2762Anton Guijarro, David26651-069Budapest15 Sep 2024
31Sargsyan, Shant2649Wei, Yi27621/2-1/236Budapest14 Sep 2024
32Wei, Yi2762Demchenko, Anton25971-050Budapest13 Sep 2024
33Dominguez, Jose Manuel2195Wei, Yi27620-146Budapest11 Sep 2024
34Suleyev, Alen2261Wei, Yi27211/2-1/275Astana5 Aug 2024
35Wei, Yi2721Suleyev, Alen22611-027Astana5 Aug 2024
36Ishmukhametov, Ahmet1978Wei, Yi27620-131Astana5 Aug 2024
37Wei, Yi2762Nukin, Ashat22681-024Astana5 Aug 2024
38Akhilbay, Imangali2279Wei, Yi27620-127Astana5 Aug 2024
39Utegaliev, Azamat2418Wei, Yi27620-159Astana5 Aug 2024
40Wei, Yi2762Bologan, Viktor25981-044Astana5 Aug 2024
41Artemiev, Vladislav2699Wei, Yi27621-032Astana5 Aug 2024
42Wei, Yi2762Bugubayev, Satzhan14111-024Astana5 Aug 2024
43Wei, Yi2762Artemiev, Vladislav26991/2-1/289Astana5 Aug 2024
44Artemiev, Vladislav2699Wei, Yi27621-050Astana5 Aug 2024
45Vokhidov, Shamsiddin2643Wei, Yi27620-140Astana5 Aug 2024
46Rakhimzhan, Alen2084Wei, Yi27621/2-1/275Astana5 Aug 2024
47Wei, Yi2762Rakhimzhan, Alen20841-027Astana5 Aug 2024
48Ishmukhamedov, Akhmet1929Wei, Yi27210-131Astana5 Aug 2024
49Utegaliyev, Azamat2380Wei, Yi27210-159Astana5 Aug 2024
50Gareyev, Timur2541Wei, Yi27620-135Astana4 Aug 2024
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