Wei, Yi Age 25

Source: chess-news.ru

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2758.2
Live Rank
#7
FIDE Rating
2760
World Rank
#7
China Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2763 - Oct 2024 (Age 25)
FIDE Peak Rank
#7 (2760) - Mar 2025 (Age 25)
Rapid
2746 World #6, Peak 2782 (Sep 2024)
Blitz
2711 World #21, Peak 2755 (May 2024)
Born
2 Jun 1999
Yancheng, Jiangsu, China
FIDE ID 8603405
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Active Years:
2009 - 2025
Total Games:
1428
Wins:
581 (41%)
Losses:
214 (15%)
Draws:
633 (44%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2733
White:
C54 Italian Game (35 games)
C42 Russian Game (31 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 
51Donchenko, Alexander2578Wei, Yi27601/2-1/238New York26 Dec 2024
52Wei, Yi2760Hakobyan, Aram25131-091New York26 Dec 2024
53Huschenbeth, Niclas2600Wei, Yi27621/2-1/252Germany30 Nov 2024
54Wei, Yi2753Ma, Qun26380-128Chengdu3 Nov 2024
55Ma, Qun2638Wei, Yi27530-159Chengdu3 Nov 2024
56Wei, Yi2763Maurizzi, Marc Andria25941-067Vrnjacka Banja26 Oct 2024
57Wei, Yi2763Keymer, Vincent27211/2-1/278Vrnjacka Banja25 Oct 2024
58Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Wei, Yi27631-048Vrnjacka Banja24 Oct 2024
59Yakubboev, Nodirbek2654Wei, Yi27631-063Vrnjacka Banja23 Oct 2024
60Wei, Yi2763Steinberg, Nitzan25541/2-1/243Vrnjacka Banja22 Oct 2024
61Sahidi, Samir2481Wei, Yi27630-150Vrnjacka Banja21 Oct 2024
62Wei, Yi2763Ostlund, Joar23391-032Vrnjacka Banja20 Oct 2024
63Wei, Yi2763Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27830-197London12 Oct 2024
64Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2783Wei, Yi27630-187London12 Oct 2024
65Wei, Yi2763Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27461/2-1/281London11 Oct 2024
66Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2783Wei, Yi27631-031London10 Oct 2024
67Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2797Wei, Yi27631-086London9 Oct 2024
68Wei, Yi2763Duda, Jan Krzysztof27401/2-1/261London8 Oct 2024
69Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2726Wei, Yi27631-046London7 Oct 2024
70Wei, Yi2763Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi27261-048London6 Oct 2024
71Duda, Jan Krzysztof2740Wei, Yi27630-153London5 Oct 2024
72Wei, Yi2763Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27971/2-1/260London5 Oct 2024
73Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2746Wei, Yi27630-1119London4 Oct 2024
74Wei, Yi2763Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27830-141London3 Oct 2024
75So, Wesley2752Wei, Yi27621-041Budapest22 Sep 2024
76Wei, Yi2762Yakubboev, Nodirbek26661-060Budapest21 Sep 2024
77Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin2714Wei, Yi27620-152Budapest20 Sep 2024
78Wei, Yi2762Deac, Bogdan Daniel26801/2-1/272Budapest19 Sep 2024
79Gukesh, Dommaraju2764Wei, Yi27621-080Budapest18 Sep 2024
80Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son2633Wei, Yi27621/2-1/215Budapest16 Sep 2024
81Wei, Yi2762Anton Guijarro, David26651-069Budapest15 Sep 2024
82Sargsyan, Shant2649Wei, Yi27621/2-1/236Budapest14 Sep 2024
83Wei, Yi2762Demchenko, Anton25971-050Budapest13 Sep 2024
84Dominguez, Jose Manuel2195Wei, Yi27620-146Budapest11 Sep 2024
85Suleyev, Alen2261Wei, Yi27211/2-1/275Astana5 Aug 2024
86Wei, Yi2721Suleyev, Alen22611-027Astana5 Aug 2024
87Ishmukhametov, Ahmet1978Wei, Yi27620-131Astana5 Aug 2024
88Wei, Yi2762Nukin, Ashat22681-024Astana5 Aug 2024
89Akhilbay, Imangali2279Wei, Yi27620-127Astana5 Aug 2024
90Utegaliev, Azamat2418Wei, Yi27620-159Astana5 Aug 2024
91Wei, Yi2762Bologan, Viktor25981-044Astana5 Aug 2024
92Artemiev, Vladislav2699Wei, Yi27621-032Astana5 Aug 2024
93Wei, Yi2762Bugubayev, Satzhan14111-024Astana5 Aug 2024
94Wei, Yi2762Artemiev, Vladislav26991/2-1/289Astana5 Aug 2024
95Artemiev, Vladislav2699Wei, Yi27621-050Astana5 Aug 2024
96Vokhidov, Shamsiddin2643Wei, Yi27620-140Astana5 Aug 2024
97Rakhimzhan, Alen2084Wei, Yi27621/2-1/275Astana5 Aug 2024
98Wei, Yi2762Rakhimzhan, Alen20841-027Astana5 Aug 2024
99Ishmukhamedov, Akhmet1929Wei, Yi27210-131Astana5 Aug 2024
100Utegaliyev, Azamat2380Wei, Yi27210-159Astana5 Aug 2024
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