Wei, Yi Age 25

Source: chess-news.ru

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2763.0
Live Rank
#8
FIDE Rating
2763
World Rank
#8
China Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2763 - Oct 2024 (Age 25)
FIDE Peak Rank
#8 (2762) - Aug 2024 (Age 25)
Rapid
2782 World #2, Peak 2782 (Sep 2024)
Blitz
2719 World #17, Peak 2755 (May 2024)
Born
2 Jun 1999
Yancheng, Jiangsu, China
FIDE ID 8603405
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Active Years:
2009 - 2024
Total Games:
1359
Wins:
555 (41%)
Losses:
197 (14%)
Draws:
607 (45%)
Total score:
64%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2788
White:
C54 Italian Game (30 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (29 games)
C42 Russian Game (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 
101Wei, Yi2729Dubov, Daniil27101/2-1/237Qingdao17 Dec 2023
102Wei, Yi2729Mousavi, Seyed Khalil25011-022Qingdao17 Dec 2023
103Wei, Yi2729Gong, Sunle21751-039Qingdao17 Dec 2023
104Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad2366Wei, Yi27290-152Qingdao17 Dec 2023
105Peng, Xiongjian2525Wei, Yi27290-131Nanjing5 Dec 2023
106Wei, Yi2729Wan, Yunguo25081-029Nanjing4 Dec 2023
107Wei, Yi2729Ye, Jiangchuan26031-036Nanjing3 Dec 2023
108Ye, Jiangchuan2603Wei, Yi27290-152Nanjing2 Dec 2023
109Bu, Xiangzhi2690Wei, Yi27260-140Shenzhen13 Oct 2023
110Wei, Yi2726Bu, Xiangzhi26901/2-1/221Shenzhen13 Oct 2023
111Bu, Xiangzhi2690Wei, Yi27260-137Shenzhen13 Oct 2023
112Xu, Xiangyu2626Wei, Yi27260-144Shenzhen12 Oct 2023
113Wei, Yi2726Xu, Xiangyu26261-062Shenzhen12 Oct 2023
114Xu, Xiangyu2626Wei, Yi27261/2-1/239Shenzhen12 Oct 2023
115Wei, Yi2726Xu, Xiangyu26260-135Shenzhen12 Oct 2023
116Xu, Yinglun2532Wei, Yi27261/2-1/225Shenzhen11 Oct 2023
117Wei, Yi2741Xu, Yinglun25221-026Shenzhen11 Oct 2023
118Wei, Yi2726Bilguun, Sumiya24561-033Hangzhou7 Oct 2023
119Orozbaev, Eldiar2286Wei, Yi27260-135Hangzhou6 Oct 2023
120Wei, Yi2726Laohawirapap, Prin23291-038Hangzhou5 Oct 2023
121Gukesh, Dommaraju2758Wei, Yi27261/2-1/275Hangzhou4 Oct 2023
122Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2716Wei, Yi27261/2-1/262Hangzhou3 Oct 2023
123Wei, Yi2726Jumabayev, Rinat25851-055Hangzhou2 Oct 2023
124Maghsoodloo, Parham2707Wei, Yi27261-086Hangzhou1 Oct 2023
125Wei, Yi2726Le, Quang Liem27331/2-1/272Hangzhou30 Sep 2023
126Bersamina, Paulo2434Wei, Yi27260-154Hangzhou29 Sep 2023
127Bilguun, Sumiya2456Wei, Yi27260-148Hangzhou27 Sep 2023
128Wei, Yi2726Le, Tuan Minh25591-064Hangzhou27 Sep 2023
129Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2716Wei, Yi27260-149Hangzhou26 Sep 2023
130Wei, Yi2726Sindarov, Javokhir26581-056Hangzhou26 Sep 2023
131Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2716Wei, Yi27261-072Hangzhou26 Sep 2023
132Wei, Yi2726Nogerbek, Kazybek24711-046Hangzhou25 Sep 2023
133De Silva, LMST2394Wei, Yi27260-142Hangzhou25 Sep 2023
134Wei, Yi2726Yamada, Kohei21721-030Hangzhou24 Sep 2023
135Song, Raymond2516Wei, Yi27261/2-1/248Hangzhou24 Sep 2023
136Wei, Yi2726Ivanchuk, Vassily26670-144Baku7 Aug 2023
137Ivanchuk, Vassily2667Wei, Yi27261/2-1/228Baku7 Aug 2023
138Wei, Yi2726Ivanchuk, Vassily26671/2-1/272Baku6 Aug 2023
139Ivanchuk, Vassily2667Wei, Yi27261/2-1/253Baku5 Aug 2023
140Supi, Luis Paulo2582Wei, Yi27261/2-1/249Baku3 Aug 2023
141Wei, Yi2726Supi, Luis Paulo25821-038Baku2 Aug 2023
142Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2719Wei, Yi27260-155Dubai2 Jul 2023
143Wei, Yi2726Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi27190-151Dubai2 Jul 2023
144Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2719Wei, Yi27261/2-1/235Dubai2 Jul 2023
145Wei, Yi2726Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi27191-029Dubai2 Jul 2023
146Wei, Yi2722Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391-050Dubai1 Jul 2023
147Wei, Yi2722Radjabov, Teimour27471-047Dubai30 Jun 2023
148Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2714Wei, Yi27160-169Dubai30 Jun 2023
149Wei, Yi2716Dubov, Daniil27271-057Dubai29 Jun 2023
150Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2665Wei, Yi27161/2-1/249Dubai27 Jun 2023
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