Yu, Yangyi Age 30

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2715.0
Live Rank
#28
FIDE Rating
2715
World Rank
#28
China Rank
#3
FIDE Peak Rating
2765 - Sep 2018 (Age 24)
FIDE Peak Rank
#10 (2763) - Sep 2019 (Age 25)
Rapid
2700 World #22, Peak 2795 (May 2017)
Blitz
2695 World #27, Peak 2812 (Sep 2019)
Born
8 Jun 1994
Huangshi, Hubei
FIDE ID 8603820
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Active Years:
2004 - 2025
Total Games:
2049
Wins:
829 (40%)
Losses:
291 (15%)
Draws:
929 (45%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2688
White:
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (40 games)
C65 Ruy Lopez (38 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (36 games)
Black:
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined (63 games)
C42 Russian Game (63 games)
B30 Sicilian Defense (26 games)

Yu Yangyi is one of China's most talented chess players. He was born on June 8, 1994, in the town of Huangshi in Hubei Province. He started playing at age seven and quickly found success, winning all the Chinese youth championships. In 2003, he competed in the U10 World Championship, tying for third place. Just a year later, he tied for 1st-4th place and became the first Chinese player to win this title, sharing points with the future world champion Hou Yifan. He received praise from Ye Jiangchuan, and the head coach included him on the national team, bringing him to Beijing. Yu’s breakthrough came in 2009 when he finished third in the Asian Championship, won several open tournaments, and made it to the second round of the World Cup. Just 7 days before his 15th birthday, he bypassed the master title, earning the grandmaster title directly (a record later surpassed only by Wei Yi). His next jump in results came in 2011: he placed fourth in the Aeroflot Open and then, with a performance rating of 2880, surprised everyone by winning the main super tournament in Danzhou with 7/9, ahead of his compatriots.

After that, he debuted on the Chinese national team on the sixth board, almost helping it win the world championship. By 2014, he had become indispensable to the team. Thanks largely to his score of 9.5/11 on the third board, the Chinese team won its first-ever Olympiad, with Yu’s performance rating hitting 2912! That year was one of the most successful in his career: in addition to his World U20 title (11/13), he won the Chinese Championship (7/11) and Asian Championship (7/9), and then dominated the elite Qatar Masters Open with 7.5/9, defeating players like Kramnik and Giri. Following this success, Yu crossed the 2700-rating mark, taking the top spot among the world’s strongest young players. In 2015, he almost won in Doha again but was held back only by Carlsen, who matched his 7/9 score and defeated him in the tiebreak. In 2017, Yu was close to victory in another super open in Gibraltar, sharing 1st-3rd place with Nakamura and David Anton Guijarro (8/10) but again losing the tiebreak, this time to Nakamura.

In 2017, the Chinese team, with Yu on the 2nd board, won the World Team Championship for the second consecutive time, and in 2018, they again took gold at the Olympiad! By then, Yu had reached his peak rating of 2765, and the following year he reached his peak ranking, entering the top 10 for the first and only time. Yu did go on to win the Chinese Championship twice (2020, 2021) and claimed victory in the Shenzhen Masters (2021), and reached the semifinals of the 2019 World Cup, where he lost to Ding Liren, falling just half a point short of qualifying from the 2021 Grand Swiss (7/11).

He has notable achievements in the World Rapid and Blitz Championships: from 2016 to 2019, he consistently placed in the top six, achieving his best result in 2023 with a bronze medal in the Rapid. Another significant achievement for him was the 2019 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, where Yu Yangyi tied for 2nd-4th place with Ding Liren and Vachier-Lagrave. Today, he remains a strong contender in many tournaments.

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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Yu, Yangyi2724Wagner, Dennis26161-031New York30 Dec 2024
2Woodward, Andy2530Yu, Yangyi27241-038New York30 Dec 2024
3Yu, Yangyi2724Corrales Jimenez, Fidel25550-171New York30 Dec 2024
4Le, Tuan Minh2598Yu, Yangyi27241-085New York30 Dec 2024
5Yu, Yangyi2724Murzin, Volodar26640-152New York30 Dec 2024
6Dlugy, Maxim2514Yu, Yangyi27240-141New York30 Dec 2024
7Yu, Yangyi2724Dardha, Daniel26391-055New York30 Dec 2024
8Kadric, Denis2544Yu, Yangyi27241/2-1/269New York30 Dec 2024
9Yu, Yangyi2724Dudin, Gleb25061/2-1/248New York30 Dec 2024
10Muradli, Mahammad2588Yu, Yangyi27241/2-1/261New York30 Dec 2024
11Yu, Yangyi2724Pranav, V.26210-186New York30 Dec 2024
12Erenburg, Sergey2510Yu, Yangyi27240-163New York30 Dec 2024
13Yu, Yangyi2724Jumabayev, Rinat25731-041New York30 Dec 2024
14Robson, Ray2645Yu, Yangyi26981/2-1/219New York28 Dec 2024
15Yu, Yangyi2698Giri, Anish26781/2-1/215New York28 Dec 2024
16Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Yu, Yangyi26981/2-1/275New York28 Dec 2024
17Yu, Yangyi2698Bu, Xiangzhi25691-057New York28 Dec 2024
18Sadhwani, Raunak2591Yu, Yangyi26981/2-1/212New York27 Dec 2024
19Yu, Yangyi2698Lazavik, Denis25531/2-1/2111New York27 Dec 2024
20Tari, Aryan2559Yu, Yangyi26980-180New York27 Dec 2024
21Yu, Yangyi2698Lomasov, Semen25601/2-1/232New York27 Dec 2024
22Durarbayli, Vasif2531Yu, Yangyi26981/2-1/231New York26 Dec 2024
23Yu, Yangyi2698Martirosyan, Haik M26091/2-1/247New York26 Dec 2024
24Shankland, Samuel L2618Yu, Yangyi26981/2-1/274New York26 Dec 2024
25Yu, Yangyi2698Dardha, Daniel25541-044New York26 Dec 2024
26Le Tuan, Minh2492Yu, Yangyi26980-118New York26 Dec 2024
27Yu, Yangyi2724Bu, Xiangzhi26841/2-1/234Shaoxing9 Dec 2024
28Bai, Jinshi2551Yu, Yangyi27241/2-1/247Shaoxing7 Dec 2024
29Yu, Yangyi2724Bai, Jinshi25511/2-1/230Shaoxing6 Dec 2024
30Bai, Jinshi2551Yu, Yangyi27241-067Shaoxing5 Dec 2024
31Yu, Yangyi2724Bai, Jinshi25511-043Shaoxing4 Dec 2024
32Yu, Yangyi2724Chen, Qi B24901-047Shaoxing2 Dec 2024
33Yu, Yangyi2724Bu, Xiangzhi26841/2-1/231Chengdu4 Nov 2024
34Bu, Xiangzhi2684Yu, Yangyi27240-140Chengdu4 Nov 2024
35Yu, Yangyi2724Wang, Hao27031-027Chengdu4 Nov 2024
36Wang, Hao2703Yu, Yangyi27241-080Chengdu4 Nov 2024
37Yu, Yangyi2724Lu, Shanglei26090-149Chengdu3 Nov 2024
38Lu, Shanglei2609Yu, Yangyi27240-124Chengdu3 Nov 2024
39Fressinet, Laurent2615Yu, Yangyi27170-161Vrnjacka Banja26 Oct 2024
40Harikrishna, Pentala2688Yu, Yangyi27171/2-1/275Vrnjacka Banja25 Oct 2024
41Yu, Yangyi2717Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin27021-029Vrnjacka Banja24 Oct 2024
42Yu, Yangyi2717Bjerre, Jonas Buhl26501/2-1/244Vrnjacka Banja23 Oct 2024
43Kobo, Ori2525Yu, Yangyi27171/2-1/264Vrnjacka Banja22 Oct 2024
44Yu, Yangyi2717Jablonicky, Martin24241-029Vrnjacka Banja21 Oct 2024
45Mustaps, Matiss2377Yu, Yangyi27170-143Vrnjacka Banja20 Oct 2024
46Yu, Yangyi2717Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27330-160London11 Oct 2024
47Svidler, Peter2698Yu, Yangyi27171/2-1/239London10 Oct 2024
48Yu, Yangyi2717Rapport, Richard27211/2-1/238London9 Oct 2024
49Radjabov, Teimour2700Yu, Yangyi27171/2-1/239London8 Oct 2024
50Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Yu, Yangyi27171/2-1/243London7 Oct 2024
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