1. Wei Yi is the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700, accomplishing this feat at age 15.
12 Facts About Wei Yi
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Wei Yi represents the Jiangsu club in the China Chess League and is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion as well as the 2018 Asian Chess Champion.
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In 2009, Wei Yi won the under 11 section of the 5th World School Chess Championship, held in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Wei Yi defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in the first round and Alexei Shirov in the second, then was knocked out by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the third round.
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At the Chess World Cup 2015, Wei Yi sequentially knocked out Saleh Salem, Yuri Vovk, Alexander Areshchenko, and compatriot Ding Liren to progress to the quarterfinals, becoming the youngest player in the Chess World Cup history to accomplish this.
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In January, Wei Yi played in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament Masters section, for which he qualified by winning the Challengers section in 2015.
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Wei Yi won against Giri playing with white, lost against eventual winner Carlsen playing with black and drew all other games, finishing with a score of +1 =8 -1 to take third place.
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In December 2019, Wei Yi reached the finals of the fourth stage of the prestigious FIDE Grand Prix 2019 Tournament, losing to Ian Nepomniachtchi.
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Wei Yi was runner-up in the FTX Road to Miami tournament, losing to Levon Aronian in the finals.
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In January, Wei Yi won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 after defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Gukesh D in the tiebreaks.
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Wei Yi came first in the Rapid section of the tournament.
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In 2018, Wei Yi enrolled as a student at the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management.