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
Wikipedia
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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 (36 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 
1Le, Quang Liem2739Wei, Yi27551/2-1/256Prague7 Mar 2025
2Wei, Yi2755Nguyen, Thai Dai Van26681-076Prague6 Mar 2025
3Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2741Wei, Yi27551/2-1/261Prague5 Mar 2025
4Wei, Yi2755Gurel, Ediz26241/2-1/256Prague4 Mar 2025
5Shankland, Samuel L2670Wei, Yi27550-127Prague2 Mar 2025
6Wei, Yi2755Navara, David26771-031Prague1 Mar 2025
7Aravindh, Chithambaram VR2729Wei, Yi27551-044Prague28 Feb 2025
8Wei, Yi2755Giri, Anish27281/2-1/245Prague27 Feb 2025
9Keymer, Vincent2731Wei, Yi27551-055Prague26 Feb 2025
10Wei, Yi2762Dragnev, Valentin25561-035Germany23 Feb 2025
11Dudin, Gleb2545Wei, Yi27620-125Germany22 Feb 2025
12Fedoseev, Vladimir12717Wei, Yi27511/2-1/266Wijk aan Zee2 Feb 2025
13Wei, Yi2751Giri, Anish27311/2-1/238Wijk aan Zee1 Feb 2025
14Gukesh, Dommaraju2777Wei, Yi27511/2-1/230Wijk aan Zee31 Jan 2025
15Wei, Yi2751Van Foreest, Jorden26801/2-1/223Wijk aan Zee29 Jan 2025
16Wei, Yi2751Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011/2-1/232Wijk aan Zee28 Jan 2025
17Warmerdam, Max2646Wei, Yi27510-163Wijk aan Zee26 Jan 2025
18Wei, Yi2751Mendonca, Leon Luke26391/2-1/240Wijk aan Zee25 Jan 2025
19Praggnanandhaa R2741Wei, Yi27511/2-1/258Wijk aan Zee24 Jan 2025
20Wei, Yi2751Harikrishna, Pentala26951/2-1/222Wijk aan Zee22 Jan 2025
21Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2768Wei, Yi27511/2-1/241Wijk aan Zee21 Jan 2025
22Wei, Yi2751Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/227Wijk aan Zee20 Jan 2025
23Sarana, Alexey2677Wei, Yi27511/2-1/254Wijk aan Zee19 Jan 2025
24Wei, Yi2751Caruana, Fabiano28031/2-1/231Wijk aan Zee18 Jan 2025
25Carlsen, Magnus2832Wei, Yi27621/2-1/236Germany12 Jan 2025
26Wei, Yi2762Ivic, Velimir25991-067Germany11 Jan 2025
27Oparin, Grigoriy2653Wei, Yi27531-047New York30 Dec 2024
28Wei, Yi2753Bok, Benjamin25930-142New York30 Dec 2024
29Firouzja, Alireza2763Wei, Yi27531-041New York30 Dec 2024
30Wei, Yi2753Gelfand, Boris26571-072New York30 Dec 2024
31Sindarov, Javokhir2682Wei, Yi27530-153New York30 Dec 2024
32Wei, Yi2753Cheparinov, Ivan26461-034New York30 Dec 2024
33Pranav, V.2621Wei, Yi27531-048New York30 Dec 2024
34Wei, Yi2753Bortnyk, Mykola24001/2-1/261New York30 Dec 2024
35Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Wei, Yi27531-041New York30 Dec 2024
36Wei, Yi2753Lodici, Lorenzo25641-028New York30 Dec 2024
37Zemlyanskii, Ivan2543Wei, Yi27530-134New York30 Dec 2024
38Wei, Yi2753Christiansen, Johan Sebastian26611-033New York30 Dec 2024
39Svane, Frederik2668Wei, Yi27530-137New York30 Dec 2024
40Wei, Yi2760Jacobson, Brandon24591-049New York28 Dec 2024
41Bok, Benjamin2596Wei, Yi27600-132New York28 Dec 2024
42Wei, Yi2760Grigoryan, Karen H26220-176New York28 Dec 2024
43Deac, Bogdan Daniel2635Wei, Yi27601/2-1/240New York28 Dec 2024
44Wei, Yi2760Paravyan, David25621-056New York27 Dec 2024
45Le Tuan, Minh2492Wei, Yi27600-132New York27 Dec 2024
46Wei, Yi2760Bologan, Viktor25401-054New York27 Dec 2024
47Theodorou, Nikolas2535Wei, Yi27601-059New York27 Dec 2024
48Wei, Yi2760Nesterov, Arseniy25391/2-1/271New York26 Dec 2024
49Tari, Aryan2559Wei, Yi27601/2-1/228New York26 Dec 2024
50Wei, Yi2760Fressinet, Laurent25981/2-1/267New York26 Dec 2024
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