Wei Yi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wei Yi
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 2, 1999(1999-06-02)
Age	25
Birthplace	Yancheng
Country	China
Birth City	Jiangsu
Horoscope	Gemini

Wei Yi Biography

Wei Yi is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on June 2, 1999 in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. It was June when Wei was the winner of at the 27th Magistral de Leon rapid tournament by beating Francisco Vallejo Pons in the final.

The year 2009 was the time Wei Yi won the under 11 category at the 5th World School Chess Championship which was which was held at Thessaloniki, Greece.

In 2010, he won the under-12 event at the Asian Youth Chess Championship and followed this up by winning the same division at the World Youth Chess Championship.

In February, he competed in the Gibraltar Masters tournament and finished in a share of 3rd–11th. This boosted Wei’s rating to 2706 in the March rating list, making Wei Yi the youngest player ever to cross the 2700 mark. The record had previously been held by Magnus Carlsen.

He participated with his first Chinese Chess Championship B group aged 8 and won against Grandmaster Zhou Jianchao.

Wei Yi Net Worth

Wei Yi is one of the richest Chess Player from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wei Yi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The month of August was when the player took part on the reserve board of China at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso. He scored 4/5 and helped the Chinese team take home the gold medal.

Wei Yi (born 2 June 1999) is a Chinese grandmaster of chess as well as a the world’s best chess player.

In February, he secured his final norm at the Reykjavik Open with a score of 7½/10, including a victory over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, finishing 6th.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Wei Yi Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Wei Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Wei Yi celebrates birthday on June 2 of every year.

Who is the best Chinese chess player?

The current strongest ranked Chinese player is 26-year-old Ding Liren , ranked 4th in the world as of November 2018 with a rating of 2816.

Who is the highest rated female chess player?

Judit Polgár
Born| 23 July 1976 Budapest, Hungary
Title| Grandmaster (1991)
FIDE rating| 2675 (June 2022) [inactive since September 2015]
Peak rating| 2735 (July 2005)

Is Chinese chess harder than chess?

If we just talk about legal board positions, xiangqi has about 10 times that of chess. But because the board is larger, game tree complexity of xiangqi beats that of chess by 37 orders of magnitude. From personal (patzer) experience of both, chess seems more complex but xiangqi is way harder.

Who invented chess?

Chess was invented in India around the 8th century. Then it was known as chatrang, and changed over the centuries by the Arabs, Persians and then ultimately the medieval Europeans , who changed the pieces’ names and appearances to resemble the English court.

Who is Beth Harmon based on?

ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images Vera Menchik , dubbed the “real-life Beth Harmon” by Chess.com, was a UK-based chess player in the early 20th century who became the first Women’s World Chess Champion in 1927. She went on to become the first woman to play in top-level men’s tournaments, Chess.com reports.