Wei Yi
| Wei Yi | |
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Wei Yi, Athens 2012
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| Country |
 China
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| Born |
2 June 1999 Yancheng, Jiangsu, China |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2725 (February 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2737 (November 2015) |
Wei Yi (Chinese: 韦奕; pinyin: Wéi Yì; born 2 June 1999) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and chess prodigy.
Wei became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days, the fourth youngest in history. He is the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700. As of August 2016, he is the youngest person ranked among the FIDE top 100 players and is currently ranked #38 worldwide.
Wei represents the Jiangsu club in the China Chess League.
In 2007, he competed in the Chinese Chess Championship B group at the age of 8, recording a draw against Grandmaster Zhou Jianchao.
In 2009, Wei Yi won the under 11 section of the 5th World School Chess Championship, held in 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 August, he won his first GM norm at the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, including a victory over Richárd Rapport and a draw with the eventual winner Alexander Ipatov; the competition is open to participants under-20 at 1 January, when Wei was only 12.
In October, he gained his second GM norm at the Indonesian Open Chess Championship, with victories over Michal Krasenkow and Sergey Fedorchuk.
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.
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