Wei Yi’s Biography and Best Games

Wei Yi is a chess prodigy. He became Grandmaster at the age of 13 years. Wei Yi is the first youngest chess player who reached 2706 elo. (This record previously held by Magnus Carlsen).

(2010) Wei Yi won U-12 Asian Youth Chess Championship. In 2010 he earned his first GM norm at World Junior Chess Championship in Athens.

(2013) (Fide World Cup) He defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in first round. In the 2nd Round he defeated Alexei Shirov.

(2015) Wei Yi played World Team Chess Championship, won by Chinese team, In which Wei Yi scored 7/9 and won the gold medal.

(2016) Wei Yi won Chinese Chess Championship for second time. In 2018 Wei Yi won Asian Continental Championship.

In July 2019 he ranked at 19th in the world in standard time control, with the rating of 2737. His rapid rating is 2717 and blitz is 2686.

Wei Yi’s Rating

Here is the chart below in which you can see how hard he is working and improving day by day.

Wei Yi’s Best Games

Wei Yi played many strong players around the world. Lets watch his game and see how strong he is.

Game:1 Wei, Yi vs Karjakin, Sergey

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2017.01.27"] [Round "11"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O dxe4 10. Bg5 c5 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. Nxe4 dxc3 13. Qf3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxf6 16. Nd7 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Nxf8 cxb2 19. Rab1 Kxf8 20. Rfd1 Ke7 21. Rxb2 g5 22. Rbd2 Rh8 23. g3 Rh5 24. Kg2 Kf6 25. h3 Rh6 26. Rd8 Ke7 27. R1d7+ Ke6 28. Rd2 Rf6 29. Rg8 Rg6 30. Re8+ Kf6 31. Rd7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game: 2 Wei, Yi vs Giri, Anish

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2016.07.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2016.07.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rad1+ Kc8 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 b6 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nh4 17. Bxh4 Rxh4 18. f3 Kb7 19. Kg2 Rah8 20. Rh1 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 c5 23. Kg2 Kc6 24. a4 a6 25. Kg3 b5 26. axb5+ axb5 27. f4 b4 28. Ne4 Ba2 29. Nd2 Kd5 30. c3 bxc3 31. bxc3 g5 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. c4 gxf4 34. Kxf4 f6 35. exf6 Kxf6 36. g5+ Kg6 37. Kg4 Kh7 38. g6+ Kg7 39. Kg5 c6 40. Kh5 Kg8 41. Kh6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game: 3 Wei, Yi vs Ding, Liren