Wei, Yi (02.06.1999)

Chinese chess Grandmaster (2013) is born in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.

Wei became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days, the fifth youngest in history. He is the youngest player to reach 2600 and the youngest to reach 2700.

Best results: 5th World School Chess Championship 2011 in Thessaloniki, 1st; Asian Youth Chess Championship 2010 – U12, 1st; World Youth Championship 2010 – U12, 1st; FIDE World Cup 2013, 3rd round; World Junior Championship 2014, 2nd; 27th Magistral de León rapid tournament 2014, 1st; Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2015 – Challenger Group, 1st; World Team Chess Championship 2015, team 1st; Chinese Championship 2015, 1st (with 15 years); 28th Magistral de León rapid tournament 2015, 1st; Chess World Cup 2015, 4th round; China Chess King Match 2015 in Taizhou, Zhejiang, 1st; Chinese Chess Championship 2016, 1st; 7th HDBank international open 2017 – Master tournament, 2nd; Chinese championship 2017, 1st; 8th Danzhou Super-GM, 1st; Asian Continental Championship in Makati, the Philippines, 1st; 10th Danzhou Super Chess Grandmaster Tournament 2019, 2nd.

Member of the Chinese National Chess Team.

Peak rating: 2753 in August 2017