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| Full name | Carissa Shiwen Yip | |||||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 10, 2003 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Peak rating | 2430 (April 2021) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Traditional Chinese | 葉詩文 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶诗文 | ||||||||||
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Carissa Shiwen Yip (born September 10, 2003) is an American chess player and the winner of the 2021 and 2023 U.S. Women's Chess Championship.[1][2] In September 2019, she was the top rated female player in the United States[3] and the youngest female chess player to defeat a grandmaster, which she did at age ten. In October 2019, she became the youngest American woman in history to qualify for the title of International Master until surpassed by Alice Lee in June 2023.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
us-chess-championwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Carissa Yip wins 2nd US Women's Championship at 20". Chess24. October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ Robertson, Noah (September 6, 2019). "Meet America's top-ranked female chess player: A teenager". The Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ Lawrence, AL (June 15, 2023). "Alice Lee Breaks Yip's Record, Becomes Youngest American Female IM". US Chess. Retrieved June 15, 2023.