Carissa Yip

Carissa Yip
Full nameCarissa Shiwen Yip
CountryUnited States
Born (2003-09-10) September 10, 2003 (age 21)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Title
FIDE rating2432 (November 2024)
Peak rating2432 (November 2024)
Carissa Yip
Traditional Chinese葉詩文
Simplified Chinese叶诗文
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Shīwén
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJip6 Si1 Man4

Carissa Shiwen Yip (born September 10, 2003) is an American chess player and the winner of the 2021, 2023, and 2024 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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference us-chess-champion was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Carissa Yip wins 2nd US Women's Championship at 20". Chess24. October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Lawrence, AL (June 15, 2023). "Alice Lee Breaks Yip's Record, Becomes Youngest American Female IM". US Chess. Retrieved June 15, 2023.