| Yu Yangyi | |
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 Yu Yangyi in 2023 | |
| Country | China |
| Born | 8 June 1994 Huangshi, Hubei, China[1] |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009)[2] |
| FIDE rating | 2724 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2765 (September 2018) |
| Ranking | No. 24 (November 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 10 (September 2019) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 余泱漪 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 余泱漪 | ||||||||
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Yu Yangyi (Chinese: 余泱漪; born 8 June 1994)[3] is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He qualified for the Grandmaster title at 14 years, 11 months and 23 days old in 2009. He is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion and the 2014 Asian Chess Champion.
He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the 41st Chess Olympiad in 2014 and at the World Team Chess Championship in 2015. In the 2014 Olympiad he also won the individual gold medal on board 3, thanks to his performance rating of 2912, the best of the entire event.
In December 2014, he won the first Qatar Masters Open tournament, beating among others Vladimir Kramnik and Anish Giri.
- ^ 新科国象男子特级大师余泱漪学棋八载终成正果. Chinese Chess Association. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "Titles approved at the 80th FIDE Congress". Fide.com. 19 October 2009. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ 国际象棋世界赛中国揽两金 锡山十龄童夺其一. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2015.