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Wei, Yi
GM🇨🇳FIDE 8603405· Male· China· Born in 1999
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Yi Wei, a 27-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2753 — just 10 short of his peak of 2763 (Oct 2024, age 25) and ranked 1st among Chinese players, and 10th worldwide. He has held steady between 2750 and 2775 for 10 months. 55 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026, FIDE World Cup 2025, and 40th European Club Cup (open). Also played 6 rapid (including 2025 China YanChen Chess Grandmaster Match-Rapid) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE World Cup 2025 Blitz TB) recently. He reached World #7 in Aug 2024 and has been in the world top 10 for 27 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2013 (age 14), IM in 2013 (age 14), and FM in 2010 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2753
Standard
Rpd2726·Blz2698
All-time high
2763
−10 pts below
Oct 2024 · age 25
Oct 2024 · age 25
Activity
48
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
55 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · Chinese players · of 1,641
World top 10 since Dec 2025
World top 10 since Dec 2025
Career timeline
27 entries2026
27 months in world top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 21 months · since Feb 2024
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2750
at age 26
Aug 2025
1,000 career games
at age 26
Mar 2025
2024
All-time peak 2763
at age 25 · −10 from today
Oct 2024
Peak World rank: #7
at age 25 · rated 2762
Aug 2024
Peak Chinese rank: #1
at age 25 · rated 2755
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-5
2758 → 2753
Tournaments
7
55 games
Score
31.5/ 5557.3%
13W37D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 7/14 | #4 | 2749 | -1.0 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 8.5/14 | F | 2758 | +2.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 5.5/7 | #25 | 2761 | +3.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #12 | 2578 | -5.2 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 1.5/2 | #56 | 2741 | +0.5 |
Match | Jul 2025 | 2.5/4 | won | 2831 | +4.6 |
Round-Robin | May 2025 | 3.5/10 | #6 | 2689 | -9.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLiren DingGM
🇨🇳CHN·2738
+4 −7 =26
37 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsYangyi YuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2714
+2 −10 =24
36 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsShanglei LuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2635
+13 −8 =15
36 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsXiangzhi BuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2661
+9 −4 =21
34 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsJianchao ZhouGM
🇺🇸USA·2605
+4 −6 =15
25 games·last met Feb 2019
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Rankings
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China
#1
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#3
in continent
World
#10
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
China
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Asia-Pacific
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| 3 | 2,753 | |
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World
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| 10 | 2,753 |