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Wei, Yi

Wei, Yi

GM🇨🇳

FIDEFIDE 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 9th worldwide. He has held steady between 2750 and 2775 for 11 months. 69 rated games in the past year (≈62/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 28 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

Activity

46

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#1

#1 · Chinese players · of 1,640
World top 10 since Dec 2025

Career timeline

27 entries
2026
28 months in world top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 21 months · since Feb 2024
Jun 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

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Evolution
+5
2748 → 2753
Tournaments
5
43 games
Score
25.5/ 4359.3%
12W29D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSamuel SevianGM2,701·FIDE World Cup 2025·R10·+4.2
2.[W]vsAndrey EsipenkoGM2,698·FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026·R7·+4.2
3.[W]vsAndrey EsipenkoGM2,698·FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026·R13·+4.2
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsJavokhir SindarovGM2,745·FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026·R6·-5.1
2.[L]vsFabiano CaruanaGM2,795·FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026·R3·-4.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026
Round-Robin
Mar 20267/14#42749-1.0
FIDE World Cup 2025
Knockout
Nov 20258.5/14F2758+2.0
40th European Club Cup (open)
Team
Oct 20255.5/7#252761+3.2
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) 7-11
Team
Oct 20253/4#122578-5.2
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6
Team
Aug 20251.5/2#562741+0.5

Most-Played Opponents

vsLiren DingGM
🇨🇳CHN·2738
+4 −7 =27
38 games·last met Jun 2026
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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·2612
+4 −6 =15
25 games·last met Feb 2019
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Rankings

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China
#1
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#4
in continent
World
#9
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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