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Yeoh won the Malaysian Chess Championship in 2015 and 2016. [1] In 2017 he won the FIDE Zone 3.3 Championship on tiebreak from Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn.Thanks to this victory, Yeoh received an automatical award of the title International Master.
Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and first Chinese player to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. [2] In July 2016, with a blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest-rated Blitz player in the world. [3] In July 2023, Ding became the No. 1 ranked Rapid player, with a rating of 2830. [4]
Highest-ranked Chinese player (since 2015), former World Chess Champion (2023–2024) 13 Russia: Alexander Grischuk: 2810 2014-12 1983 14 Iran France: Alireza Firouzja: 2804 2021-12 2003 Highest-ranked Iranian-born player, formerly highest-ranked Iranian player (2019), youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating 15 India: Arjun Erigaisi: 2801 2024 ...
Chelsie Monica Ignesias Sihite (born 2 November 1995) is an Indonesian chess player and Twitch streamer. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 2011 and has also represented Indonesia in five chess olympiads (Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, Istanbul 2012, Tromsø 2014, Baku 2016, Batumi 2018).
She is widely regarded as the best active female chess player, "leaps and bounds" ahead of her competitors. [6] As of December 2024, she has been the No. 1 ranked woman in the world since September 2015 and is 70 points ahead of the No. 2 ranked Ju Wenjun. [7] She was named in the BBC's 100 Women programme in 2017. [8]
[2] [3] He is the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700, accomplishing this feat at age 15. [4] [5] Wei represents the Jiangsu club in the China Chess League and is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion as well as the 2018 Asian Chess Champion. [6] He won the Tata Steel Masters in 2024. [7]
Eugene Torre participated in the 1969 (10th) and 1971 (11th) editions of the Junior World Chess Championship, an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). It was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry who organized the inaugural ...
Lee began playing chess at the age of 10. He is the highest-rated South Korean-born chess player and the first one to become an International Master. [2] He has won the South Korean Chess Championship in several years: 2014, [3] 2017, [4] and 2021. [5] In September 2018, he finished joint-third at the first Laos International Open. [6]