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Who is the world's best junior? Wei Yi vs Richard Rapport

12/22/2016 – Wei Yi and Richard Rapport are the world's top two juniors and both are known for their entertaining and uncomprosing attacking chess. From 20th to 23rd December they play a match in Yancheng, China. Wei Yi won the first game, Rapport the second, the third was a draw and this leads to a current score of 1.5-1.5. Analyses and photos.

Wei Yi draws first blood in four game match against Richard Rapport

12/21/2016 – Richard Rapport started well in the first round of his four-game match against Wei Yi, getting a nice advantage in an offbeat line of the French. But Wei Yi took his chances in an unbalanced position to win the game with an impressive attack.

Daniel King's video analysis: Magnus Carlsen vs Wei Yi

7/21/2016 – Round seven of the "Masters" in Bilbao saw three draws. The longest game of the round was Magnus Carlsen vs Wei Yi, in which the World Champion tried hard to create winning chances in the endgame. But did he have real winning chances at any point during the game? Did he miss something? And could have Wei Yi played better? In his video analysis Daniel King takes a closer look.

Daniel King's video analysis: Wei Yi vs Anish Giri

7/20/2016 – Anish Giri rarely loses but in round six of the "Masters" in Bilbao he did lose against Chinese prodigy Wei Yi. With the notoriously solid Berlin Defense. Now Wei Yi is known to be especially strong with White but what exactly went wrong? Did Wei Yi find a way to challenge the Berlin or did Giri blunder in a drawn endgame? Daniel King takes a closer look.

Wei Yi and Guo Qi are Chinese Champions 2016

5/2/2016 – The Chinese Championships 2016 took place from 17th to 28th April and were played in Xinghua. Most of the top Chinese players were absent but with an Elo-average of 2586 the tournament was strong. Elo-favorite Wei Yi still cruised to a smooth victory. He did not lose a single game and won with 7.5/11. New Chinese Women's Champion is Guo Qi. She scored 8.0/11.

Wei Yi wins brilliancy

12/1/2015 – China's greatest talent, 16-year old Wei Yi, won the strong 1. China Kings Match in Taizhou, an eight player knockout event. Tan Zhongyi won the Queens Match by defeating Ju Wenjun in a blitz-tie-break. Wei Yi did not need a tie-break to create drama in the final against Bu Xiangzhi. After a draw in the first game he decided the match with a brilliant combination.

NEW: ChessBase Magazine #167

7/30/2015 – The best moments from the top tournaments. With analyses by Nakamura, Yu Yangyi, Jakovenko, and other top players. Enjoy the brilliancy Wei Yi - Bruzon Batista: rook sacrifice, king hunt, and a lot of quiet moves! Play like Anish Giri in „Move by move“ with GM Simon Williams. Discover a comfortable way to counter the Sicilian with 1.e4 c5 2.b3. And much more...

Chinese poetry in Danzhou

7/11/2015 – In the morning of the rest day at the Danzhou International Chess tournament, all ten of the players came to the Danzhou First Middle school, to give a simul to the local chess kids. There they answered question by the young chess fans, after which they proceeded to the Dongpo Institute, named after one of China's most famous poets. One of the highlights was Wei Yi's recitation on video.

Wang Yue leads in Hainan

7/6/2015 – Eight players from the World's Top 50 are from China, five of them play in the 6th Hainan Danzhou tournament: Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Wei Yi, Wang Yue, and Bu Xiangzhi. In round two Wei Yi, the world's best junior, played an impressive brilliancy against GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista. But in round three Wei Yi lost to Wang Yue who after five rounds leads with 4.0/5.

Wei Yi youngest Chinese Champion

5/30/2015 – The wunderkind from China strikes yet again! His meteoric rise seems to have no stop - he becomes the youngest Chinese Champion in history after scoring an excellent 7.5/11 in Xinghua. Not only that - his live rating catapults him to the top 30 players in the World. In the Women's section, it was Tan Zhongyi that dominated the event. We bring you a recap of the tournament.

Jiangsu wins Chinese League

12/12/2014 – The Chinese League competition is long and tough: 12 teams play an 11 double-round-robin. The final three rounds took place from 6. to 8. December and Jiangsu emerged as winner. They won 16 of their 22 matches, drew four and lost two. Top scorers on the team were 15-year old GM Wei Yi with 15.5/19 and IM Shen Yang, who scored 17.0/22 on the women's board.

Wei Yi – youngest 2600+ GM ever

10/31/2013 – On the November 1st FIDE rankings Chinese GM Wei Yi will officially appear with 2604 rating points. The amazing thing about this is that Yi achieved his 2600+ rating (on October 1st) at the tender age of 14 years 4 months and 30 days. That is seven months less than the previous record of Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So from October. James Satrapa has tracked his progress.

Ding dominates Danzhou

6/4/2013 – After a great start, Ni Hua was unable to prevent top-seed Ding Liren from overtaking him and eventually winning the tournament. It all came down to a spectacular game in round seven. After a terrible start, 13-year-old Wei Yi posted a great comeback with 3.5/4 at the end. and gained further Elo. Here is the final illustrated report by Liang Ziming.

IV Hainan Danzhou tournament starts

5/22/2013 – Now celebrating its fourth edition, the Danzhou Grandmaster tournament held in Danzhou city in the Hainan province of China once more brings the best Chinese players such as Ding Liren, Bu Xiangzhi, and 13-year-old GM Wei Yi to battle for the fans, and help promote the royal game. The first two rounds saw an incredible seven out of ten games end in decisive results. Illustrated report by Liang Ziming.

Wei Yi has become the youngest GM in the world

3/1/2013 –  After seven rounds he was in the follow-up group with 5.5 points, and in round eight he faced former child prodigy Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, now 22 and rated 2715. The French GM played an attacking game, but faced an ice-cold defence and some nice tactics by the Chinese IM, who won and secured his final GM norm – at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days.
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