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Wei, Yi

Wei Yi

GM🇨🇳

FIDEFIDE 8603405· Male· China· Born in 1999

Wei Yi, a 27-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2758 — just 5 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 15 months. 53 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include the Chess Olympiad (open), the China Chess League, and the Candidates Tournament. Also played 8 rapid (including 2026 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 4 blitz events (including 2026 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Knockout) recently. He reached World #7 in Aug 2024 and has been in the world top 10 for 1 months and counting (30 months in total).

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

2758

Standard

Rpd2704·Blz2709

All-time high

2763

−5 pts below
Oct 2024 · age 25

Activity

47

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

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

Signature stat

#1

#1 · Chinese players · of 1,751
World top 10 since Oct 2026

Profile · last 5 years

  1. Similar results in every format: 63% in classical (112 / 177), 65% in rapid (128 / 196), 62% in blitz (53 / 85).
  2. Against higher-rated players (+50): 11 / 29. Against lower-rated (−50): 209.5 / 286.
  3. Out of form: −54 in rapid rating and 34 / 63 in rated rapid games over the last 12 months.

From 458 games in FIDE-rated events since Oct 2021 (177 classical, 196 rapid, 85 blitz). Fixed rules: every figure comes from these results.

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Career timeline

27 entries
2026
30 months in world top 10 (ongoing)
current run 1 months since Oct 2026 · longest streak 21 months · first Feb 2024
Oct 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 · −5 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
Rating history: OlimpBase (opens in a new tab) until 2000, FIDE since 2001

His openings · over the board

What Wei Yi plays, by color

1,474 games with moves in our base · over the board · last in Sep 2026

Prepare against him

As White

221 games151.5 of 221

131 more games in other lines

As Black

220 games131 of 220

123 more games in other lines

Over-the-board games from our public base only.Find his online games ›

Activity & highlights

Evolution
+6
2752 → 2758
Tournaments
5
47 games
Score
29.5/ 4762.8%
14W31D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSam 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
46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open
Team
Sep 20267.5/10#302796+6.1
2026 Chinese Chess League Division A Round 1-6
Round-Robin
Jun 20261/2#682734-0.5
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

By color · classical · 5 years

177 games

As White

69%

64 / 93avg opp. 2622

As Black

57%

48 / 84avg opp. 2665

Best win

vsIan NepomniachtchiGM2769

Tata Steel Chess 2024 - Masters · Jan 2024 · White

Worst loss

vsHuang Renjie2406

2023 Chinese Chess League Division A (Regular) · Jun 2023 · White

Games 1,474 · 2008–2026

Time control
  • WvsAbdimalik AbdisalimovGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R11.194 · 2026-09-27
    Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation · 38 moves · 2752
  • DvsVasyl IvanchukGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R10.178 · 2026-09-26
    Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo · 43 moves · 2752
  • DvsMaxime LagardeGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R9.178 · 2026-09-25
    French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, with h4 · 90 moves · 2752
  • WvsSzymon GumularzGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R8.186 · 2026-09-24
    Zukertort Opening · 35 moves · 2752
  • DvsJavokhir SindarovGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R7.170 · 2026-09-23
    Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation · 53 moves · 2752
  • DvsMatthias BluebaumGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R6.174 · 2026-09-21
    Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation · 28 moves · 2752
  • DvsRobert HovhannisyanGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R5.182 · 2026-09-20
    Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense · 60 moves · 2752
  • WvsAleksandar IndjicGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R4.182 · 2026-09-19
    Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack · 48 moves · 2752
  • WvsMomchil PetkovGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R3.182 · 2026-09-18
    Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation · 35 moves · 2752
  • WvsPablo Salinas HerreraGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R2.182 · 2026-09-17
    Ruy Lopez: Closed · 43 moves · 2752

Over-the-board games only, matched to this player through official FIDE pairings and tournament records. Opponents marked “?” could not be identified with certainty. Source: Lichess broadcasts (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab).

Most-Played Opponents

vsYu YangyiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2704
+4 −10 =26
40 games·last met Jul 2026
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vsDing LirenGM
🇨🇳CHN·2723
+4 −7 =27
38 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsLu ShangleiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2637
+13 −8 =15
36 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsBu XiangzhiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2651
+9 −4 =21
34 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsZhou JianchaoGM
🇺🇸USA·2545
+4 −6 =15
25 games·last met Feb 2019
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Rankings

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China
#1
out of 1,747 players
Asia-Pacific
#4
out of 53,983 players
World
#9
out of 221,391 players

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
China
1
🇨🇳Wei, Yi
2,758
2
🇨🇳Ding, Liren
2,723
3
🇨🇳Yu, Yangyi
2,704
4
🇨🇳Wang, Hao
2,694
5
🇨🇳Bu, Xiangzhi
2,651
6
🇨🇳Lu, Shanglei
2,637
7
🇨🇳Xu, Xiangyu
2,628
8
🇨🇳Wang, Yue
2,619
9
🇨🇳Li, Chao b
2,615
10
🇨🇳Bai, Jinshi
2,600
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir
2,782
2
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2,780
3
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa R
2,763
4
🇨🇳Wei, Yi
2,758
5
🇮🇳Erigaisi Arjun
2,746
6
🇮🇳Anand, Viswanathan
2,739
7
🇻🇳Le, Quang Liem
2,732
8
🇮🇷Tabatabaei, M. Amin
2,728
9
🇨🇳Ding, Liren
2,723
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2,719
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus
2,823
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, Hikaru
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, Fabiano
2,784
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir
2,782
5
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2,780
6
🇺🇸So, Wesley
2,770
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa R
2,763
8
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
9
🇨🇳Wei, Yi
2,758
10
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
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