Full standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr147550.aspx Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chinese phenom Wei Yi on the verge of winning World Junior Championship
Wei Yi, Goryachkina inch closer to titlePUNE, October 18, 2014Updated: October 18, 2014 00:26 IST RAKESH RAO With the 15-year-old Chinese wonder-boy Wei Yi and Russia’s 16-year-old girls’ defending champion Aleksandra Goryachkina closing in on the world junior (under-20)...
China’s future World Champion?
Fast-rising Wei YiJune 12, 2014 07:19:41 PMBy Bobby Ang CHESS was banned during the first eight years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), but by 1974 there was an easing of the ban that saw China begin to participate in...
Young Chinese Phenom aims to challenge Magnus Carlsen
Wei Yi aiming to become China’s first real challenger to Magnus CarlsenLeonard BardenThe Guardian, Friday 30 May 2014 12.11 EDT The world’s youngest grandmaster turns 15 on Monday as he aims to become his country’s first player to contend...
Chinese prodigies Hou and Yi will play in León
Nearly all top chess stars over the past 27 years have played the Magistral Ciudad de Leon. And that collection will be enriched in 2014 (5-9 June) with two of the biggest all times prodigies. Both are Chinese: Yifan...
Wei Yi and Wang Yue lead the Chinese Championship
The Chinese Chess Championships for men and women take place from 16th to 27th April 2013 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China. After his early defeat against Ma Qun, rating favorite Wang Yue has recovered his form and now shares the...
4 share lead at HD Bank Cup after 5 rounds
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World youngest grandmaster: Wei Yi
ROUND 8: THE CHINESE ARE COMING Published by Peter Doggers on February 26, 2013 There’s something special about this year’s Reykjavik Open. Not only do we have a record number of 227 participants from no less than 37 federations, but...