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  • Wei Yi

    Wei Yi, the Chinese wunderkind, seems to be the real deal. He won the U12 WYCC in Athens in 2010 in his junior year (he has a June 2, 1999 birthdate), an impressive feat in itself but nothing compared to his performance at the ongoing World Junior Championship. Despite spotting most of the top rated GM juniors 7 years in age, he earned a 9 round GM norm for his 2600 TPR. Not resting on those laurels, he's won both his R10 and R11 games to now sport a 2666 TPR. He'll be on board # 2 later this morning in the penultimate round against one of the two co-leaders (he's already beaten the other co-leader) with an outside chance of still winning this event. These are pretty much uncharted waters for a kid his age.
    Last edited by Jack Maguire; Friday, 30th May, 2014, 01:43 PM.

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    Re: Wei Yi

    Leonard Barden has a piece today in 'The Guardian' on Wei Yi and chess in China.

    http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...magnus-carlsen

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