CHESS PLAYER

Wei Yi

1999 - Today

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Wei Yi (Chinese: 韦奕; born 2 June 1999) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. Wei became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days, the 9th youngest in history. He is the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700, accomplishing this feat at age 15. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wei Yi has received more than 595,883 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Wei Yi is the 395th most popular chess player (down from 354th in 2019), the 1,446th most popular biography from China (down from 1,244th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Chinese Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Wei Yi ranks 395 out of 461. Before him are Bu Xiangzhi, Mateusz Bartel, Boris Avrukh, Wang Hao, Qin Kanying, and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. After him are Bartosz Soćko, Erald Dervishi, Ernesto Inarkiev, Sergei Zhigalko, Nadezhda Kosintseva, and Alexander Ipatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Wei Yi ranks 312. Before him are Hassan Al-Tambakti, Abdülkadir Ömür, Krystian Ochman, Arne Maier, Oriol Busquets, and Saya Sakakibara. After him are Fernando, Jasmin Selberg, Kyosuke Tagawa, Jens Odgaard, Varazdat Lalayan, and Esther Henseleit.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wei Yi ranks 1,446 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Shufang (1979), Zhang Nan (1990), Sun Ke (1989), Wang Hao (1989), Qin Kanying (1974), and Wang Yuegu (1980). After him are Lu Yong (1986), Teng Haibin (1985), He Chong (1987), Huang Xu (1979), Jiang Lin (1981), and Wang Xinyu (2001).

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  • Photo of Li Shufang

    Li Shufang

    ATHLETE

    1979 - Present

    HPI: 37.30

    Rank: 1,440

  • Photo of Zhang Nan

    Zhang Nan

    BADMINTON PLAYER

    1990 - Present

    HPI: 37.28

    Rank: 1,441

  • Photo of Sun Ke

    Sun Ke

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1989 - Present

    HPI: 37.28

    Rank: 1,442

  • Photo of Wang Hao

    Wang Hao

    CHESS PLAYER

    1989 - Present

    HPI: 37.25

    Rank: 1,443

  • Photo of Qin Kanying

    Qin Kanying

    CHESS PLAYER

    1974 - Present

    HPI: 37.23

    Rank: 1,444

  • Photo of Wang Yuegu

    Wang Yuegu

    TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

    1980 - Present

    HPI: 37.20

    Rank: 1,445

  • Photo of Wei Yi

    Wei Yi

    CHESS PLAYER

    1999 - Present

    HPI: 37.19

    Rank: 1,446

  • Photo of Lu Yong

    Lu Yong

    ATHLETE

    1986 - Present

    HPI: 37.17

    Rank: 1,447

  • Photo of Teng Haibin

    Teng Haibin

    GYMNAST

    1985 - Present

    HPI: 37.16

    Rank: 1,448

  • Photo of He Chong

    He Chong

    ATHLETE

    1987 - Present

    HPI: 37.13

    Rank: 1,449

  • Photo of Huang Xu

    Huang Xu

    ATHLETE

    1979 - Present

    HPI: 37.12

    Rank: 1,450

  • Photo of Jiang Lin

    Jiang Lin

    ATHLETE

    1981 - Present

    HPI: 37.08

    Rank: 1,451

  • Photo of Wang Xinyu

    Wang Xinyu

    TENNIS PLAYER

    2001 - Present

    HPI: 37.07

    Rank: 1,452

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In China

Among chess players born in China, Wei Yi ranks 15. Before him are Peng Zhaoqin (1968), Wang Yue (1987), Tan Zhongyi (1991), Bu Xiangzhi (1985), Wang Hao (1989), and Qin Kanying (1974). After him are Ni Hua (1983), Lei Tingjie (1997), Yu Yangyi (1994), Shen Yang (1989), Zhao Xue (1985), and Ruan Lufei (1987).

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