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CHESS PLAYER

Wei Yi

1999 - Today

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Wei Yi (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 514,448 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Wei Yi is the 354th most popular chess player (up from 362nd in 2019), the 1,248th most popular biography from China (down from 1,156th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Chinese Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 25.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Wei Yi ranks 354 out of 374Before him are Tigran L. Petrosian, Alina Kashlinskaya, Gadir Guseinov, Ahmed Adly, Phiona Mutesi, and Alexander Moiseenko. After him are Irina Krush, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Csaba Balogh, Ernesto Inarkiev, Varuzhan Akobian, and Eva Moser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Wei Yi ranks 198Before him are Sead Hakšabanović, Fran Beltrán, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Taichi Hara, Abdülkadir Ömür, and Amaia. After him are Boubakary Soumaré, Natalie Alyn Lind, Mitsuki Saito, Reiss Nelson, Tyler Adams, and Jorge Cuenca.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wei Yi ranks 1,248 out of 1,392Before him are Hui Ruoqi (1991), Lu Yong (1986), Jiao Liuyang (1991), Chen Ding (1992), He Zi (1990), and Qi Guangpu (1990). After him are Zhang Xiangxiang (1983), Cheng Xunzhao (1991), Luo Xiaojuan (1984), Gong Jinjie (1986), Zhang Lin (1987), and Gao Zhunyi (1995).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In China

Among chess players born in China, Wei Yi ranks 15Before him are Ye Jiangchuan (1960), Wang Hao (1989), Qin Kanying (1974), Bu Xiangzhi (1985), Tan Zhongyi (1991), and Wang Yue (1987). After him are Ni Hua (1983), Shen Yang (1989), Zhao Xue (1985), Yu Yangyi (1994), Ruan Lufei (1987), and Lei Tingjie (1997).