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Place of Birth: Huangshi, Hubei, China
About Yu Yangyi
- Yu Yangyi (born 8 June 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.
- He qualified for the Grandmaster title at 14 years, 11 months and 23 days old in 2009. In December 2014, he won the first Qatar Masters Open tournament, beating among others Vladimir Kramnik and Anish Giri. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the 41st Chess Olympiad in 2014 and at the World Team Chess Championship in 2015.
- In the 2014 Olympiad he also won the individual gold medal on board 3, thanks to his performance rating of 2912, the best of the entire event. Outside the chess world, Yu studied Sports Economics at Beijing Sports University.
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