Ye Rongguang (simplified Chinese: 叶荣光; traditional Chinese: 葉榮光; pinyin: Yè Róngguāng; born October 3, 1963) is a retired Chinese chess grandmaster. In 1990, he became the first ever Chinese chess player to gain the title of Grandmaster.[2][3] He was for more than ten years the coach of women's world chess champion Zhu Chen.
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| Country | China |
| Born | October 3, 1963[1] Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (1990) |
| FIDE rating | 2461 (April 2024) [inactive] |
| Peak rating | 2545 (January 1991) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 葉榮光 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶荣光 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Career edit
Born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang,[4] Ye Rongguang competed at the 1990 Interzonal Tournament in Manila, where he finished in 44th place scoring 6/13 points.[5] In the same year he won the Chinese Chess Championship. He reached his highest FIDE rating of 2545 in January 1991, when he was ranked 97th in the world.[6]
Ye has competed in the China national chess team in the Chess Olympiad three times (1988–92) (games played 35: +19 −5 =11),[7] and twice at the World Team Chess Championships (1985–89) (games played 15: +8 −5 =2), winning bronze on 6th board in 1985.[8] Ye also competed twice at the Asian Team Chess Championship (1987, 1991), with an overall record of 13 games (+11 −1 =1). He won an individual bronze medal and an individual gold in 1987 and 1991, respectively.[9]
Personal life edit
He lives in the Netherlands, and was appointed vice-chairman of the Netherlands Chinese Photographic Society.[10]
References edit
- ^ Rating data for player Ye, Rongguang, (CHN)
- ^ "Chess". New York Times. 1990-05-22. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- ^ CHESS IN CHINA - AWAKENING OF A DRAGON by Ignatius Leong
- ^ "中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库". Chessinchina.net. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- ^ "1990 Manila Interzonal Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- ^ Ye Rongguang at benoni.de
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ye Rongguang". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "World Men's Team Chess Championship :: Ye Rongguang". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Ye Rongguang". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- ^ "Chinese Championship – a pictorial review". ChessBase. 2009-06-14. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
External links edit
- Official blog
- Ye Rongguang Archived 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, Chess games, New In Chess NICBase Online
- Ye Rongguang player profile and games at Chessgames.com