Ye Rongguang
| Ye Rongguang | |
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| Full name | Ye Rongguang |
| Country |  China |
| Title | Grandmaster (GM) |
| FIDE rating | 2461 (inactive) |
| Peak rating | 2545 (January 1991) |
Ye Rongguang (simplified Chinese: 叶荣光; traditional Chinese: 葉榮光; pinyin: Yè Róngguāng; born October 3, 1963 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang)[2] is a retired Chinese chess Grandmaster, who in 1990, became the first ever Chinese player to gain the Grandmaster title.[3][4][5]
Career
Ye Rongguang competed at the 1990 World Chess Championship (Manila VI-VII, Interzonal Tournament) where he finished in 44th place with 6/13 points.[6] In the same year he won the China National Chess Championship. He reached his highest FIDE rating of 2545 on January 1991 when he was ranked 97th in the world.[7]
Ye has competed in the China national chess team in the Chess Olympiad three times at the Men's Chess Olympiad (1988-1992) (games played 35: +19, =11, -5),[8] and twice at the Men's World Team Chess Championships (1985-1989) (games played 15: +8, =2, -5) winning bronze on 6th board in 1985.[9] Ye also competed twice at the Men's 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.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Rating data for player Ye, Rongguang, (CHN)
- ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
- ^ Ye Rongguang at chessgames.com
- ^ Chess - New York Times
- ^ CHESS IN CHINA - AWAKENING OF A DRAGON By Ignatius Leong, International Arbiter & Organizer
- ^ 1990 Manila Interzonal Tournament
- ^ Ergebnis von Eloabfrage Ye Rongguang
- ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ye Rongguang
- ^ OlimpBase :: World Men's Team Chess Championship :: Ye Rongguang
- ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Ye Rongguang
External links
- Official blog
- Ye, Rongguang rating card at FIDE
- Ye Rongguang, Chess games, New In Chess NICBase Online
- Ye Rongguang player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Chessmetrics Career Ratings for Ye Rongguang