Carissa Yip

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Carissa Shiwen Yip (born September 10, 2003 in Boston ) is an American chess player .

Carissa Yip learned to play chess from her father at the age of six. At eight, she was considered the best chess player of her age. In November 2012 she represented the USA at an international chess tournament in Slovenia .

A few days before her eleventh birthday, she beat GM Alexander Ivanov in a tournament game , making her the youngest player to beat a grandmaster . At the age of 11 years, 5 months and 18 days, she became the youngest person in the United States the USCF -Titel National Master gained.

In 2016 she took part in the US Women's Championship for the first time. In the same year she received the title of FIDE-Master of Women (WFM), one year later the title of FIDE-Master (FM). In July 2018 Yip received the title of International Women's Champion (WIM) from the World Chess Federation FIDE , in September 2019 the title of Women's Grand Master (WGM) and in February 2020 the title of International Master (IM). This made her the youngest American woman with the IM title, the previous record holder was Irina Krush . In September 2019, Yip topped the US women's rankings with her highest rating of 2425.

Yip participated in the 2016, 2017 and 2019 U.S. Women's Championships and has an invitation to the 2020 U.S. Women's Championship, but it has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . In 2018 and 2019 she was first in the US girls' chess championship. In the United States Chess League , Yip played for the New England Nor'easters in 2014 and 2015 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carissa Yip to play in national women's chess competition. In: sampan.org . March 8, 2016, accessed March 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ Chelmsford's Carissa Yip is a top 8-year-old female chess player in nation. In: lowellsun.com . June 28, 2012 (updated July 12, 2019), accessed March 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Noah Robertson: Meet America's top-ranked female chess player: A teenager. In: csmonitor.com . September 6, 2019, accessed on March 27, 2020.
  4. ↑ Carissa Shiwen Yip vs Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov: New England Open (2014), London, England, around 1, Aug-30. Replayable game on chessgames.com . Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ Carissa Yip. In: uschesschamps.com . 2016, accessed on March 27, 2020.
  6. ↑ Mike Klein: Yip Becomes Youngest American Female IM Ever. In: chess.com . October 30, 2019, accessed on March 27, 2020.
  7. ↑ Carissa Yip. In: uschesschamps.com . 2020, accessed on March 27, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Yip, Carissa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yip, Carissa Shiwen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chess player
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 2003
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston