Ye Rongguang
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Country | China |
Born | (1963-10-03) October 3, 1963 (age 60)[1] Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China |
Title | Grandmaster (1990) |
FIDE rating | 2461 (August 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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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.
Career
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
He lives in the Netherlands, and was appointed vice-chairman of the Netherlands Chinese Photographic Society.[10]
References
- ^ 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
- 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
Preceded by | Men's Chinese Chess Champion 1990 | Succeeded by |
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(in chronological order)
- Ye Rongguang
- Ye Jiangchuan
- Xie Jun
- Xu Jun
- Wang Zili
- Peng Xiaomin
- Liang Jinrong
- Wu Shaobin*
- Zhang Zhong
- Bu Xiangzhi
- Wu Wenjin
- Zhang Pengxiang
- Zhu Chen*
- Li Shilong
- Ni Hua
- Liang Chong
- Yu Shaoteng
- Wang Yue
- Zhao Jun
- Wang Hao
- Zhou Jianchao
- Xu Yuhua
- Li Chao
- Zhao Xue
- Wen Yang
- Hou Yifan
- Zhou Weiqi
- Wang Rui
- Yu Yangyi
- Ding Liren
- Xiu Deshun
- Lu Shanglei
- Yu Ruiyuan
- Ma Qun
- Gao Rui
- Zeng Chongsheng
- Wei Yi
- Ju Wenjun
- Fang Yuxiang
- Liu Qingnan
- Bai Jinshi
- Lin Chen
- Wan Yunguo
- Lei Tingjie
- Tan Zhongyi
- Xu Yinglun
- Xu Xiangyu
- Liu Yan
- Li Di
- Xu Yi
- Dai Changren
- Zhu Jiner
- Peng Xiongjian
- *currently not representing China
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