- Ye Jiangchuan
Infobox Chess player
|playername = Ye Jiangchuan
|birthname = Ye Jiangchuan
country = CHN
datebirth = birth date and age|1960|11|20
placebirth =Wuxi ,Jiangsu ,China
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster (GM)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2612
peakrating = 2684 (April 2003)Ye Jiangchuan (
Simplified Chinese : 叶江川;Traditional Chinese : 葉江川;Pinyin : Yè Jiāngchuān; bornNovember 20 ,1960 inWuxi ,Jiangsu ) [ [http://www.chessinchina.net/html/CHNrating05.8.htm 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 ] ] is a veteran Chinesechess player and has been one of China's leading players in modern history. On1 January 2000 , he became the first ever Chinese player to cross the 2600elo rating mark.In 1993, Ye became China's third Grandmaster, after
Ye Rongguang andXie Jun .Career
Ye learned chess when he was already 17 years old of age, and at 20 he became National Champion of China. He has altogether won the
Chinese Chess Championship seven times (1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1996) and was the first Chinese player to have a FIDE rating over 2600.Ye has represented his country at numerous
Chess Olympiad s and regional team championships in Asia. He has been four times member of the Asia Team Champions, a 10 times Olympiad participant. His best team result in an Olympiad was in 1998 in Elista where he was on the first board as the national team finished in fifth place.Ye was 1995 and 1999 Champion of Dato Tan Chin Nam Cup, and 2001 Co-Champion of same cup. He reached the 4th round (9-16th place) in the 2001 Fide World Championship, where he was eliminated by
Vassily Ivanchuk (0.5-1.5). He also reached the quarter-finals in the 2000 and 2002 Fide World Cup.Ye has played less frequently after becoming the chief coach of the Chinese National Teams (men and women) in 2000. [ChessBase.com, [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1216 The Beijing Chess Challenge] , September 28, 2003.] Ye's highest world ranking was 17th in October 2000 and he had been consistently in the top 25 from 2000-2004 [ [http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=8600040 Ye, Jiangchuan CHN FIDE World Top Chess Player ] ] .
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Chess in China References
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