Carissa Yip

Carissa Shiwen Yip (born September 10, 2003) is an American chess player. In September 2019, she was the top rated female player in the United States and the youngest female chess player to defeat a grandmaster, which she did at age ten. In October 2019, she became the youngest American woman in history to qualify for the title of International Master.

Carissa Yip
Country
  • United States
Born (2003-09-10) September 10, 2003
TitleInternational Master (2019), Woman Grandmaster (2019)
Peak rating2425 (September 2019)[1]
Carissa Yip
Traditional Chinese葉詩文
Simplified Chinese叶诗文

Career

Carissa Shiwen Yip [2] was born on September 10, 2003, in Massachusetts.[3] Her father Percy Yip (Chinese: 葉培照; Pinyin: Yè Péizhào) was from Hong Kong, and her mother Irene Yip (née Cheng, Chinese: 程华琳; Pinyin: Chéng Huálín) was from mainland China.[4][5]

Taught chess moves at age six by her father, within six months she was able to beat him. Soon, she became the best eight-year-old girl chess player in the country.[6] In 2013, at the age of ten, she became the youngest female Expert (rating >2000) in U.S. history, and in 2015, she became an eleven-year-old U.S. Master.[7]

Her first victory against a Grandmaster came on August 30, 2014, when she defeated Alexander Ivanov at the New England Open.[7] At ten years of age, she was the youngest female ever to beat a Grandmaster.[8][9] In July 2019, she earned the Woman Grandmaster title.[10]

Tournaments

As of 2019, Yip has competed in three U.S. Women's Chess Championships. In 2016, she finished 9th out of 12, scoring 4.5/11.[11] In 2017, she scored 4/11, finishing 11th.[12] In 2019, she finished 8th, with a score of 4.5/11.[13] In June 2019, she won the North American Junior Girls' Championship with a score of 8.5/9. She subsequently scored 7.5/9 to win the 2019 U.S. Junior Girls' Championship, earning an invitation to the 2020 U.S. Women's Championship.[10]

Her 5.0/9 score at the 2019 Spice Cup made her the youngest American woman in history to earn the IM title.[14]

Notable games
Yip vs. Krush 2016
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Carissa Shiwen Yip vs Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov. Modern Defense: Standard Line (B06) 1-0. Ignoring a pin on the b-file, Yip earns her first win against a Grandmaster.[15]
Carissa Shiwen Yip vs Irina Krush, 2016 US Chess Championship (Women). Sicilian Defense: Kan. Yip defeats a six-time US Women's Champion. The final position contains a problem-like move.[16]

Rating

With a FIDE Elo rating of 2422, in October 2019 she is the world's highest-rated female sixteen-year-old.[17] In the November 2019 FIDE list, she was rated 7th among "Girls" (women under 20).[18] As of September 2019, she was the top rated female player in the United States.[9]

References
  1. "Yip, Carissa FIDE ratings". International Chess Federation. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  2. "CARISSA SHIWEN YIP". chessstream.com. 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  3. "Carissa Yip profile". ChessDB.
  4. Wong, Ling-Mei (April 18, 2016). "Carissa Yip to play in national women's chess competition". Sampan. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  5. Wong, Ling-Mei (April 18, 2016). "葉詩文參加全美女子象棋比賽". Sampan (in Chinese). Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  6. Welker, Grant (June 28, 2012). "Chelmsford's Carissa Yip is top 8-year-old female chess player in nation". The Sun. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  7. Smolensky, Nathan. "Carissa Yip: Milestones to Master". Massachusetts Chess Association. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  8. "Carissa Yip". US Chess Champs. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  9. Robertson, Noah (September 6, 2019). "Meet America's top-ranked female chess player: A teenager". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  10. "Carissa Yip Wins U.S. Junior Girls, Becomes Grandmaster!". ChessKid. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  11. "2016 U.S. Women's Championship". US Chess Champs.
  12. "2017 U.S. Women's Championship". US Chess Champs.
  13. "2019 U.S. Women's Championship". US Chess Champs.
  14. Klein, Mike. "Yip Becomes Youngest American Female IM Ever". Chess.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  15. "Carissa Shiwen Yip vs Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov". Chessgames.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  16. "Carissa Shiwen Yip vs Irina Krush". Chessgames.com. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  17. "Rank list". ChessDB. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  18. "FIDE Ratings". International Chess Federation. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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