Ye Rongguang
Chinese chess grandmaster (born 1963)
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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.
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| Born | October 3, 1963[1] |
| Chess career | |
| Country | China |
| Title | Grandmaster (1990) |
| FIDE rating | 2461 (September 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2545 (January 1991) |
| Peak ranking | No. 96 (January 1991) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 葉榮光 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶荣光 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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] He is also a grandmaster in xiangqi.[11][12]