Ye Rongguang

Ye Rongguang (simplified Chinese: 叶荣光; traditional Chinese: 葉榮光; pinyin: Yè Róngguāng; born October 3, 1963) is a retired Chinese chess player. 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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ye.
Ye Rongguang
CountryChina
Born (1963-10-03) October 3, 1963[1]
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
TitleGrandmaster (1990)
FIDE rating2461 (October 2023) [inactive]
Peak rating2545 (January 1991)
Ye Rongguang
Traditional Chinese葉榮光
Simplified Chinese叶荣光

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
  1. Rating data for player Ye, Rongguang, (CHN)
  2. "Chess". New York Times. 1990-05-22. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  3. CHESS IN CHINA - AWAKENING OF A DRAGON by Ignatius Leong
  4. "中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库". Chessinchina.net. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  5. "1990 Manila Interzonal Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  6. Ye Rongguang at benoni.de
  7. Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ye Rongguang". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  8. Wojciech Bartelski. "World Men's Team Chess Championship :: Ye Rongguang". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  9. Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Ye Rongguang". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  10. "Chinese Championship – a pictorial review". ChessBase. 2009-06-14. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
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