The Chinese Grandmaster, 20-year-old Yu Yangyi won the Qatar Masters Open beating former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik, Russia, in the final round.

HO CHI MINH (Vietnam): Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi went through the defences of Yu Yangyi of China to emerge as the sole leader after the sixth round of Asian Continental Chess Championship.With ...

Chinese Grandmaster and Asian chess champion Yu Yangyi stunned former world champion Vladimir Kramnik to win the inaugural Qatar Masters Open Chess Tournament yesterday. The 20-year-old Yangyi ...

When Yu Yangyi, one of China's Olympiad-winning team, overcame Vladimir Kramnik's Berlin Defence to capture the Qatar Masters it was a sign of things to come. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Arjun still has a chance to reach the Grand Final, through the Losers Bracket. Fabiano Caruana, Vladislav Artemiev, Wei Yi, Anish Giri, Andrey Esipenko and Yu Yangyi were also eliminated in the ...

Yu Yangyi of China (right) is congratulated by Vladimir Kramnik of Russia after their ninth and final round match of the Qatar Masters Open 2014 at Ho ...

Global Chess League - a new franchise-based, mixed-team tournament - will take place in Dubai from June 21 to July 2, 2023.

Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Seasoned Indian Viswanathan Anand remained winless for the fourth round running, playing out a draw with China's Yu Yangyi in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament where ...

Chinese Grandmaster Yu Yangyi and Indonesian double champion Irene Sukandar won the Asian Continental Chess Championship Open and Women’s divisions, respectively, at the Sharjah Chess Club in ...

For the first time in the event, Yu Yangyi slumped to second on 7.5 points while Jorge Cori of Peru elevated himself to third position on seven points. With four rounds to come, ...

Chinese Grandmaster (GM) Yu Yangyi made news at the 50th International Chess Tournament "Capablanca in Memoriam" by winning the contest in the penultimate round in Havana.Yu, a 21-year-old student ...