Tin Jingyao
| Tin Jingyao | |
|---|---|
| Country | Singapore |
| Born | July 2000 |
| Title | Grandmaster (2022) |
| FIDE rating | 2562 (November 2022) |
Tin Jingyao (born July 2000) is a Singaporean chess grandmaster. He is a five-time winner of the Singapore Chess Championship and represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2014 and 2016.
In August 2022, Tin was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE[1] and became the youngest player in Singapore to achieve the title.[2]
Chess career
Tin began playing chess in 2008. In 2010, Tin represented Singapore in the 11th ASEAN Chess Championships (Open U10 category) won the only gold medal for Singapore.[3]
Tin achieved his first Grandmaster norm in 2015 by winning the Asean Under-20 chess tournament and was directly awarded the title of International Master.[2]
He has won the Singapore Chess Championship five times; in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. He also represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2014 (5.5/10 on board 4)[4] and 2016 (5/10 on board 3).[5]
He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021 where he was defeated by Timur Gareyev on tiebreaks in the first round.[6]
Tin achieved his third Grandmaster norm at the Hanoi Grandmaster Chess Tournament in May 2022.[2]
References
- ^ "FIDE Title Applications - 2022 2nd FIDE Council". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ a b c Lee, David (2022-05-29). "Chess player set to become Singapore's youngest grandmaster at 21". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ Lum, Amos; Urcan, Olimpiu G. (2010-07-01). "Tin Jingyao of Nanyang Primary -- Master chess whiz at just age 9". RED SPORTS. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 41st Chess Olympiad, Tromsø 2014, Singapore". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 42nd Chess Olympiad, Baku 2016, Singapore". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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- Tin Jingyao player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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- Competitors at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games
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