Wei Yi

Summary

Wei Yi is a human^[1]. His place of birth was Yancheng^[2]. He was born on +1999-06-02T00:00:00Z^[3]. He worked as a chess player^[4]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (293 views/month, #7,040 of 1,000,298).^[5]

Key Facts

• Wei Yi's place of birth was Yancheng^[2].
• Wei Yi was born on +1999-06-02T00:00:00Z^[3].
• Wei Yi held citizenship in People's Republic of China^[6].
• Wei Yi worked as a chess player^[4].
• Wei Yi's image is recorded as Wei Yi in 2025 (cropped).jpg^[7].
• Wei Yi is recorded as male^[8].
• Wei Yi's instance of is recorded as human^[9].
• Wei Yi's Commons category is recorded as Wei Yi^[10].
• Wei Yi's sport is recorded as chess^[11].
• Wei Yi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0wy3jf2^[12].
• Wei Yi's family name is recorded as Wei^[13].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2485'}^[14].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2530'}^[15].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2551'}^[16].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2604'}^[17].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2618'}^[18].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2629'}^[19].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2638'}^[20].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2668'}^[21].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2703'}^[22].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2725'}^[23].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2730'}^[24].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2700'}^[25].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2709'}^[26].
• Wei Yi's Elo rating is recorded as {'amount': '+2501'}^[27].

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Origins and Family

Wei Yi's place of birth was Yancheng^[2]. He was born on +1999-06-02T00:00:00Z^[3].

Career and Affiliations

Wei Yi's professions included chess player^[4].

Why It Matters

Wei Yi ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (293 views/month, #7,040 of 1,000,298).^[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]

FAQs

Where was Wei Yi born?

Wei Yi was born in Yancheng^[2].

What did Wei Yi do for work?

Wei Yi worked as chess player^[4].