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| Personal information | |
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| Born | (1960-11-20)November 20, 1960 (age 65) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | China |
| Title | Grandmaster (1993) |
| FIDE rating | 2585 (November 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2684 (April 2003) |
| Peak ranking | No. 17 (October 2000) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 葉江川 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶江川 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ye Jiangchuan (Chinese: 葉江川;Pinyin;Yè Jiāngchuān; born November 20, 1960) is a Chinesechess grandmaster. He is the second Chinese player, afterYe Rongguang, to achieve the title ofGrandmaster, whichFIDE awarded him in 1993. On 1 January 2000, he became the first ever Chinese player to cross the 2600elo rating mark.
Born inWuxi,Jiangsu,[1] Ye learned chess when he was 17 years old, and at 20 he became national champion of China. He has altogether won theChinese Chess Championship seven times (1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1996).
Ye has represented his country at numerousChess Olympiads and Asian Team Chess Championships. He has been four times member of the Asia Team champions, a 12 times Olympiad participant. In his first appearance, in 1982, Ye won the individual silver medal on board four. His best team result in an Olympiad was in1998 in Elista, where he was on the first board as the national team finished in fifth place.
Ye was 1995 and 1999 Champion ofDato' Tan Chin Nam Cup, and 2001 co-champion of same cup. He reached the 4th round (9–16th place) in the2001 FIDE World Championship, where he was eliminated byVassily Ivanchuk by ½–1½. He also reached the quarter-finals in the 2000 and 2002 FIDE World Cup.
Ye has played less frequently after becoming the chief coach of the Chinese national teams (men and women) in 2000.[2] He was awarded the title ofFIDE Senior Trainer in 2005. Ye's highest world ranking was 17th in October 2000 and he had been consistently in the top 25 from 2000 to 2004.[3]
Ye Jiangchuan plays forBeijingchess club in theChina Chess League (CCL).[4]
| Preceded by | Men's Chinese Chess Champion 1981 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Men's Chinese Chess Champion 1984 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Men's Chinese Chess Champion 1986, 1987 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Men's Chinese Chess Champion 1989 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Men's Chinese Chess Champion 1994 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Men's Chinese Chess Champion 1996 | Succeeded by |