| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1999-10-16)October 16, 1999 (age 26) Petaling Jaya, Malaysia |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2025) |
| FIDE rating | 2503 (November 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2530 (September 2019) |
Yeoh Li Tian (born 16 October 1999) is the firstMalaysianchess grandmaster (GM) and a two-timeMalaysian Chess Champion.
Yeoh won theMalaysian Chess Championship in 2015 and 2016.[1] In 2017 he won the FIDEZone 3.3 Championship on tiebreak fromNguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn. Thanks to this victory, Yeoh received an automatical award of the title International Master. He also achieved anorm for the titleGrandmaster, the first ever by a Malaysian, and became the first Malaysian ever to qualify to play in theFIDE World Cup.[2][3] In this latterevent, held inBatumi later in the same year, Yeoh was eliminated by former world championViswanathan Anand in the first round.
In the 2019 Philippines Southeast Asian Games, Yeoh delivered Malaysia's first ever Rapid Chess gold in the Sea Games.[4]
He achieved his last GM norm in 2025, leading him to make history by becoming the first Grandmaster from Malaysia.[5]
Yeoh is a former student ofCatholic High School, Petaling Jaya. He studied mathematics atImperial College London and underwent his masters at theUniversity of Malaya.
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