Country | China |
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Born | 29 May 1991 Chongqing, China |
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2009) |
Peak rating | 2512 (August 2015) |
Medal record | ||
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Competitor for China | ||
Women's Chess | ||
Summer Universiade | ||
2011 Shenzhen | Individual | |
2011 Shenzhen | Mixed team | |
2013 Kazan | Mixed team | |
2013 Kazan | Individual |
Tan Zhongyi (Chinese: 谭中怡; born 29 May 1991 in Chongqing) is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Tan won the World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship twice, in 2000 and 2001, both held in Oropesa del Mar. In 2002, she won the World Youth U12 Girls Chess Championship in Heraklion.
She was the 5th ranked girl chess player in the world on the January 2010 Top 20 Girls FIDE rating list.
In August-September 2008 at the Women's World Chess Championship she was knocked out in the second round by Pia Cramling by 0.5-1.5.
In 2011 she won the women's chess tournament at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzen, contributing to China's team gold medal. Tan won the Women's World University Chess Championship of 2012 in Guimarães. In 2013 she won the 3rd China Women Masters Tournament in Wuxi with a score of 6.5/9 points, 1.5 points ahead of runners-up Valentina Gunina and Huang Qian.
In May 2015 she won the Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Xinghua. The following month, Tan won the 5th China Women Masters Tournament with 7/9, a full point ahead of second-placed Lei Tingjie.
Tan Zhongyi plays for China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).