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| Born | (1989-04-23) April 23, 1989 (age 35) Beijing, China |
| Sport | |
| Country | China |
| Sport | Xiangqi |
| Rank | Grandmaster (stripped) |
| Club | Hangzhou Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | No. 1 (January 2014) |
| Personal best | 2773 (July 2023, rating) |
Wang Tianyi (Chinese: 王天一; born April 23, 1989) is a Chinese former xiangqi grandmaster.
Career
Wang began playing xiangqi at the age of 6, later winning the national U16 youth championship. In 2009, he defeated the reigning national champion Zhao Guorong, earning the nickname "Alien" for his unconventional playstyle.
He won the national xiangqi championship several times in 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2023, and the World Xiangqi Championship in 2013, 2017, and 2022. He is considered one of the strongest xiangqi players of all time, holding the No. 1 ranking from 2014 to 2024. He played for the Hangzhou Club, which won the 2023 Xiangqi League.
In May 2023, he became the first xiangqi player to surpass the 2800 rating mark after defeating grandmaster Sun Yiyang in the national youth xiangqi masters tournament. However, he did not maintain this rating by the time the next rating list was published.
In September 2024, Wang and his Hangzhou Club teammate Wang Yuefei were punished for match-fixing and bribery, which had earned them around US$113,000. Both players were given a lifetime suspension and were stripped of their grandmaster titles.
References
- ^ "Player:Wang TianYi History Rating".
- ^ Binh, Xuan (September 22, 2024). "Wang Tianyi: the fall of a xiangqi legend".
- Png, Jim. "China Wang Tianyi 王天一 IGM".
- Binh, Xuan (September 19, 2024). "'King of xiangqi' Wang Tianyi receives lifetime ban for match-fixing, bribery".
- Liang, Shuang (September 19, 2024). "Top Chinese chess stars receive lifetime bans for bribery, match-fixing".