Carissa Yip

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Title: 
Woman FIDE Master
Rating: 
2234
Federation: 
Boston, MA
Age: 
13
Status: 
Accepted
Chess Highlights: 
WFM Carissa Yip placed 9th at the 2016 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship at just 12 years old. Yip is the youngest competitor in the 2017 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship.
Bio: 

At just 13 years of age, Carissa Yip has quickly become one of the top female players in America. Known for her creativity over the board, she enters the tournament with a rating of 2234.

Yip has been on a record-shattering pace ever since she learned how to play the game from her father at age 6. Three years later, at age 9, she became the youngest ever to reach the title of Expert.

Two years later she broke the record for youngest female to achieve the title of National Master at the age of 11 years, 5 months, and 18 days -- breaking the record previously held by Annie Wang. Along the way to Master, she set the record for youngest female player to beat a Grandmaster for her win against GM Alexander Ivanov in the New England Open a few days before her 11th birthday.

Tag: 
2017 U.S. Women's Championship