Tin Jingyao (born July 2000) is a Singaporean chess grandmaster. He is a five-time winner of the Singapore Chess Championship and represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2014 and 2016.
Tin Jingyao | |
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Country | Singapore |
Born | July 2000 |
Title | Grandmaster (2022) |
FIDE rating | 2562 (October 2022) |
In August 2022, Tin was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE[1] and became the youngest player in Singapore to achieve the title.[2]
Tin began playing chess in 2008. In 2010, Tin represented Singapore in the 11th ASEAN Chess Championships (Open U10 category) won the only gold medal for Singapore.[3]
Tin achieved his first Grandmaster norm in 2015 by winning the Asean Under-20 chess tournament and was directly awarded the title of International Master.[2]
He has won the Singapore Chess Championship five times; in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. He also represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2014 (5.5/10 on board 4)[4] and 2016 (5/10 on board 3).[5]
He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021 where he was defeated by Timur Gareyev on tiebreaks in the first round.[6]
Tin achieved his third Grandmaster norm at the Hanoi Grandmaster Chess Tournament in May 2022.[2]
Singaporean Grandmasters | |
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Chess players for Singapore with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) | |
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