Yeoh Li Tian

Yeoh Li Tian (born 1999) is a Malaysian chess player. He was awarded the title International Master by FIDE in 2017.

Yeoh Li Tian
CountryMalaysia
Born (1999-10-16) October 16, 1999
TitleInternational Master (2017)
FIDE rating2492 (October 2023)
Peak rating2530 (September 2019)

Chess career

Yeoh won the Malaysian Chess Championship in 2015 and 2016.[1] In 2017 he won the FIDE Zone 3.3 Championship on tiebreak from Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn. Thanks to this victory, Yeoh received an automatical award of the title International Master. He also achieved a norm for the title Grandmaster, the first ever by a Malaysian, and became the first Malaysian ever to qualify to play in the FIDE World Cup.[2][3] In this latter event, held in Batumi later in the same year, Yeoh was eliminated by former world champion Viswanathan 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]

Personal life

Yeoh is a former student of SMJK Katholik. He is currently studying mathematics at Imperial College London.

References
  1. "2016". 11 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. Ang, Bobby (2017-03-14). "New Zonal champion". BusinessWorld. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  3. Long, Peter (2017-03-09). "What it takes to become a grandmaster". Malay Mail. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  4. Saad, Aizuddin (2019-12-04). "Chess ace Li Tian gets golden checkmate". BusinessWorld. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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