Yan Tianqi
{{short description|Chinese chess player}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Yan Tianqi
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| country = China
| birth_date = {{bya|2002}}
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| title = Woman International Master (2022)
| peakrating = 2303 (January 2024)
| FideID = 8615250
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Yan Tianqi (born 2002) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master.{{Cite web |title=Yan, Tianqi |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/8615250 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=ratings.fide.com}}
Chess career
Yan qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023, where she defeated P. V. Nandhidhaa in the first round before, facing defending champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the second round, she won on demand in the second game to force the match into tiebreaks, where she was eventually eliminated.{{Cite web |title=FIDE Women's World Cup 2023 |url=https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-womens-world-cup-2023 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=chess24.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-04 |title=World Cup: So escapes, Tin and Sanal claim big scalps |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-cup-2023-r2-d2 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Chess News |language=en}}
Yan finished sixth in the women's section of the 2020 Chinese Chess Championship.{{Cite web |title=Yu Yangyi and Tan Zhongyi win Chinese Championship |url=https://www.fide.com/news/884 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.fide.com |language=en}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.365chess.com/players/Tianqi_Yan Yan Tianqi] chess games at 365Chess.com
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Category:Chinese female chess players