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Carissa Yip
C Yip 
Photo courtesy of uschess.org  

Number of games in database: 282
Years covered: 2014 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2408 (2392 rapid, 2351 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2432
Overall record: +98 -69 =57 (56.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 58 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (44) 
    B32 B90 B48 B43 B56
 French Defense (18) 
    C07 C03 C02 C00 C05
 Caro-Kann (18) 
    B12 B15 B18
 French Tarrasch (12) 
    C03 C07 C04 C05
 Sicilian Najdorf (10) 
    B90 B96 B99 B94
 King's Indian Attack (8) 
    A07
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (35) 
    E73 E94 E70 E92 E98
 Sicilian (17) 
    B52 B56 B51 B50 B73
 Ruy Lopez (15) 
    C77 C95 C70 C78 C79
 Grunfeld (13) 
    D76 D75 D80 D70 D87
 Queen's Pawn Game (11) 
    A45 A40 D02 A41
 Queen's Gambit Declined (7) 
    D31 D35 D38
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W Ju vs C Yip, 2020 0-1
   C Yip vs T Abrahamyan, 2021 1-0
   A Sharevich vs C Yip, 2021 0-1
   T Abrahamyan vs C Yip, 2020 0-1
   A Wang vs C Yip, 2020 0-1
   I Krush vs C Yip, 2024 0-1
   C Yip vs T Cervantes Landeiro, 2020 1-0
   C Yip vs Y Sokolovsky, 2021 1-0
   C Yip vs A Gorti, 2016 1-0
   C Yip vs E Nguyen, 2017 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   US Junior Championship (Girls) (2020)
   US Championship (Women) (2023)
   United States Women's Championship (2024)
   Budapest Olympiad (Women) (2024)
   United States Championship (Women) (2021)
   USA Cadet Championship (2017)
   US Championship (Women) (2020)
   Charlotte Spring GM (2021)
   Kramnik Challenge (2021)
   US Championship (Women) (2019)
   2nd Cairns Cup (2020)
   World Cup (Women) (2021)
   FIDE World Cup Women (2023)
   FIDE Online Olympiad (2020)
   Chennai Olympiad (Women) (2022)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2017 U.S. Women's Chess Championships by AchieverofChess

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Pan-Am Intercollegiate
   I Schitco vs C Yip (Jan-05-25) 1-0
   K Chandran vs C Yip (Jan-04-25) 1/2-1/2
   C Yip vs G Andersen (Jan-04-25) 1/2-1/2
   H Bharathakoti vs C Yip (Jan-03-25) 1-0
   C Yip vs E Platnick (Jan-03-25) 1-0

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CARISSA YIP
(born Sep-10-2003, 21 years old) United States of America

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Carissa Shiwen Yip earned the titles of Woman Grandmaster in 2019 and International Master in 2020. She has been USA Women's Champion in 2021 and 2023.

US NM (2015); WCM (2015); WFM (2016); FIDE Master (2017); WIM (2018).

In 2015, at age 11, Carissa Yip became the youngest girl in the United States ever to earn the title of National Master. She won silver behind Nurgyul Salimova at the World U12 Girls' Championship in 2015 thereby gaining her WCM title. By the summer's end of 2017, FIDE Master Yip was already the top women's chess player in the under 14 group of the Continental Americas region, which has been ranked monthly by FIDE.

She is currently playing in the United States Women's Championship (2024), where she has scored 8-1 with two rounds left.

Wikipedia article: Carissa Yip

Last updated: 2024-10-22 13:17:45

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 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 282  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Yip vs A Ivanov 1-0322014New England OpenB06 Robatsch
2. C Yip vs V Kovalev  1-042201546th National CongressC45 Scotch Game
3. C Yip vs A Gorti 1-0482016US Chess Championship (Women)C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
4. A Eswaran vs C Yip 0-1712016US Chess Championship (Women)B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
5. C Yip vs T Abrahamyan ½-½452016US Chess Championship (Women)C03 French, Tarrasch
6. J Yu vs C Yip 1-0392016US Chess Championship (Women)A16 English
7. C Yip vs Agata Bykovtsev  0-1602016US Chess Championship (Women)B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
8. C Yip vs N Paikidze  ½-½432016US Chess Championship (Women)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
9. K Nemcova vs C Yip  1-0382016US Chess Championship (Women)B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
10. C Yip vs S Foisor  0-1372016US Chess Championship (Women)C07 French, Tarrasch
11. A Melekhina vs C Yip ½-½602016US Chess Championship (Women)E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
12. C Yip vs I Krush 1-0532016US Chess Championship (Women)B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
13. A Zatonskih vs C Yip  1-0442016US Chess Championship (Women)A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
14. C Yip vs S Homa  ½-½252016St Louis Inv IMC45 Scotch Game
15. C Yip vs Niemann 0-1532016St Louis Inv IMC07 French, Tarrasch
16. S Erenburg vs C Yip 0-139201643rd Eastern OpenB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
17. Shabalov vs C Yip  1-030201643rd Eastern OpenA16 English
18. C Yip vs Van Wely  0-1432017PRO League Group StageB32 Sicilian
19. S Foisor vs C Yip 1-0642017US Championship (Women)E60 King's Indian Defense
20. C Yip vs T Abrahamyan  ½-½212017US Championship (Women)C03 French, Tarrasch
21. J Yu vs C Yip  ½-½472017US Championship (Women)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
22. C Yip vs E Nguyen  1-0392017US Championship (Women)B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
23. N Paikidze vs C Yip 1-0352017US Championship (Women)E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
24. C Yip vs A Zatonskih  1-0492017US Championship (Women)C10 French
25. A Virkud vs C Yip 1-0352017US Championship (Women)E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Oct-18-21  cro777: IM Carissa Yip is the new US Chess Women's Champion!!

Carissa: "2021 us women’s champ!! life feels too unreal"

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FB7pHCX...

Oct-18-21  cro777: Meet The New U.S. Women's Chess Champion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3g...

Oct-18-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: Yip crushed it, 7 wins. Congrats, US women's champ 2021!
Oct-25-21  Pedro Fernandez: Is it Clarissa the most transcendent chess player woman ever existed? I do not know. So I need some help about this question. Maybe my great friend, <perfidious>, can help me. A warm greetings for you, my dear friend.
Oct-25-21  Pedro Fernandez: I mean American woman, sorry.
Nov-01-21  Caissanist: Probably it depends on what you mean by "American". She certainly seems like the strongest woman ever born in this country; I don't think there have been any American born women who became GMs, and she will surely achieve that. There have been a number of very strong women who immigrated to the US, however, notably Susan Polgar (although she's now affiliated with Hungary again), and Irina Krush (whose peak rating is still somewhat higher than Carissa's).
Feb-21-22  Albertan: An interview with Carissa Yip:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/an-in...

Sep-21-22  pazzed paun: Interesting interview on
Perpetual chess podcast
With C Y
Sep-29-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Williebob: Looks like Carissa is giving up her U.S. Championship title this year. No mention from ChessBase's report on the '22 installment, but the likeliest reason is that she is too busy with school. Of course, we could speculate about Carlsen-level drama if we are bored enough...
Mar-01-23  waustad: After looking at a few games, she plays interesting chess. A strange opening at fast speed got me looking, but there are some fun games.
Mar-02-23  stone free or die: For those of us in MA, she's the <Grace Kelly> of chess:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace...

Both exceptionally talented second generation young women from Boston who've gone on to national fame.

Sep-21-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: GL at the World Junior's in Mexico City
Sep-21-23  Caissanist: Wonder how she wound up representing the US there, when Alice Lee is rated higher and won the US Girls Junior, two points ahead of Yip.
Sep-21-23  EvanTheTerrible: I don't think there's a restriction on only one of them being able to compete. It's probably just Alice did not want to play in the event (or was unable to due to other obligations).
Oct-02-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: C.Y. did not win the event :(
Oct-18-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: Congrats, US Champion 2023!
Oct-18-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: And again with 7 wins, as in 2021.
Sep-10-24  Nosnibor: Happy 21st Birthday Carissa.
Sep-11-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  0ZeR0: Happy birthday, IM Carissa Yip! :)
Sep-12-24  Petrosianic: Yip, yip, Yhtapmys!
Oct-17-24  stone free or die: Better late than never...

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2...

Oct-18-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Carissa is an alumna of the same school which produced <saffuna>?

There may be hope for the world yet.

Oct-18-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  saffuna: Yeah, well...we're responsible for Alexandra Botez, too. So I guess it evens out.
Oct-20-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: enjoy the $64K kiddo :)
Oct-22-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: sorry for the jinx :(
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