Tin Jingyao (born July 13, 2000) is a Singaporean

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. He is a five-time winner of the Singapore Chess Championship and represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in

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and

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. In August 2022, Tin was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by

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and became the youngest player in Singapore to achieve the title. He is also the highest-rated Singaporean player.

Early life and education

As of October 2022, Tin is currently pursuing a degree in computing at the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

Chess career

Tin began playing chess in 2008. In 2010, Tin represented Singapore in the 11th ASEAN Chess Championships (Open U10 category) and won the only gold medal for Singapore. Tin achieved his first Grandmaster

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in 2015 by winning the Asean Under-20 chess tournament and was directly awarded the title of

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. 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

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(5/10 on board 3). He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021 where he was defeated by

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on tiebreaks in the first round. Tin achieved his third Grandmaster norm at the Hanoi Grandmaster Chess Tournament in May 2022. In December 2022, Tin finished second place in the III Elllobregat Open Chess tournament where he defeated Hans Niemann in the seventh round of the tournament. In August 2023, Tin caused an upset by defeating super-grandmaster

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov ( az, Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov , is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked No. 1 in Azerbaijan and No. 13 in the world. ...

(who was the tournament's ninth seed) in the second round of the

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. Tin advanced to the third round of a Chess World Cup for the first time, where he was defeated by

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tin, Jingyao 2000 births Living people Chess Olympiad competitors Singaporean chess players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games competitors for Singapore 21st-century Singaporean people Chess Grandmasters National University of Singapore alumni