IM Carissa Yip

Carissa Yip is an American international master and the highest-rated female under the age of 18 in the world (as of March 2021). She’s also the top-ranked female player in the United States, as well as the youngest in history to earn the IM title. At the age of 10, she defeated a grandmaster, making her the youngest female player to accomplish such a feat.

Yip won the 2019 North American Junior Girls’ Championship (with 8.5/9 points) before winning back-to-back U.S. Junior Girls' Championships in 2019 and 2020. At the 2020 U.S. Women's Chess Championship, the 17-year-old scored 8/11 points, placing second behind GM Irina Krush by half a point.

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly, Maróczy Bind, Paulsen Line (7 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (6 games)

Black Pieces

Modern Defense with 1.d4 (12 games)

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (9 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (8 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (8 games)

King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System (7 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Carissa Yip (2357) Viktor Gazik (2555)	1-0	70	2023
Carissa Yip (2357) Viktor Gazik (2555)	1-0	70	2023
Carissa Yip (2393) Gukesh D (2629)	0-1	36	2023
Carissa Yip (2393) Zoey Tang (2208)	0-1	47	2023
Carissa Yip (2393) Magnus Carlsen (2839)	0-1	58	2023
Carissa Yip (2357) Brian Sebasti Escalante Ramirez (2468)	½-½	61	2023
Carissa Yip (2357) Brian Sebasti Escalante Ramirez (2468)	½-½	61	2023
Carissa Yip (2393) Eric Hansen (2582)	½-½	42	2023
Carissa Yip (2416) Zhang Jilin (2212)	1-0	102	2022
Carissa Yip (2416) Tairu Manuela Rovira Contreras (2036)	1-0	28	2022

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