| Tin Jingyao | |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Grandmaster (2022) | |
| Peakrating: | 2598 (January 2023) |
| Fideid: | 5804418 |
Tin Jingyao (born July 13, 2000) is a Singaporean chess grandmaster. He is a five-time winner of the Singapore Chess Championship and has represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad.
In August 2022, Tin was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE[1] and became the youngest player in Singapore to achieve the title. He is also the highest-rated Singaporean player.
As of October 2022, Tin is currently pursuing a degree in computing at the National University of Singapore.[2]
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.[3]
Tin achieved his first Grandmaster norm in 2015 by winning the Asean Under-20 chess tournament and was directly awarded the title of International Master.
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 2014 (5.5/10 on board 4),[4] 2016 (5/10 on board 3),[5] 2022[6] (7/10 on board 1) and 2024.
He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021 where he was defeated by Timur Gareyev on tiebreaks in the first round.[7]
Tin achieved his third Grandmaster norm at the Hanoi Grandmaster Chess Tournament in May 2022.[8]
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.[9] [10] [11]
In August 2023, Tin caused an upset by defeating super-grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (who was the tournament's ninth seed) in the second round of the 2023 Chess World Cup. Tin advanced to the third round of a Chess World Cup for the first time, where he was defeated by Rasmus Svane.[12] [13]