WGMJennifer Yu

USA Born 2002 (Age ≈24) Female
FIDE ID
2078341
USCF ID
14117950

About Jennifer Yu

Jennifer Yu discovered chess in a first-grade after-school class and asked her parents to find a coach when the sessions ended. She became world girls' under-12 champion in 2014. A year later she became both the first woman and the youngest player to win the Virginia state championship. Show more

Jennifer Yu discovered chess in a first-grade after-school class and asked her parents to find a coach when the sessions ended. She became world girls' under-12 champion in 2014. A year later she became both the first woman and the youngest player to win the Virginia state championship. Her first U.S. Women's Championship came in 2019. She regained the title in 2022 after a playoff against Irina Krush. She also pursued her education, graduating from Harvard University in 2025.

Ratings

2343.0

Classical

Published FIDE

2269

Rapid

Published FIDE

2179

Blitz

Published FIDE

2413

USCF Regular

Published US Chess

Official classical ranks

World rank
#2884
National rank · USA
#134
Women’s world rank
#96

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2379 Feb 2018
Recorded years
2012–2026
Archived games
645

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Live rankings

Rating history

USCF rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
401 2020-01-19 CCCSA Winter GM 2020 Charlotte USA 7.1 Jennifer Yu Abhimanyu Mishra 0-1 56 Open
402 2020-01-19 CCCSA Winter GM 2020 Charlotte USA 6.2 Tanguy Ringoir Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 30 Open
403 2020-01-18 CCCSA Winter GM 2020 Charlotte USA 5.5 Jennifer Yu Mark Plotkin 0-1 36 Open
404 2020-01-18 CCCSA Winter GM 2020 Charlotte USA 4.4 Brandon Jacobson Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 64 Open
405 2020-01-17 CCCSA Winter GM 2020 Charlotte USA 3.5 Magesh Chandran Panchanathan Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 74 Open
406 2020-01-17 CCCSA Winter GM 2020 Charlotte USA 2.2 Jennifer Yu Mark Paragua 0-1 66 Open
407 2020-01-16 CCCSA Winter GM 2020 Charlotte USA 1.4 Kassa Korley Jennifer Yu 1-0 41 Open
408 2020-01-05 Charlotte Open 2020 Charlotte USA 8.17 Evan Park Jennifer Yu 0-1 44 Open
409 2020-01-04 Charlotte Open 2020 Charlotte USA 7.17 Matthew Puckett Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 40 Open
410 2020-01-04 Charlotte Open 2020 Charlotte USA 6.8 Jennifer Yu Karthik Venkataraman 0-1 68 Open
411 2020-01-03 Charlotte Open 2020 Charlotte USA 5.8 Jennifer Yu Valentin Iotov 1/2-1/2 36 Open
412 2020-01-03 Charlotte Open 2020 Charlotte USA 4.17 Isaac Martinez Jennifer Yu 0-1 56 Open
413 2020-01-02 Charlotte Open 2020 Charlotte USA 3.1 Kassa Korley Jennifer Yu 1-0 39 Open
414 2020-01-02 Charlotte Open 2020 Charlotte USA 2.5 Jennifer Yu Tanguy Ringoir 1/2-1/2 32 Open
415 2019-12-01 CCCSA Fall GM 2019 Charlotte USA 9.5 Jennifer Yu Eylon Nakar 0-1 44 Open
416 2019-12-01 CCCSA Fall GM 2019 Charlotte USA 8.5 Eyal Grinberg Jennifer Yu 1-0 52 Open
417 2019-11-30 CCCSA Fall GM 2019 Charlotte USA 7.2 Jennifer Yu Brandon Jacobson 0-1 76 Open
418 2019-11-30 CCCSA Fall GM 2019 Charlotte USA 6.4 Kevin Wang Jennifer Yu 0-1 54 Open
419 2019-11-29 CCCSA Fall GM 2019 Charlotte USA 5.1 Jennifer Yu Kassa Korley 1-0 54 Open
420 2019-11-29 CCCSA Fall GM 2019 Charlotte USA 4.3 Tanguy Ringoir Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 87 Open
421 2019-11-28 CCCSA Fall GM 2019 Charlotte USA 3.4 Jennifer Yu Mark Paragua 1-0 41 Open
422 2019-11-28 CCCSA Fall GM 2019 Charlotte USA 2.2 David Berczes Jennifer Yu 0-1 40 Open
423 2019-11-27 CCCSA Fall GM 2019 Charlotte USA 1.5 Jennifer Yu Omer Reshef 0-1 38 Open
424 2019-09-02 85th Southwest Open 2019 Irving USA 9.15 Omer Reshef Jennifer Yu 1-0 30 Open
425 2019-09-02 85th Southwest Open 2019 Irving USA 8.21 Jennifer Yu Benjamin Coraretti 1-0 43 Open
426 2019-09-01 85th Southwest Open 2019 Irving USA 7.2 Rithik Polavaram Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 59 Open
427 2019-09-01 85th Southwest Open 2019 Irving USA 6.16 Jennifer Yu Andrew Hong 0-1 27 Open
428 2019-08-31 85th Southwest Open 2019 Irving USA 5.15 Daniel Fernandez Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 16 Open
429 2019-08-31 85th Southwest Open 2019 Irving USA 4.2 Jennifer Yu Vlad Yanovsky 1-0 40 Open
430 2019-08-30 85th Southwest Open 2019 Irving USA 3.2 Anish Vivekananthan Jennifer Yu 1-0 114 Open
431 2019-08-30 85th Southwest Open 2019 Irving USA 2.23 Jennifer Yu Naman Kumar 1-0 42 Open
432 2019-08-29 85th Southwest Open 2019 Irving USA 1.6 Aleksey Sorokin Jennifer Yu 1-0 39 Open
433 2019-08-24 US Chess Masters 2019 Greensboro USA 6 Rochelle Wu Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 32 Open
434 2019-08-23 US Chess Masters 2019 Greensboro USA 5 Jennifer Yu Austen Green 1/2-1/2 85 Open
435 2019-08-23 US Chess Masters 2019 Greensboro USA 4 Nicholas Matta Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 72 Open
436 2019-08-22 US Chess Masters 2019 Greensboro USA 3 Jennifer Yu Hrant Melkumyan 0-1 30 Open
437 2019-08-22 US Chess Masters 2019 Greensboro USA 2 Michael Zheng Jennifer Yu 0-1 48 Open
438 2019-08-21 US Chess Masters 2019 Greensboro USA 1 Jennifer Yu Hovhannes Gabuzyan 0-1 41 Open
439 2019-07-31 8th Washington Int 2019 Rockville USA 9.7 Magesh Chandran Panchanathan Jennifer Yu 1/2-1/2 67 Open
440 2019-07-30 8th Washington Int 2019 Rockville USA 8.3 Jennifer Yu Carissa Yip 0-1 93 Open
441 2019-07-30 8th Washington Int 2019 Rockville USA 7.7 Jennifer Yu Joshua Posthuma 1-0 50 Open
442 2019-07-20 ch-USA Junior 2019 Saint Louis USA 9.3 Joshua Sheng Jennifer Yu 1-0 42 Open
443 2019-07-19 ch-USA Junior 2019 Saint Louis USA 8.4 Jennifer Yu Awonder Liang 0-1 67 Open
444 2019-07-18 ch-USA Junior 2019 Saint Louis USA 7.2 Craig Hilby Jennifer Yu 1-0 40 Open
445 2019-07-17 ch-USA Junior 2019 Saint Louis USA 6.5 Jennifer Yu Andrew Tang 1/2-1/2 58 Open
446 2019-07-15 ch-USA Junior 2019 Saint Louis USA 5.1 Jennifer Yu Atulya Vaidya 0-1 41 Open
447 2019-07-14 ch-USA Junior 2019 Saint Louis USA 4.5 Brandon Jacobson Jennifer Yu 1-0 29 Open
448 2019-07-13 ch-USA Junior 2019 Saint Louis USA 3.2 Jennifer Yu Nicolas Checa 0-1 55 Open
449 2019-07-12 ch-USA Junior 2019 Saint Louis USA 2.4 Hans Moke Niemann Jennifer Yu 1-0 30 Open
450 2019-07-11 ch-USA Junior 2019 Saint Louis USA 1.3 Jennifer Yu John M Burke 0-1 34 Open
  1. vs Abhimanyu MishraLost · 0-1White · 2020-01-19 · Round 7.1CCCSA Winter GM 2020
  2. vs Tanguy RingoirDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-01-19 · Round 6.2CCCSA Winter GM 2020
  3. vs Mark PlotkinLost · 0-1White · 2020-01-18 · Round 5.5CCCSA Winter GM 2020
  4. vs Brandon JacobsonDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-01-18 · Round 4.4CCCSA Winter GM 2020
  5. vs Magesh Chandran PanchanathanDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-01-17 · Round 3.5CCCSA Winter GM 2020
  6. vs Mark ParaguaLost · 0-1White · 2020-01-17 · Round 2.2CCCSA Winter GM 2020
  7. vs Kassa KorleyLost · 1-0Black · 2020-01-16 · Round 1.4CCCSA Winter GM 2020
  8. vs Evan ParkWon · 0-1Black · 2020-01-05 · Round 8.17Charlotte Open 2020
  9. vs Matthew PuckettDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-01-04 · Round 7.17Charlotte Open 2020
  10. vs Karthik VenkataramanLost · 0-1White · 2020-01-04 · Round 6.8Charlotte Open 2020
  11. vs Valentin IotovDraw · ½–½White · 2020-01-03 · Round 5.8Charlotte Open 2020
  12. vs Isaac MartinezWon · 0-1Black · 2020-01-03 · Round 4.17Charlotte Open 2020
  13. vs Kassa KorleyLost · 1-0Black · 2020-01-02 · Round 3.1Charlotte Open 2020
  14. vs Tanguy RingoirDraw · ½–½White · 2020-01-02 · Round 2.5Charlotte Open 2020
  15. vs Eylon NakarLost · 0-1White · 2019-12-01 · Round 9.5CCCSA Fall GM 2019
  16. vs Eyal GrinbergLost · 1-0Black · 2019-12-01 · Round 8.5CCCSA Fall GM 2019
  17. vs Brandon JacobsonLost · 0-1White · 2019-11-30 · Round 7.2CCCSA Fall GM 2019
  18. vs Kevin WangWon · 0-1Black · 2019-11-30 · Round 6.4CCCSA Fall GM 2019
  19. vs Kassa KorleyWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-29 · Round 5.1CCCSA Fall GM 2019
  20. vs Tanguy RingoirDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-29 · Round 4.3CCCSA Fall GM 2019
  21. vs Mark ParaguaWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-28 · Round 3.4CCCSA Fall GM 2019
  22. vs David BerczesWon · 0-1Black · 2019-11-28 · Round 2.2CCCSA Fall GM 2019
  23. vs Omer ReshefLost · 0-1White · 2019-11-27 · Round 1.5CCCSA Fall GM 2019
  24. vs Omer ReshefLost · 1-0Black · 2019-09-02 · Round 9.1585th Southwest Open 2019
  25. vs Benjamin CorarettiWon · 1-0White · 2019-09-02 · Round 8.2185th Southwest Open 2019
  26. vs Rithik PolavaramDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-01 · Round 7.285th Southwest Open 2019
  27. vs Andrew HongLost · 0-1White · 2019-09-01 · Round 6.1685th Southwest Open 2019
  28. vs Daniel FernandezDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-08-31 · Round 5.1585th Southwest Open 2019
  29. vs Vlad YanovskyWon · 1-0White · 2019-08-31 · Round 4.285th Southwest Open 2019
  30. vs Anish VivekananthanLost · 1-0Black · 2019-08-30 · Round 3.285th Southwest Open 2019
  31. vs Naman KumarWon · 1-0White · 2019-08-30 · Round 2.2385th Southwest Open 2019
  32. vs Aleksey SorokinLost · 1-0Black · 2019-08-29 · Round 1.685th Southwest Open 2019
  33. vs Rochelle WuDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-08-24 · Round 6US Chess Masters 2019
  34. vs Austen GreenDraw · ½–½White · 2019-08-23 · Round 5US Chess Masters 2019
  35. vs Nicholas MattaDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-08-23 · Round 4US Chess Masters 2019
  36. vs Hrant MelkumyanLost · 0-1White · 2019-08-22 · Round 3US Chess Masters 2019
  37. vs Michael ZhengWon · 0-1Black · 2019-08-22 · Round 2US Chess Masters 2019
  38. vs Hovhannes GabuzyanLost · 0-1White · 2019-08-21 · Round 1US Chess Masters 2019
  39. vs Magesh Chandran PanchanathanDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-07-31 · Round 9.78th Washington Int 2019
  40. vs Carissa YipLost · 0-1White · 2019-07-30 · Round 8.38th Washington Int 2019
  41. vs Joshua PosthumaWon · 1-0White · 2019-07-30 · Round 7.78th Washington Int 2019
  42. vs Joshua ShengLost · 1-0Black · 2019-07-20 · Round 9.3ch-USA Junior 2019
  43. vs Awonder LiangLost · 0-1White · 2019-07-19 · Round 8.4ch-USA Junior 2019
  44. vs Craig HilbyLost · 1-0Black · 2019-07-18 · Round 7.2ch-USA Junior 2019
  45. vs Andrew TangDraw · ½–½White · 2019-07-17 · Round 6.5ch-USA Junior 2019
  46. vs Atulya VaidyaLost · 0-1White · 2019-07-15 · Round 5.1ch-USA Junior 2019
  47. vs Brandon JacobsonLost · 1-0Black · 2019-07-14 · Round 4.5ch-USA Junior 2019
  48. vs Nicolas ChecaLost · 0-1White · 2019-07-13 · Round 3.2ch-USA Junior 2019
  49. vs Hans Moke NiemannLost · 1-0Black · 2019-07-12 · Round 2.4ch-USA Junior 2019
  50. vs John M BurkeLost · 0-1White · 2019-07-11 · Round 1.3ch-USA Junior 2019

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-092026 US Women's ChampionshipClassical5

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