Carissa yip biography examples

American chess player (born )

Carissa Shiwen Yip (born September 10, ) is an American chess player and the winner of the , , and U.S. Women's Chess Championship.^[1][2] In September , she was the top rated female player in the United States^[3] and the youngest female chess player to defeat a grandmaster, which she did at age ten.

In October , she became the youngest American woman in history to qualify for the title of International Master until surpassed by Alice Lee in June ^[4]

Early life and chess career

Carissa Shiwen Yip^[5] was born on September 10, , in Boston.^[6][7] Her father Percy Yip (Chinese: 葉培照; Pinyin: Yè Péizhào) was from Hong Kong, and her mother Irene Yip (née Cheng, Chinese: 程华琳; Pinyin: Chéng Huálín) was from mainland China.^[8][9]

Taught chess moves at age six by her father, within six months she was able to beat him.

Soon, she became the best ei