Ye Jiangchuan

Ye Jiangchuan
CountryChina
Born (1960-11-20) November 20, 1960
Wuxi, Jiangsu
TitleGrandmaster (1993)
FIDE rating2585 (June 2025)
Peak rating2684 (April 2003)
Peak rankingNo. 17 (October 2000)
Ye Jiangchuan
Traditional Chinese葉江川
Simplified Chinese叶江川
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Jiāngchuān
Wade–GilesYe Jiang-chuan
Yale RomanizationYè Jyāngchwān
IPA[jê tɕjáŋʈʂʰwán]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYihp gong chyun
JyutpingJip6 gong1 cyun1
IPA[jɪ̀p kɔ́ːŋ tɕʰýːn]

Ye Jiangchuan (born November 20, 1960) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He is the second Chinese player, after Ye Rongguang, to achieve the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1993. On 1 January 2000, he became the first ever Chinese player to cross the 2600 elo rating mark.