Ye Rongguang

Ye Rongguang
CountryChina
Born (1963-10-03) October 3, 1963
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
TitleGrandmaster (1990)
FIDE rating2461 (June 2025)
Peak rating2545 (January 1991)
Peak rankingNo. 96 (January 1991)
Ye Rongguang
Traditional Chinese葉榮光
Simplified Chinese叶荣光
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Róngguāng
Wade–GilesYe Jung-kuang
Yale RomanizationYè Rúnggwāng
IPA[jê ɻʊ̌ŋkwáŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYihp wìhng gwōng
JyutpingJip6 wing4 gwong1
IPA[jɪ̀p wɪ̏ŋ kʷɔ́ːŋ]

Ye Rongguang (simplified Chinese: 叶荣光; traditional Chinese: 葉榮光; pinyin: Yè Róngguāng; born October 3, 1963) is a retired Chinese chess grandmaster. In 1990, he became the first ever Chinese chess player to gain the title of Grandmaster. He was for more than ten years the coach of women's world chess champion Zhu Chen.