Title: Woman Grandmaster
Player Rating: 2332
United States of America

Biography

Woman Grandmaster Rochelle Wu of Davis, California, has had a long and successful career since taking up the game at the age of 6. Rochelle won the World Youth under 10 Championship back in 2016 and three years later, at the age of 12, she set a record which still stands. Rochelle became the youngest player to ever represent the U.S. national team when she competed in the 2019 Women’s World Team Championship in Kazakhstan.

More recently Rochelle, who is currently studying at the University of California Irvine, was second in the 2023 World Youth Chess Championship Girls Under-18 Championship. Her brother Derek is a FIDE Master.