In October 2019, she became the youngest American woman in history to qualify for the title of International Master until surpassed by Alice Lee in June 2023.
[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.
[14][3] Yip competed in the U.S. Women's Chess Championship for the first time in 2016; she finished 9th out of 12, scoring 4½ points out of 11.
[22] Her performance at the 2019 SPICE Cup, where she scored 5/9, made her the youngest American female player to earn the title of International Master, at the age of 16 years, one month, and 18 days old.
[25][26] In 2021, Yip competed at the FIDE Women's World Cup, a 103-player single-elimination tournament that took place in Sochi, Russia.
She was seeded 28th coming into the tournament and defeated players Sharmin Sultana Shirin and Nataliya Buksa before being eliminated by Nana Dzagnidze in Round 3.
[31] In 2023, she qualified for the Women's World Cup and won her first-round match, but was eliminated in the second round.
[32] Also in 2023, Yip won the silver medal in the FIDE World Junior Girls Championship.
[35][36] In 2024, she won the individual gold and the team bronze playing on Board 2 at the women's event at the 45th Chess Olympiad.
[38] Also in 2024, she won her third US Women's Championship, winning her first 8 games and inviting comparisons to Bobby Fischer's legendary 14-0 performance in 1964.
[46] Yip and former chess opponent Irina Krush appeared on a special primetime episode of The Price Is Right that aired on January 18, 2023.