[11] In August, he won his first GM norm at the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, including a victory over Richárd Rapport and a draw with the eventual winner Alexander Ipatov;[12] when Wei was only 12.

In October, he gained his second GM norm at the Indonesian Open Chess Championship, with victories over Michał Krasenkow and Sergey Fedorchuk.

[13] In February, he secured his final norm at the Reykjavik Open with a score of 7½/10, including a victory over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, finishing 6th.

In June, Wei won the 27th Magistral de León rapid tournament by defeating Francisco Vallejo Pons in the final.

[19] In January, he won the Challenger Group at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament with a score of 10½/13 (+8-0=5) and a rating performance of 2804, ahead of David Navara and without any defeat.

[25] In June, he won his second consecutive Magistral de León rapid tournament, defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final.

In the inaugural edition of the China Chess King Match, held in Taizhou, Zhejiang[27] and featuring most of the top Chinese players, Wei Yi sequentially knocked out Zhao Jun, Yu Yangyi and Bu Xiangzhi to win the event.

[33] In July, he won his first super-tournament at the 8th Danzhou Super-GM event ahead of the likes of Ding Liren, Vassily Ivanchuk and Yu Yangyi with 6½/9, a full point clear of the field.

[34][35] In December 2019, Wei Yi reached the finals of the fourth stage of the prestigious FIDE Grand Prix 2019 Tournament (after outplaying David Navara in the semi-finals on tie-breaks), losing to Ian Nepomniachtchi.

[36] In September, Wei Yi won a gold medal in the Men's individual rapid event at 2022 Asian Games, with a score of 7½/9.

[37] In January, Wei Yi won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 after defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Gukesh D in the tiebreaks.