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Nanjo, Ryosuke

Nanjo, Ryosuke

IM🇯🇵

FIDEFIDE 7000634· Male· Japan· Born in 1988

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Ryosuke Nanjo, a 38-year-old International Master, is rated 2294 and ranked 5th among JPN players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 48 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Japan Open 2025(Master Category), CHESS HUB - MCF 1st GM-IM INVITATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, and 2025 CTCA International Chess Open-Open U19GU19U17GU17. Also played 3 rapid (including Japan Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 CTCA International Chess Open-Blitz) recently. He took a 41-month break between Dec 2019 and Jun 2023 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2400 was reached at age 26 (Sep 2014); he also reached #1 nationally in Sep 2012 and spent 107 months in top 3, with a longest streak of 6 consecutive years.

Awarded IM in 2014 (age 26) and CM in 2009 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #2, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2294

Standard

Rpd2353·Blz2270

All-time high

2400

−106 pts below
Sep 2014 · age 26

Activity

32

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#5

#5 · JPN players · of 207
107 months in National top 3 (2012–2025)

Career timeline

20 entries
2025
500 career games
at age 37
Oct 2025
107 months in national top 3
longest streak 83 months · since Mar 2012
May 2025
2019
Inactive for 41 months
paused at 2338 → returned at 2351
Dec 2019
2014
IM title awardedIM
at age 26 · 4th quarter Presidential Board 2014
Dec 2014
Best 12-month gain (+93 Elo)
2307 → 2400
Sep 2014
Crossed 2400
at age 26
Sep 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Di Zhang 2,446
Asian Individual Chess Championship 2026 · May 2026 · +2.1 Elo
Evolution
-47
2341 → 2294
Tournaments
4
45 games
Score
21/ 4546.7%
19W13D13L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Japan Chess Championship 2026 -The 27th Argentina Cup-
Open Swiss
May 20266/9#72216-6.5
Japan Open 2025(Master Category)
Open Swiss
Sep 20254.5/9#152222-9.8
CHESS HUB - MCF 1st GM-IM INVITATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Swiss
Jul 20254.5/9#152199-15.5
2025 CTCA International Chess Open-Open U19GU19U17GU17
Open Swiss
Jul 20256/9#92096-14.4
Worst Elo result: CHESS HUB - MCF 1st GM-IM INVITATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (-15.5 Elo, finished #15).

Most-Played Opponents

vsShinya KojimaIM
🇯🇵JPN·2309
+3 −5 =12
20 games·last met May 2026
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vsKoji Noguchi
🇯🇵JPN·1978
+8 −2 =0
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsKohei YamadaFM
🇯🇵JPN·2189
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsMasahiro BabaFM
🇯🇵JPN·2157
+3 −5 =1
9 games·last met Aug 2017
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vsAkira WatanabeFM
🇯🇵JPN·2206
+6 −2 =1
9 games·last met May 2014
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Rankings

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Japan
#5
out of 254 players
Asia-Pacific
#807
in continent
World
#4,314
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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5
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6
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