Asian Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - U2000

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88 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1975, and top seed was Wei Xu (🇨🇳 CHN, 1991).

Jan Clifford Labog (🇵🇭 PHI, CM, 1986) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Wei Xu (7.5) and Zhengcheng Liu (6.5). Labog won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Bo Kai Owen Guo (1555) beat Hiroshi Manabe (1979), a +424-point gap.

Location

🇭🇰Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Dates

03 Aug 2025 → 09 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇳Wei Xu1991

Avg top 10

1,975

Participants

Titled players · 8

FM×2

CM×6

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇳China×17

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×15

🇮🇳India×11

🇵🇭Philippines×9

🇰🇷South Korea×5

🇹🇼Chinese Taipei×5

🇷🇺Russia×5

🇬🇺Guam×4

Top 3

🥇
CMJan Clifford Labog
🇵🇭PHI·1986
8.0pts·2274perf+55.0
🥈
Wei Xu
🇨🇳CHN·1991
7.5pts·2110perf+25.2
🥉
Zhengcheng Liu
🇨🇳CHN·1972
6.5pts·2016perf+23.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Jan Clifford Labog led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Labog8Xu7.5Aton6.5Lovakov6.5Liu6.5Aton6.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Jan Clifford Labog held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Jan Clifford Labog drew with Wei Xu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Jan Clifford Labog 5 wins (R1–R5)Aaron Aton 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMJan Clifford Labog	*	½	—	1
2Wei Xu	½	*	—	—
3Aaron Aton	—	—	*	—
4Egor Vladimirovich Lovakov	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Labog, Jan CliffordCM	1986	PHI	+29N	+25B	+30N	+10B	+3N	=2B	=6N	+5B	+4N	8.0	49.5	54.5	47.50	2274	+55.0
2	Xu, Wei	1991	CHN	+68B	+58N	=9B	+49B	+38N	=1N	=5B	+37N	+12B	7.5	43.0	46.0	35.75	2110	+25.2
3	Liu, Zhengcheng	1972	CHN	+7N	+13B	+16N	+21B	−1B	−5N	=8N	+19B	+20N	6.5	50.0	55.5	37.75	2016	+23.2
4	Lovakov, Egor Vladimirovich	1980	RUS	=39B	+52N	+18B	=9N	=23N	+27B	+40N	+10B	−1B	6.5	44.5	48.5	32.75	2044	+32.0
5	Aton, Irwin	1960	PHI	=59B	+53N	=39B	+58N	+62B	+3B	=2N	−1N	+37B	6.5	42.0	45.5	29.75	2011	+27.2
6	Khmelev, Mikhail	1961	RUS	+74N	+37B	=38N	+40B	+67N	=23B	=1B	=12N	=9B	6.5	42.0	45.0	30.25	2034	+19.0
7	Aton, Aaron	1743	PHI	−3B	=50N	+59B	+26N	=18B	=9N	+43B	+36N	+17B	6.5	41.5	45.0	30.75	2006	+126.4
8	Xu, Yiming	1904	CHN	=57B	=61N	+86B	+69N	+49B	=36N	=3B	=17N	+22B	6.5	36.0	37.0	25.25	1926	+8.0
9	Vo Hoang QuanCM	1910	VIE	+32N	+47B	=2N	=4B	−16N	=7B	+52N	+38B	=6N	6.0	46.5	50.5	31.50	1934	+13.6
10	Zhumabek, NurasylFM	1966	KAZ	+81B	+71N	+56B	−1N	+17B	+19N	+36B	−4N	F	6.0	42.5	44.5	24.00	2053	+36.4
11	Baisynov, Islambek	1912	KGZ	=22N	+73B	=46N	−16B	+57N	+21B	+13N	+25B	F	6.0	41.5	44.5	28.00	1913	+2.2
12	Goloran, Jhulo	1942	PHI	+84B	−56N	+68B	=39N	+44B	+16B	+14N	=6B	−2N	6.0	41.0	42.5	26.00	1935	-0.6
13	Ranjith, R.k.	1838	IND	+83B	−3N	+64B	−24N	+50B	+28N	−11B	+41N	+23N	6.0	39.5	41.0	23.50	1924	+22.4
14	Shejal Sahil Sanjay	1829	IND	+54B	−51N	=55B	+41N	+15B	+45N	−12B	=23B	+27N	6.0	39.0	43.0	28.50	1917	+23.0
15	Liu, Xuanyu(SD)	1662	CHN	+27N	+20B	=40N	−67B	−14N	=29B	+70N	+51N	+25B	6.0	38.5	41.5	27.25	1992	+153.2
16	Tong, Ho Man	1768	HKG	+76B	+24N	−3B	+11N	+9B	−12N	−17B	=45N	+36B	5.5	44.0	47.0	26.75	1983	+46.0
17	Kolomeets, Daniel	1891	RUS	+79N	−49B	+31N	+60B	−10N	+42B	+16N	=8B	−7N	5.5	41.5	44.0	24.25	1846	-18.8
18	Godhani Maharth	1809	IND	+48N	=23B	−4N	+63B	=7N	−20B	=32N	+59B	+38N	5.5	41.0	44.5	24.25	1828	+9.2
19	Li, Shing Hei	1777	HKG	+41B	−36N	+61B	+28N	+24B	−10B	=20N	−3N	+63B	5.5	40.5	44.0	24.25	1892	+25.4
20	Xia, Jinnan	1923	CHN	+72B	−15N	+81B	=56N	=42B	+18N	=19B	+26N	−3B	5.5	39.5	41.5	22.25	1846	-30.4
21	Todmunkh, Turbat	1754	MGL	+75B	+28N	+51B	−3N	−37B	−11N	+57B	=24N	+45B	5.5	39.0	42.0	22.50	1937	+77.6
22	Shelke Omkar	1694	IND	=11B	−26N	+52B	−43N	+65B	+56N	+44B	+40B	−8N	5.5	38.5	42.0	23.00	1924	+55.6
23	Archisman Patra	1973	IND	+33B	=18N	+26B	+44N	=4B	=6N	−37B	=14N	−13B	5.0	45.0	49.5	26.75	1874	-46.8
24	Tugsbilguun, Davganamdag	1941	MGL	+60N	−16B	+47N	+13B	−19N	−25B	+42N	=21B	=29N	5.0	41.5	45.0	23.75	1806	-63.2
25	Carzano, Johnny Wellem	1843	PHI	+50B	−1N	+57B	−36N	+69B	+24N	+51B	−11N	−15N	5.0	41.0	44.0	19.50	1867	+6.2
26	Aarush Bhat	1780	IND	=46N	+22B	−23N	−7B	+66N	+73B	+31N	−20B	=32N	5.0	40.5	43.5	21.75	1782	+0.8
27	Ismail, AhmadFM	1851	MAS	−15B	+72N	=42B	+55N	+39B	−4N	=41B	+49N	−14B	5.0	40.0	43.0	20.00	1761	-20.2
28	Buccat, Benchly Cabanayan	1929	GUM	+66N	−21B	+33N	−19B	+32N	−13B	+69N	−30B	+54N	5.0	39.5	42.5	20.50	1781	-33.0
29	Chen, Kyle	1752	HKG	−1B	−64N	=83B	+48N	+55B	=15N	=50B	+43N	=24B	5.0	39.5	41.0	21.25	1781	+12.0
30	Bernardino, Almario Marlon Jr.	1878	PHI	+64B	+55N	−1B	+54N	−36B	=49N	−38B	+28N	=31B	5.0	39.0	42.5	21.00	1810	-15.2
31	Wong, Adrian Kwan Yui	1740	HKG	−51B	+83N	−17B	+61N	+54B	=43N	−26B	+58N	=30N	5.0	35.0	36.5	17.25	1827	+40.8
32	Zhang, Yangming	1688	CHN	−9B	−65N	+76B	+71N	−28B	+68N	=18B	+56N	=26B	5.0	34.5	37.5	17.75	1834	+59.6
33	Zhou, Chen	1744	CHN	−23N	+48B	−28B	=80N	−41B	+55N	=54B	+57N	+53B	5.0	34.5	36.5	19.00	1742	-2.4
34	Prudente, ElmerCM	1967	GUM	=53B	+59N	−44B	−42N	+84B	=39N	=49B	=52N	+50B	5.0	33.0	34.5	17.25	1762	-45.0
35	De Guzman, John Paul	1968	PHI	=52B	−39N	+53B	−37N	−59B	+75N	+80B	=50N	+49B	5.0	31.5	33.5	17.00	1713	-99.2
36	Vivaan Sachdev	1967	IND	+85N	+19B	−49N	+25B	+30N	=8B	−10N	−7B	−16N	4.5	44.0	45.0	19.75	1814	-71.6
37	Tian, Yuxiang	1773	CHN	F	−6N	=41B	+35B	+21N	+67B	+23N	−2B	−5N	4.5	44.0	44.0	21.25	1924	+65.2
38	Sharma PankajCM	1660	IND	+62B	+43N	=6B	+51N	−2B	−40B	+30N	−9N	−18B	4.5	43.5	47.0	20.25	1905	+53.8
39	Chernyshov, Eduard	1750	RUS	=4N	+35B	=5N	=12B	−27N	=34B	−45B	=53N	+64B	4.5	42.5	46.0	22.50	1894	+66.4
40	Shubham Shukla	1911	IND	+42B	+69N	=15B	−6N	+56B	+38N	−4B	−22N	F	4.5	41.5	44.5	18.50	1801	-20.4
41	Guo, Tailai	1508	CHN	−19N	+74B	=37N	−14B	+33N	+78B	=27N	−13B	=47N	4.5	39.5	42.0	17.50	1791	+121.2
42	Akshobhya Damodar KattiCM	1693	IND	−40N	+88B	=27N	+34B	=20N	−17N	−24B	=46B	+65N	4.5	38.5	39.0	16.50	1869	+79.6
43	Tamura, Hikaru	1864	JPN	+82N	−38B	−60N	+22B	+46N	=31B	−7N	−29B	+66N	4.5	38.0	40.0	18.00	1689	-40.8
44	Anar, Batpurev	1767	MGL	+87N	=67B	+34N	−23B	−12N	+63B	−22N	+48B	F	4.5	37.5	38.5	15.75	1794	+6.0
45	Manabe, Hiroshi	1979	JPN	−47N	−46B	+82N	+86B	+60N	−14B	+39N	=16B	−21N	4.5	36.0	37.0	13.75	1721	-56.0
46	Guo, Bo Kai Owen	1555	HKG	=26B	+45N	=11B	−62N	−43B	−53N	+81B	=42N	+56B	4.5	35.5	37.5	17.75	1810	+109.6
47	Damuy, Raul	1748	PHI	+45B	−9N	−24B	−50N	+61B	−57N	+77B	+69N	=41B	4.5	34.0	37.0	16.25	1710	-17.2
48	Lin, Benjamin	1600	TPE	−18B	−33N	=74N	−29B	+88N	+66B	+71B	−44N	+58B	4.5	33.0	33.5	12.00	1770	+79.2
49	Siridanupath, Gavin	1710	THA	+65B	+17N	+36B	−2N	−8N	=30B	=34N	−27B	−35N	4.0	44.0	47.5	18.50	1886	+78.4
50	Medetuly, Nurdaulet	1652	KAZ	−25N	=7B	=88N	+47B	−13N	+60B	=29N	=35B	−34N	4.0	40.5	41.0	16.50	1778	+57.2
51	Tiauson, Recarte	1968	PHI	+31N	+14B	−21N	−38B	+72N	+62B	−25N	−15B	F	4.0	39.5	42.5	17.50	1754	-42.6
52	Markin, Artemiy V.	1743	RUS	=35N	−4B	−22N	+74B	+80N	+58N	−9B	=34B	F	4.0	38.5	40.5	13.50	1836	+37.2
53	Wu, Po-Hua	1740	TPE	=34N	−5B	−35N	+83B	=75N	+46B	=62N	=39B	−33N	4.0	37.0	38.5	14.00	1761	+6.8
54	Fan, Yupan	1612	CHN	−14N	+85B	+70N	−30B	−31N	=72B	=33N	+60B	−28B	4.0	35.5	36.5	11.50	1740	+57.6
55	Liang, Zhencheng	1632	CHN	+88N	−30B	=14N	−27B	−29N	−33B	+82N	=70B	+68B	4.0	34.0	34.5	10.00	1746	+53.2
56	Wong, Sze Hon	1770	HKG	+63N	+12B	−10N	=20B	−40N	−22B	+73N	−32B	−46N	3.5	40.5	43.5	15.25	1648	-52.4
57	Xiao, Ruhan	1678	CHN	=8N	=70B	−25N	+68N	−11B	+47B	−21N	−33B	=60N	3.5	39.0	42.0	14.00	1714	+15.2
58	Borigas, Edgardo	1833	HKG	+80N	−2B	+73N	−5B	=63N	−52B	+72N	−31B	−48N	3.5	37.0	39.0	9.75	1662	-37.2
59	Hon, Zig Zeth	1714	HKG	=5N	−34B	−7N	+88B	+35N	+70B	F	−18N	F	3.5	35.5	35.5	11.75	1868	+54.8
60	Lee, Onbin	1698	KOR	−24B	+76N	+43B	−17N	−45B	−50N	+75B	−54N	=57B	3.5	34.0	37.0	12.25	1573	-22.2
61	Liu, Mosheng	1589	CHN	=70N	=8B	−19N	−31B	−47N	+79B	=78N	+81B	F	3.5	33.0	35.0	10.50	1732	+57.2
62	Sulaimanov, Tilekmatali	1849	KGZ	−38N	+79B	+66N	+46B	−5N	−51N	=53B	F	F	3.5	33.0	33.0	12.50	1750	-34.4
63	Hong, Ruomu	0	CHN	−56B	+84N	+71B	−18N	=58B	−44N	+65B	F	−19N	3.5	32.5	34.0	9.75	1755	0.0
64	Kim, Jaeha	1666	KOR	−30N	+29B	−13N	−70B	−78N	+85N	=68B	+72B	−39N	3.5	32.0	33.0	10.50	1702	+17.6
65	Lim Teck Guan,Rodney	1945	BRU	−49N	+32B	−67N	=66B	−22N	+82B	−63N	+80B	−42B	3.5	31.5	33.5	10.75	1670	-55.0
66	Mooi, Kok Onn Osric	1696	SGP	−28B	+75N	−62B	=65N	−26B	−48N	+83N	+78B	−43B	3.5	31.5	33.0	8.75	1664	-7.8
67	Ebenezer, JosephCM	1935	IND	+86B	=44N	+65B	+15N	−6B	−37N	F	F	F	3.5	26.0	26.0	12.75	1858	-10.2
68	Cheung, Shiu Ming	1753	HKG	−2N	+80B	−12N	−57B	+79N	−32B	=64N	=73B	−55N	3.0	35.0	37.0	7.75	1600	-76.4
69	Yang, Joowon	1644	KOR	F	−40B	+78N	−8B	−25N	+71N	−28B	−47B	+70N	3.0	34.0	34.0	8.50	1756	+40.0
70	Doria, Daniel	1794	GUM	=61B	=57N	−54B	+64N	=73B	−59N	−15B	=55N	−69B	3.0	31.0	34.0	10.50	1523	-65.0
71	Deng, Liang	1776	CHN	+77N	−10B	−63N	−32B	+86N	−69B	−48N	+76B	−73N	3.0	31.0	32.0	7.00	1518	-96.8
72	Kwak, Joohwan	1694	KOR	−20N	−27B	+87N	+78B	−51B	=54N	−58B	−64N	=80N	3.0	30.0	31.0	6.50	1596	-43.6
73	Huang, Aaron Yu-Hsi	1637	TPE	+78B	−11N	−58B	F	=70N	−26N	−56B	=68N	+71B	3.0	29.5	31.5	8.50	1720	+30.8
74	Chu, Sebastian	1717	HKG	−6B	−41N	=48B	−52N	=77B	+76N	F	−75N	+87B	3.0	29.5	29.5	7.75	1421	-74.8
75	Ye, Weitao	0	CHN	−21N	−66B	+79N	=84N	=53B	−35B	−60N	+74B	F	3.0	28.5	28.5	8.25	1656	0.0
76	Hu, Zixuan	0	CHN	−16N	−60B	−32N	−79B	+83N	−74B	+85N	−71N	+82B	3.0	26.0	27.0	4.50	1582	0.0
77	Lai, Yun-Cheng	1499	TPE	−71B	−81N	−84B	=85B	=74N	F	−47N	+79B	+78N	3.0	20.0	21.0	7.00	1652	+56.8
78	Yamagami, Hiroki	1837	JPN	−73N	+82B	−69B	−72N	+64B	−41N	=61B	−66N	−77B	2.5	27.0	29.0	7.25	1455	-177.2
79	Lee, Doyun A	1670	KOR	−17B	−62N	−75B	+76N	−68B	−61N	+87B	−77N	=83N	2.5	26.0	27.0	4.75	1301	-90.4
80	Chen Yong-Ye	1622	TPE	−58B	−68N	+85N	=33B	−52B	F	−35N	−65N	=72B	2.0	28.5	29.5	5.00	1610	-8.0
81	Chik, King Hei Kenneth	1728	HKG	−10N	+77B	−20N	F	F	+87B	−46N	−61N	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	4.00	1464	-66.8
82	Law, Ching Yin	1663	HKG	−43B	−78N	−45B	+87N	=85B	−65N	−55B	=83B	−76N	2.0	24.5	25.5	2.25	1496	-50.8
83	Ip, Hugo	1642	HKG	−13N	−31B	=29N	−53N	−76B	F	−66B	=82N	=79B	1.5	31.0	31.5	4.75	1499	-47.6
84	Yang, Jingtian	1702	FID	−12N	−63B	+77N	=75B	−34N	F	F	F	F	1.5	22.5	22.5	4.50	1675	-6.0
85	Karamihan, John Francis	1733	GUM	−36B	−54N	−80B	=77N	=82N	−64B	−76B	−87N	F	1.0	23.0	23.0	2.50	1397	-50.8
86	Wang, Alex	1698	HKG	−67N	+87B	−8N	−45N	−71B	F	F	F	F	1.0	21.5	21.5	1.00	1099	-39.6
87	liu, qingze	0	FID	−44B	−86N	−72B	−82B	F	−81N	−79N	+85B	−74N	1.0	19.0	19.0	1.00	1388	0.0
88	Limbu, Chandra Singh	1834	HKG	−55B	−42N	=50B	−59N	−48B	F	F	F	F	0.5	22.0	22.0	2.00	1292	-62.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Liu, Xuanyu(SD)CHN
+153.2
6.0 pts · #9
2Aton, AaronPHI
+126.4
6.5 pts · #3
3Guo, TailaiCHN
+121.2
4.5 pts · #39

Top rating losers

1Yamagami, HirokiJPN
-177.2
2.5 pts · #71
2De Guzman, John PaulPHI
-99.2
5.0 pts · #46
3Deng, LiangCHN
-96.8
3.0 pts · #75

Biggest upsets

R2+424 Elo gap
Guo, Bo Kai Owen1555 beat Manabe, Hiroshi1979
R9+338 Elo gap
Lai, Yun-Cheng1499 beat Yamagami, Hiroki1837
R6+329 Elo gap
Guo, Tailai1508 beat Yamagami, Hiroki1837