2025 China chess championship (Men)

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60 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 23 Jun 2025 to 03 Jul 2025 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China. 27 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2504, and top seed was Changren Dai (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2560).

Tong(QD) Xiao (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2520) won with 8.0/11, ahead of Xiangrui Kong (7.5) and Di Zhang (7.5). Xiao shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 10.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Taoyu Zhong (1778) beat Qi Xi (2312), a +534-point gap.

Location

🇨🇳Xinghua, Jiangsu, China

Dates

23 Jun 2025 → 03 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇳GMChangren Dai2560

Avg top 10

2,504

Participants

Titled players · 27

GM×7

IM×16

FM×4

Federations · 2 represented

🇨🇳China×59

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

Top 3

🥇
GMTong(QD) Xiao
🇨🇳CHN·2520
8.0pts·2607perf+12.3
🥈
IMXiangrui Kong
🇨🇳CHN·2470
7.5pts·2523perf+8.6
🥉
Di Zhang
🇨🇳CHN·2446
7.5pts·2525perf+14.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

GM Tong(QD) Xiao led from R10; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R10.

Co-leaders

Xiao8Liu7.5Chen7.5Kong7.5Zhang7.5Xu7— ex-leaders:Chenled R3, #22

R10 · LEADER CHANGE02 Jul

GM Tong(QD) Xiao takes the sole lead (7.5/10).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Tong(QD) Xiao drew with GM Yan Liu (White).

R1–R11 · UNBEATEN

GM Tong(QD) Xiao went unbeaten across 11 games (R1–R11).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMTong(QD) Xiao	*	½	—	½
2GMYan Liu	½	*	½	—
3Yuan Chen	—	½	*	—
4IMXiangrui Kong	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Xiao, Tong(QD)GM	2520	CHN	+26B	=39N	+15B	+3N	=18B	=7N	+19B	=6N	=4B	+8N	=2B	8.0	68.0	73.0	53.00	2607	+12.3
2	Kong, XiangruiIM	2470	CHN	+27B	=8N	+41B	=22N	−6B	+9N	−10B	+15N	+19B	+12N	=1N	7.5	67.0	72.0	47.50	2523	+8.6
3	Zhang, Di	2446	CHN	+44B	+50N	=7N	−1B	+32N	+20B	=12B	=4N	=6B	=9N	+21B	7.5	65.5	70.0	44.50	2525	+14.6
4	Liu, YanGM	2536	CHN	=31N	+56B	=37N	+25B	=5N	+22B	=18N	=3B	=1N	+6B	=9N	7.5	65.5	69.0	45.75	2513	-1.6
5	Chen, Yuan	2298	CHN	=12B	+11N	+28B	=23N	=4B	−19N	+24B	=21N	=29B	+16N	+13B	7.5	63.5	69.0	47.25	2589	+85.6
6	Jiang, HaochenIM	2450	CHN	+49B	=41N	+30B	=20B	+2N	=18N	+7B	=1B	=3N	−4N	=8B	7.0	67.0	71.5	44.25	2492	+8.6
7	Dai, ChangrenGM	2560	CHN	+34B	+24N	=3B	=18B	+13N	=1B	−6N	+10N	−12B	=21N	+19B	7.0	66.5	72.0	44.75	2543	-2.6
8	Gong, SunleIM	2347	CHN	+55N	=2B	=13N	+29B	−11N	+15N	=21B	+22B	+18N	−1B	=6N	7.0	66.0	69.5	41.00	2499	+23.7
9	Cao, QingfengIM	2410	CHN	+53N	+35B	−18N	=32B	+40N	−2B	=14N	+25B	+37N	=3B	=4B	7.0	62.0	66.0	39.00	2434	+5.9
10	Lin, WeiguoIM	2374	CHN	=59B	−30N	+46B	+27N	=17B	+23N	+2N	−7B	=13N	=14B	+18N	7.0	62.0	64.5	41.00	2405	+7.6
11	Xu, YiGM	2468	CHN	=38N	−5B	+53N	+31B	+8B	−12N	=39B	=16N	=17B	+29N	+23B	7.0	61.0	65.0	39.50	2430	-3.2
12	Peng, XiongjianGM	2520	CHN	=5N	+31B	=22N	=14B	+37N	+11B	=3N	−18B	+7N	−2B	=20N	6.5	66.5	71.5	41.25	2489	-3.9
13	Meng, YihanIM	2454	CHN	=30B	+46N	=8B	+16N	−7B	=17N	=34B	+39N	=10B	+18B	−5N	6.5	63.5	68.0	37.75	2390	-6.8
14	Jin, YuehengIM	2364	CHN	+47B	=28N	=19B	=12N	=23B	=24N	=9B	+35N	=21B	=10N	=17B	6.5	62.0	66.5	38.25	2448	+14.0
15	Li, ShilongGM	2393	CHN	+48N	=20B	−1N	=42B	+38N	−8B	+49N	−2B	=33N	+36B	+31N	6.5	59.5	64.0	33.25	2331	-5.6
16	Yang, ZilongFM	2372	CHN	+52N	−18B	+38N	−13B	−24N	+30B	+42N	=11B	+20N	−5B	+37N	6.5	59.5	63.5	34.00	2361	+3.2
17	Zhang, ZijiIM	2361	CHN	=40N	=38B	+56N	=37B	=10N	=13B	=20N	=29B	=11N	+25B	=14N	6.5	59.5	63.0	36.25	2376	+5.0
18	Chen, Qi bIM	2472	CHN	+32B	+16N	+9B	=7N	=1N	=6B	=4B	+12N	−8B	−13N	−10B	6.0	70.0	75.5	40.25	2471	-0.3
19	Xie, KaifanIM	2446	CHN	+45N	−22B	=14N	+33B	+35N	+5B	−1N	=20B	−2N	+37B	−7N	6.0	64.5	69.5	34.75	2408	-4.6
20	Xu, YinglunGM	2530	CHN	+36B	=15N	+39B	=6N	=22B	−3N	=17B	=19N	−16B	+33N	=12B	6.0	63.5	68.5	35.25	2423	-15.4
21	Wang, Shixu BIM	2452	CHN	−56N	+40B	=33N	=26B	+42N	+25B	=8N	=5B	=14N	=7B	−3N	6.0	63.0	66.5	35.75	2325	-16.1
22	Yuan, Qingyu	2347	CHN	+57B	+19N	=12B	=2B	=20N	−4N	+28B	−8N	−23B	+38B	=27N	6.0	63.0	66.5	33.00	2398	+18.0
23	Huang, Renjie	2495	CHN	+33N	=37B	=25N	=5B	=14N	−10B	=35N	=31B	+22N	+26B	−11N	6.0	62.5	67.5	35.50	2378	-16.9
24	Xie, JianjunFM	2403	CHN	+51N	−7B	−32N	+30N	+16B	=14B	−5N	=38B	−26N	+44B	+42N	6.0	59.5	63.5	31.75	2250	-18.5
25	Wu, YixingIM	2385	CHN	=46B	+59N	=23B	−4N	+47B	−21N	+51B	−9N	+30B	−17N	+45B	6.0	56.5	59.0	26.75	2237	-15.5
26	Zhang, Zhi	2260	CHN	−1N	=48B	+52N	=21N	=28B	=37B	−29N	+51B	+24B	−23N	+41B	6.0	55.5	59.5	29.50	2316	+42.0
27	Shen, Fuyan	2175	CHN	−2N	=52B	+55N	−10B	=43N	=47B	=40N	+48B	=28B	+39N	=22B	6.0	54.0	57.5	28.00	2126	-13.3
28	Lou, YipingIM	2471	CHN	+42N	=14B	−5N	=35B	=26N	+32B	−22N	=33B	=27N	=31B	=34N	5.5	59.5	64.5	30.75	2275	-27.4
29	Peng, Hongchi	2399	CHN	−50B	+43N	+44B	−8N	=34B	=49N	+26B	=17N	=5N	−11B	=32N	5.5	59.5	64.0	30.75	2207	-23.6
30	Yu,Shi	2029	CHN	=13N	+10B	−6N	−24B	=31N	−16N	+46B	+55B	−25N	+48B	=35N	5.5	59.0	62.5	28.25	2215	+76.3
31	Jin, HongtaoFM	2305	CHN	=4B	−12N	+59B	−11N	=30B	=44N	+45B	=23N	+47B	=28N	−15B	5.5	59.0	61.5	26.75	2237	-12.2
32	Xie, Jiaxiang	2237	CHN	−18N	+54B	+24B	=9N	−3B	−28N	+43B	=41N	=39B	=34N	=29B	5.5	58.0	62.0	29.00	2304	+39.6
33	Li, BoIM	2240	CHN	−23B	+47N	=21B	−19N	=36B	=43N	+44B	=28N	=15B	−20B	+51N	5.5	56.0	60.0	27.75	2243	+2.2
34	Chen, KailinFM	2311	CHN	−7N	=53B	=51N	+48B	=29N	+45B	=13N	−37B	=38N	=32B	=28B	5.5	53.5	57.5	27.50	2205	-22.4
35	Dong, Hongfu	2314	CHN	+58B	−9N	+50B	=28N	−19B	=51N	=23B	−14B	=52N	+53N	=30B	5.5	53.0	56.0	24.00	2162	-32.2
36	Zhou, Runyi	2301	CHN	−20N	=51B	=48N	=43B	=33N	+53B	−37N	=52B	+40B	−15N	+46B	5.5	50.0	54.0	25.00	2082	-49.0
37	Chu, WeichaoIM	2406	CHN	+43B	=23N	=4B	=17N	−12B	=26N	+36B	+34N	−9B	−19N	−16B	5.0	63.0	68.0	29.00	2329	-9.7
38	Jiang, Liu	2046	CHN	=11B	=17N	−16B	+50N	−15B	=41N	+57B	=24N	=34B	−22N	=39B	5.0	58.5	62.0	25.50	2232	+89.2
39	Chen, HongsenIM	2377	CHN	+54N	=1B	−20N	=45B	=51N	+40B	=11N	−13B	=32N	−27B	=38N	5.0	58.0	62.0	26.25	2177	-23.9
40	Zhong, Taoyu	1778	CHN	=17B	−21N	+49B	+41N	−9B	−39N	=27B	=42B	−36N	=46N	+53B	5.0	55.0	59.0	24.50	2066	+120.6
41	Xi, Qi	2312	CHN	+60N	=6B	−2N	−40B	=45N	=38B	=52N	=32B	=44N	+51B	−26N	5.0	54.0	55.0	20.75	2054	-61.4
42	Chen, Zhi	2177	CHN	−28B	=57N	+58B	=15N	−21B	+46N	−16B	=40N	=53B	+47N	−24B	5.0	52.0	55.0	21.50	2054	-44.9
43	Jin, Ruijun	1906	CHN	−37N	−29B	+60N	=36N	=27B	=33B	−32N	=45N	−46B	+50N	+54B	5.0	51.0	52.0	20.50	2019	+25.4
44	Zhang, Yinzhe	1939	CHN	−3N	+60B	−29N	−51B	+54N	=31B	−33N	+57B	=41B	−24N	+52N	5.0	50.5	51.5	17.75	2031	+18.0
45	Jiao, Zhaorui	1940	CHN	−19B	=58N	+57B	=39N	=41B	−34N	−31N	=43B	+55N	+52B	−25N	5.0	49.0	52.0	20.00	2028	+32.0
46	Cheng, Gongpu	1845	CHN	=25N	−13B	−10N	=55B	+58N	−42B	−30N	+56B	+43N	=40B	−36N	4.5	52.5	55.5	18.75	1950	+35.4
47	Zhang, Edmond Meng	1809	HKG	−14N	−33B	+54N	+56B	−25N	=27N	=53B	+49B	−31N	−42B	=48N	4.5	51.5	55.0	19.25	2004	+86.8
48	Liu, Huaqi	1853	CHN	−15B	=26N	=36B	−34N	−57B	+60N	+54B	−27N	+58B	−30N	=47B	4.5	50.0	51.0	16.00	1916	+16.0
49	Ding, Zhiyuan	1942	CHN	−6N	=55B	−40N	+52B	+56N	=29B	−15B	−47N	−51N	=58B	+60N	4.5	46.5	47.5	14.50	1862	-54.8
50	Peng, Zihao	1878	CHN	+29N	−3B	−35N	−38B	=55N	−52B	+60B	−53N	+59N	−43B	+58N	4.5	45.5	46.5	13.75	1861	-22.0
51	Xie, Chujun	1904	CHN	−24B	=36N	=34B	+44N	=39B	=35B	−25N	−26N	+49B	−41N	−33B	4.0	55.0	59.5	20.25	2126	+92.4
52	Wang, Youran	1827	CHN	−16B	=27N	−26B	−49N	+60B	+50N	=41B	=36N	=35B	−45N	−44B	4.0	53.5	54.5	16.50	1949	+47.2
53	Gao, Linhao	1915	CHN	−9B	=34N	−11B	=57N	+59B	−36N	=47N	+50B	=42N	−35B	−40N	4.0	53.0	55.5	16.25	1969	+8.0
54	Yu, Zhe	1834	CHN	−39B	−32N	−47B	+60N	−44B	+58N	−48N	=59B	=57N	+55B	−43N	4.0	42.0	43.0	10.50	1750	-50.4
55	Xu, Sinan	1650	CHN	−8B	=49N	−27B	=46N	=50B	=57N	+59B	−30N	−45B	−54N	=56B	3.5	48.0	50.5	12.75	1792	+54.4
56	Zhang, Hongya	2029	CHN	+21B	−4N	−17B	−47N	−49B	=59N	=58B	−46N	=60N	=57B	=55N	3.5	46.0	47.0	12.75	1803	-117.7
57	Gu,Yi	1749	CHN	−22N	=42B	−45N	=53B	+48N	=55B	−38N	−44N	=54B	=56N	F	3.5	45.5	48.0	14.50	1841	+34.8
58	Shen, Houlin	1627	CHN	−35N	=45B	−42N	=59N	−46B	−54B	=56N	+60B	−48N	=49N	−50B	3.0	43.5	44.5	8.75	1711	+32.0
59	Tao, Qibing	1830	CHN	=10N	−25B	−31N	=58B	−53N	=56B	−55N	=54N	−50B	=60B	F	2.5	44.5	45.5	9.25	1724	-32.4
60	Pei, Dongfang	1547	CHN	−41B	−44N	−43B	−54B	−52N	−48B	−50N	−58N	=56B	=59N	−49B	1.0	43.0	45.5	3.00	1483	-22.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zhong, TaoyuCHN
+120.6
5.0 pts · #38
2Xie, ChujunCHN
+92.4
4.0 pts · #52
3Jiang, LiuCHN
+89.2
5.0 pts · #43

Top rating losers

1Zhang, HongyaCHN
-117.7
3.5 pts · #55
2Xi, QiCHN
-61.4
5.0 pts · #41
3Ding, ZhiyuanCHN
-54.8
4.5 pts · #49

Biggest upsets

R4+534 Elo gap
Zhong, Taoyu1778 beat Xi, Qi2312
R1+521 Elo gap
Peng, Zihao1878 beat Peng, Hongchi2399
R1+423 Elo gap
Zhang, Hongya2029 beat IMWang, Shixu B2452