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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
60
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
23
5
1
2
4
8
2
3
3
1
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Xiao takes lead
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
Player1234
1GMTong(QD) Xiao*
½
—
½
2GMYan Liu
½
*
½
—
3Yuan Chen—
½
*—
4IMXiangrui Kong
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Xiao, Tong(QD)GM2520CHN+26B=39N+15B+3N=18B=7N+19B=6N=4B+8N=2B8.068.073.053.002607+12.3
2Kong, XiangruiIM2470CHN+27B=8N+41B=22N−6B+9N−10B+15N+19B+12N=1N7.567.072.047.502523+8.6
3Zhang, Di2446CHN+44B+50N=7N−1B+32N+20B=12B=4N=6B=9N+21B7.565.570.044.502525+14.6
4Liu, YanGM2536CHN=31N+56B=37N+25B=5N+22B=18N=3B=1N+6B=9N7.565.569.045.752513-1.6
5Chen, Yuan2298CHN=12B+11N+28B=23N=4B−19N+24B=21N=29B+16N+13B7.563.569.047.252589+85.6
6Jiang, HaochenIM2450CHN+49B=41N+30B=20B+2N=18N+7B=1B=3N−4N=8B7.067.071.544.252492+8.6
7Dai, ChangrenGM2560CHN+34B+24N=3B=18B+13N=1B−6N+10N−12B=21N+19B7.066.572.044.752543-2.6
8Gong, SunleIM2347CHN+55N=2B=13N+29B−11N+15N=21B+22B+18N−1B=6N7.066.069.541.002499+23.7
9Cao, QingfengIM2410CHN+53N+35B−18N=32B+40N−2B=14N+25B+37N=3B=4B7.062.066.039.002434+5.9
10Lin, WeiguoIM2374CHN=59B−30N+46B+27N=17B+23N+2N−7B=13N=14B+18N7.062.064.541.002405+7.6
11Xu, YiGM2468CHN=38N−5B+53N+31B+8B−12N=39B=16N=17B+29N+23B7.061.065.039.502430-3.2
12Peng, XiongjianGM2520CHN=5N+31B=22N=14B+37N+11B=3N−18B+7N−2B=20N6.566.571.541.252489-3.9
13Meng, YihanIM2454CHN=30B+46N=8B+16N−7B=17N=34B+39N=10B+18B−5N6.563.568.037.752390-6.8
14Jin, YuehengIM2364CHN+47B=28N=19B=12N=23B=24N=9B+35N=21B=10N=17B6.562.066.538.252448+14.0
15Li, ShilongGM2393CHN+48N=20B−1N=42B+38N−8B+49N−2B=33N+36B+31N6.559.564.033.252331-5.6
16Yang, ZilongFM2372CHN+52N−18B+38N−13B−24N+30B+42N=11B+20N−5B+37N6.559.563.534.002361+3.2
17Zhang, ZijiIM2361CHN=40N=38B+56N=37B=10N=13B=20N=29B=11N+25B=14N6.559.563.036.252376+5.0
18Chen, Qi bIM2472CHN+32B+16N+9B=7N=1N=6B=4B+12N−8B−13N−10B6.070.075.540.252471-0.3
19Xie, KaifanIM2446CHN+45N−22B=14N+33B+35N+5B−1N=20B−2N+37B−7N6.064.569.534.752408-4.6
20Xu, YinglunGM2530CHN+36B=15N+39B=6N=22B−3N=17B=19N−16B+33N=12B6.063.568.535.252423-15.4
21Wang, Shixu BIM2452CHN−56N+40B=33N=26B+42N+25B=8N=5B=14N=7B−3N6.063.066.535.752325-16.1
22Yuan, Qingyu2347CHN+57B+19N=12B=2B=20N−4N+28B−8N−23B+38B=27N6.063.066.533.002398+18.0
23Huang, Renjie2495CHN+33N=37B=25N=5B=14N−10B=35N=31B+22N+26B−11N6.062.567.535.502378-16.9
24Xie, JianjunFM2403CHN+51N−7B−32N+30N+16B=14B−5N=38B−26N+44B+42N6.059.563.531.752250-18.5
25Wu, YixingIM2385CHN=46B+59N=23B−4N+47B−21N+51B−9N+30B−17N+45B6.056.559.026.752237-15.5
26Zhang, Zhi2260CHN−1N=48B+52N=21N=28B=37B−29N+51B+24B−23N+41B6.055.559.529.502316+42.0
27Shen, Fuyan2175CHN−2N=52B+55N−10B=43N=47B=40N+48B=28B+39N=22B6.054.057.528.002126-13.3
28Lou, YipingIM2471CHN+42N=14B−5N=35B=26N+32B−22N=33B=27N=31B=34N5.559.564.530.752275-27.4
29Peng, Hongchi2399CHN−50B+43N+44B−8N=34B=49N+26B=17N=5N−11B=32N5.559.564.030.752207-23.6
30Yu,Shi2029CHN=13N+10B−6N−24B=31N−16N+46B+55B−25N+48B=35N5.559.062.528.252215+76.3
31Jin, HongtaoFM2305CHN=4B−12N+59B−11N=30B=44N+45B=23N+47B=28N−15B5.559.061.526.752237-12.2
32Xie, Jiaxiang2237CHN−18N+54B+24B=9N−3B−28N+43B=41N=39B=34N=29B5.558.062.029.002304+39.6
33Li, BoIM2240CHN−23B+47N=21B−19N=36B=43N+44B=28N=15B−20B+51N5.556.060.027.752243+2.2
34Chen, KailinFM2311CHN−7N=53B=51N+48B=29N+45B=13N−37B=38N=32B=28B5.553.557.527.502205-22.4
35Dong, Hongfu2314CHN+58B−9N+50B=28N−19B=51N=23B−14B=52N+53N=30B5.553.056.024.002162-32.2
36Zhou, Runyi2301CHN−20N=51B=48N=43B=33N+53B−37N=52B+40B−15N+46B5.550.054.025.002082-49.0
37Chu, WeichaoIM2406CHN+43B=23N=4B=17N−12B=26N+36B+34N−9B−19N−16B5.063.068.029.002329-9.7
38Jiang, Liu2046CHN=11B=17N−16B+50N−15B=41N+57B=24N=34B−22N=39B5.058.562.025.502232+89.2
39Chen, HongsenIM2377CHN+54N=1B−20N=45B=51N+40B=11N−13B=32N−27B=38N5.058.062.026.252177-23.9
40Zhong, Taoyu1778CHN=17B−21N+49B+41N−9B−39N=27B=42B−36N=46N+53B5.055.059.024.502066+120.6
41Xi, Qi2312CHN+60N=6B−2N−40B=45N=38B=52N=32B=44N+51B−26N5.054.055.020.752054-61.4
42Chen, Zhi2177CHN−28B=57N+58B=15N−21B+46N−16B=40N=53B+47N−24B5.052.055.021.502054-44.9
43Jin, Ruijun1906CHN−37N−29B+60N=36N=27B=33B−32N=45N−46B+50N+54B5.051.052.020.502019+25.4
44Zhang, Yinzhe1939CHN−3N+60B−29N−51B+54N=31B−33N+57B=41B−24N+52N5.050.551.517.752031+18.0
45Jiao, Zhaorui1940CHN−19B=58N+57B=39N=41B−34N−31N=43B+55N+52B−25N5.049.052.020.002028+32.0
46Cheng, Gongpu1845CHN=25N−13B−10N=55B+58N−42B−30N+56B+43N=40B−36N4.552.555.518.751950+35.4
47Zhang, Edmond Meng1809HKG−14N−33B+54N+56B−25N=27N=53B+49B−31N−42B=48N4.551.555.019.252004+86.8
48Liu, Huaqi1853CHN−15B=26N=36B−34N−57B+60N+54B−27N+58B−30N=47B4.550.051.016.001916+16.0
49Ding, Zhiyuan1942CHN−6N=55B−40N+52B+56N=29B−15B−47N−51N=58B+60N4.546.547.514.501862-54.8
50Peng, Zihao1878CHN+29N−3B−35N−38B=55N−52B+60B−53N+59N−43B+58N4.545.546.513.751861-22.0
51Xie, Chujun1904CHN−24B=36N=34B+44N=39B=35B−25N−26N+49B−41N−33B4.055.059.520.252126+92.4
52Wang, Youran1827CHN−16B=27N−26B−49N+60B+50N=41B=36N=35B−45N−44B4.053.554.516.501949+47.2
53Gao, Linhao1915CHN−9B=34N−11B=57N+59B−36N=47N+50B=42N−35B−40N4.053.055.516.251969+8.0
54Yu, Zhe1834CHN−39B−32N−47B+60N−44B+58N−48N=59B=57N+55B−43N4.042.043.010.501750-50.4
55Xu, Sinan1650CHN−8B=49N−27B=46N=50B=57N+59B−30N−45B−54N=56B3.548.050.512.751792+54.4
56Zhang, Hongya2029CHN+21B−4N−17B−47N−49B=59N=58B−46N=60N=57B=55N3.546.047.012.751803-117.7
57Gu,Yi1749CHN−22N=42B−45N=53B+48N=55B−38N−44N=54B=56NF3.545.548.014.501841+34.8
58Shen, Houlin1627CHN−35N=45B−42N=59N−46B−54B=56N+60B−48N=49N−50B3.043.544.58.751711+32.0
59Tao, Qibing1830CHN=10N−25B−31N=58B−53N=56B−55N=54N−50B=60BF2.544.545.59.251724-32.4
60Pei, Dongfang1547CHN−41B−44N−43B−54B−52N−48B−50N−58N=56B=59N−49B1.043.045.53.001483-22.0

Key insights

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2025 China chess championship (Men) — Xinghua, Jiangsu, China | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats