9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 Standard-U14

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59 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Zhuhai,GuangDong, China. 2 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1892, and top seed was Yiheng Li (🇭🇰 HKG, CM, 2035).

Yiming Gong (🇨🇳 CHN, 1865) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sinan Xu (7.0) and Yimin Zeng (7.0). Gong clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Enlin Liu (1591) beat Yiheng Li (CM, 2035), a +444-point gap.

Location

🇨🇳Zhuhai,GuangDong, China

Dates

22 Jul 2025 → 28 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇭🇰CMYiheng Li2035

Avg top 10

1,892

Participants

Titled players · 2

CM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇳China×26

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×14

🇸🇬Singapore×8

🇲🇳Mongolia×4

🇲🇾Malaysia×2

🇰🇷South Korea×2

🇵🇭Philippines×1

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

Top 3

🥇
Yiming Gong
🇨🇳CHN·1865
7.5pts·2002perf+56.0
🥈
Sinan Xu
🇨🇳CHN·1650
7.0pts·2027perf+137.2
🥉
Yimin Zeng
🇨🇳CHN·1604
7.0pts·1957perf+130.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Yiming Gong led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Gong7.5Xu7Zeng7Cheng6.5Teah6Carredo6

R9 · LEADER CHANGE28 Jul

Yiming Gong takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yiming Gong drew with Sinan Xu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Yiming Gong 4 wins (R2–R5)Sinan Xu 4 wins (R1–R4)Yimin Zeng 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Yiming Gong	*	½	1	1
2Sinan Xu	½	*	0	1
3Yimin Zeng	0	1	*	—
4Gongpu Cheng	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gong, Yiming	1865	CHN	=24B	+38N	+3B	+8N	+4B	=5N	=2N	+16B	+7B	7.5	49.0	53.0	44.00	2002	+56.0
2	Xu, Sinan	1650	CHN	+49B	+32N	+14B	+9N	=5B	+6N	=1B	+4N	−3B	7.0	48.5	52.0	38.25	2027	+137.2
3	Zeng, Yimin	1604	CHN	+58N	=12B	−1N	+20B	+23N	+32B	+14B	=8N	+2N	7.0	45.5	47.0	33.75	1957	+130.4
4	Cheng, Gongpu	1845	CHN	+27N	+17B	+19N	+6B	−1N	+12B	=5N	−2B	+13B	6.5	47.5	52.0	34.50	1929	+37.8
5	Wang, Zihao(SH)	1820	CHN	+34N	+33B	+43N	+10B	=2N	=1B	=4B	−7N	=6N	6.0	47.0	50.5	31.00	1886	+31.2
6	Carredo, Mar Aviel	1973	PHI	+36B	+18N	+13B	−4N	+11B	−2B	=17N	+15N	=5B	6.0	46.5	50.5	31.50	1855	-43.6
7	Li, YihengCM	2035	HKG	−15N	+57B	+22N	=19B	+18N	=13B	+12N	+5B	−1N	6.0	45.0	47.5	29.25	1864	-61.6
8	Teah, Jared	1802	SGP	+52N	+15B	=10N	−1B	=43N	+25B	=13N	=3B	+27N	6.0	44.5	47.5	29.00	1766	-12.4
9	Chan, Pui Yin BrandonCM	1938	HKG	+47N	+21B	+39N	−2B	−12N	=16B	=18N	+27B	+17N	6.0	41.5	45.0	27.25	1814	-46.8
10	Miao, ZiXin	1649	CHN	+48N	+23B	=8B	−5N	−13B	+53N	+28B	=14N	+32B	6.0	40.0	43.0	25.75	1850	+75.6
11	Lee, Tsuen Jin Aiesec	1889	SGP	=44N	+37B	=12N	+21B	−6N	−17B	+43N	+33B	+18N	6.0	38.0	41.5	26.00	1818	-25.6
12	Fang, Brandon Jun Qiao	1810	HKG	+31B	=3N	=11B	+26N	+9B	−4N	−7B	+24N	=14B	5.5	47.0	51.5	29.75	1839	+19.2
13	Ng, Shu Heng	1781	MAS	+57N	+20B	−6N	=25B	+10N	=7N	=8B	+22B	−4N	5.5	45.5	48.0	27.00	1819	+13.2
14	Tuvshintulga, Tumurchudur	1811	MGL	+40N	+25B	−2N	=43B	+33N	+19B	−3N	=10B	=12N	5.5	43.5	47.0	25.50	1739	-30.4
15	Liu, Enlin	1591	CHN	+7B	−8N	=29N	+48B	−19N	+20B	+21N	−6B	+33N	5.5	41.5	45.0	25.75	1828	+77.2
16	Liu, Chenyuan	1722	CHN	=30B	=24N	=34B	=41N	+45B	=9N	+35B	−1N	+28B	5.5	39.5	43.0	23.75	1738	+7.2
17	Chen, Kyle	1703	HKG	+54B	−4N	+31B	=23B	=22N	+11N	=6B	=32N	−9B	5.0	43.0	46.0	23.50	1821	+49.2
18	Heng, Jun Herng Kyan	1713	SGP	+42N	−6B	=20N	+37B	−7B	+41N	=9B	+34N	−11B	5.0	41.0	45.0	21.50	1721	-2.4
19	Muzafkar, Fitsal Aswa	1744	INA	+41N	+45B	−4B	=7N	+15B	−14N	−27N	+40B	=25N	5.0	41.0	44.5	22.50	1658	-33.2
20	Li, Ximing	0	CHN	+28B	−13N	=18B	−3N	+36B	−15N	+46B	+39N	=23B	5.0	40.5	44.0	21.00	1699	0.0
21	Erdenebaatar, Galbaatar	1728	MGL	+56B	−9N	+24B	−11N	+27B	=26N	−15B	=35N	+34B	5.0	40.0	43.0	21.00	1652	-31.6
22	Fan, Boren	1786	CHN	=38B	+30N	−7B	+34N	=17B	=28N	+24B	−13N	=26B	5.0	39.5	43.5	22.75	1713	-26.0
23	Lee, Jiwoo	1842	KOR	+35B	−10N	+47B	=17N	−3B	+43B	=33N	=25B	=20N	5.0	39.5	43.0	20.50	1670	-66.4
24	Yin, Zijun	1527	CHN	=1N	=16B	−21N	+55B	+54N	+39B	−22N	−12B	+35N	5.0	39.5	42.5	20.50	1692	+53.2
25	Sim, Yan Xiang Ethan	1647	SGP	+46B	−14N	+50B	=13N	=28B	−8N	+36B	=23N	=19B	5.0	39.0	42.5	21.00	1704	+20.0
26	Cheng, Aiden	1703	SGP	=37N	=44B	+55N	−12B	+42N	=21B	−32N	+29B	=22N	5.0	35.5	38.5	20.25	1704	-2.4
27	Jin, Ziyang	1525	HKG	−4B	+54N	=28B	+29B	−21N	+46N	+19B	−9N	−8B	4.5	41.0	44.0	18.25	1707	+52.8
28	Xiao, Ruhan	1725	CHN	−20N	+59B	=27N	+40B	=25N	=22B	−10N	+50B	−16N	4.5	38.5	40.0	16.25	1582	-46.8
29	Leong, Ee Hern	1892	MAS	+51B	−43N	=15B	−27N	+31B	−35N	+30B	−26N	+46B	4.5	35.0	38.5	18.75	1476	-139.6
30	Luo, Yijie	0	CHN	=16N	−22B	−40N	+52B	+44N	−33B	−29N	+48B	+43N	4.5	33.5	36.5	16.25	1609	0.0
31	Wong, Kainos	1479	HKG	−12N	+58B	−17N	=50B	−29N	=48B	=42N	+45B	+44N	4.5	33.0	34.5	14.00	1538	+6.0
32	Tsolmon, Battur	1817	MGL	F	−2B	+44N	=33B	+39N	−3N	+26B	=17B	−10N	4.0	41.5	41.5	17.00	1659	-65.6
33	Gong, Bonuonuo	1667	CHN	+53B	−5N	+46B	=32N	−14B	+30N	=23B	−11N	−15B	4.0	40.0	43.0	15.50	1522	-39.6
34	Lum, Yong Feng	1520	SGP	−5B	+53N	=16N	−22B	=37N	+42B	+39N	−18B	−21N	4.0	38.5	41.5	15.75	1562	+12.0
35	Lei, Zihang	1521	CHN	−23N	=48B	−37N	+56B	+50N	+29B	−16N	=21B	−24B	4.0	36.0	39.0	15.25	1594	+12.4
36	Wang, Yufan(GD)	1573	CHN	−6N	=42B	−45N	+38B	−20N	+49B	−25N	+54B	=41N	4.0	35.0	38.0	14.50	1010	-19.2
37	Yang, Xingrui	0	CHN	=26B	−11N	+35B	−18N	=34B	=?N	=47B	=44B	=40N	4.0	35.0	35.0	14.00	1578	0.0
38	Feng, Jinjiu Larry	0	HKG	=22N	−1B	−48N	−36N	+57B	+52B	=45N	=43B	=42N	4.0	34.0	36.5	13.50	1595	0.0
39	Baidar, Buyandelger	1760	MGL	+59B	+50N	−9B	+45N	−32B	−24N	−34B	−20B	+53N	4.0	34.0	35.5	11.50	899	-91.6
40	Zhang, Marvin	1505	HKG	−14B	=49N	+30B	−28N	−46B	+56N	+53B	−19N	=37B	4.0	33.5	36.5	14.25	960	-22.4
41	Jia, Yixuan	0	CHN	−19B	=?N	+49B	=16B	=53N	−18B	=44N	=47N	=36B	4.0	33.0	33.0	13.25	1540	0.0
42	Wu, Xing	0	HKG	−18B	=36N	=?B	+47N	−26B	−34N	=31B	+56N	=38B	4.0	33.0	33.0	12.75	1497	0.0
43	Karl, Sutanto	1653	SGP	+55N	+29B	−5B	=14N	=8B	−23N	−11B	=38N	−30B	3.5	41.5	44.5	15.25	1718	+18.4
44	Liu, Muzhou	1531	SGP	=11B	=26N	−32B	=46N	−30B	+54N	=41B	=37N	−31B	3.5	35.5	38.5	14.25	1530	-4.0
45	Zhang, Chen	0	HKG	+?B	−19N	+36B	−39B	−16N	=47N	=38B	−31N	=51B	3.5	34.0	34.0	9.50	1543	0.0
46	Zhang, Boqin	0	CHN	−25N	+52B	−33N	=44B	+40N	−27B	−20N	+55B	−29N	3.5	33.5	36.5	11.75	1501	0.0
47	Do Tung Duy	1571	VIE	−9B	+56N	−23N	−42B	+55N	=45B	=37N	=41B	−50N	3.5	33.0	36.0	11.75	1090	-10.8
48	Zha, Haoyun	0	CHN	−10B	=35N	+38B	−15N	−?B	=31N	=54B	−30N	+58B	3.5	33.0	33.0	11.25	1335	0.0
49	Zeng, Yishen	0	CHN	−2N	=40B	−41N	=57B	=51B	−36N	=58B	=52N	+?B	3.5	29.5	29.5	7.25	1505	0.0
50	Zhang, Yixin(JS)	0	CHN	F	−39B	−25N	=31N	−35B	+51N	+?B	−28N	+47B	3.5	29.0	29.0	9.25	1568	0.0
51	Li, Ziyan	1552	CHN	−29N	−55B	+58N	−53B	=49N	−50B	=52N	+59B	=45N	3.5	25.5	27.0	8.00	1481	-10.0
52	Lee, Yoonsoo	1459	KOR	−8B	−46N	=56B	−30N	+59B	−38N	=51B	=49B	=54N	3.0	31.0	32.5	8.00	1484	+0.8
53	Yeoh, Christopher Hin Hong	0	HKG	−33N	−34B	+59N	+51N	=41B	−10B	−40N	=?N	−39B	3.0	31.0	31.0	7.00	1382	0.0
54	Yang, Bingxian	0	CHN	−17N	−27B	+57N	+?N	−24B	−44B	=48N	−36N	=52B	3.0	31.0	31.0	5.75	1335	0.0
55	Yu, Andrew	0	HKG	−43B	+51N	−26B	−24N	−47B	−58N	+57B	−46N	+59N	3.0	28.0	29.5	7.50	1363	0.0
56	Jiang, Qiushuo	0	CHN	−21N	−47B	=52N	−35N	+58B	−40B	+59N	−42B	=57N	3.0	27.5	29.0	5.75	1190	0.0
57	Hu, Jin Peng	0	HKG	−13B	−7N	−54B	=49N	−38N	=59B	−55N	+58N	=56B	2.5	29.5	31.0	5.50	1108	0.0
58	Zhou, Mingyu	0	CHN	−3B	−31N	−51B	−59N	−56N	+55B	=49N	−57B	−48N	1.5	30.5	32.0	4.75	744	0.0
59	Huang, Man Ho Nathan	0	HKG	−39N	−28N	−53B	+58B	−52N	=57N	−56B	−51N	−55B	1.5	26.5	28.0	2.75	823	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Xu, SinanCHN
+137.2
7.0 pts · #6
2Zeng, YiminCHN
+130.4
7.0 pts · #12
3Liu, EnlinCHN
+77.2
5.5 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Leong, Ee HernMAS
-139.6
4.5 pts · #36
2Baidar, BuyandelgerMGL
-91.6
4.0 pts · #55
3Lee, JiwooKOR
-66.4
5.0 pts · #13

Biggest upsets

R1+444 Elo gap
Liu, Enlin1591 beat CMLi, Yiheng2035
R6+371 Elo gap
Lei, Zihang1521 beat Leong, Ee Hern1892
R4+367 Elo gap
Jin, Ziyang1525 beat Leong, Ee Hern1892