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2025 The Third China Chess King Competition

KnockoutRapid

12 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 23 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Chengdu, China. 12 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2629, and top seed was Liren Ding (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2770).

Xiangyu Xu (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2588) won with 5.0/8, ahead of Yangyi Yu (4.0) and Xiangzhi Bu (4.0). Xu won solo starting round 2.

Location
🇨🇳Chengdu, China
Dates
23 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Rapid: 15 minutes for game with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇳GMLiren Ding2770
Avg top 10
2,629
Participants
12
Titled players · 12
GM×12
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇳China×12
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇨🇳CHN·2588
    5.0pts·2749perf+17.0
  • 🥈
    🇨🇳CHN·2694
    4.0pts·2720perf+2.0
  • 🥉
    🇨🇳CHN·2583
    4.0pts·2710perf+10.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

GM Xiangyu Xu led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
R2–R8 · LEAD HELD

GM Xiangyu Xu never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

GM Xiangyu Xu 0.51.5 against GM Yangyi Yu (R5 0-1, R6 ½-½) — decisive in 1/2.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMXiangyu Xu*
0
½
½
½
2GMYangyi Yu
1
½
*
½
½
3GMXiangzhi Bu
½
½
*
1
1
4GMShanglei Lu
½
½
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Xu, XiangyuGM2588CHN+11N=11B+12N+12B2N=2B=4N=4B5.015.015.05.752749+17.0
2Yu, YangyiGM2694CHNFF+6B=6N+1B=1N=3N=3B4.021.021.013.752720+2.0
3Bu, XiangzhiGM2583CHNFF=5B=5N+4N+4B=2B=2N4.018.018.012.002710+10.2
4Lu, ShangleiGM2611CHN+8N8B=7N=7B3B3N=1B=1N3.021.022.07.002547-7.6
5Xiao, Tong(QD)GM2450CHN+9B9N=3N=3BFFFF2.010.010.05.002507+3.0
6Ma, QunGM2614CHN=10B=10N2N=2BFFFF1.510.010.03.002524-5.2
7Ding, LirenGM2770CHNFF=4B=4NFFFF1.06.06.03.002611-4.2
8Li, Chao bGM2594CHN4B+4NFFFFFF1.06.06.03.002611+0.4
9Li, DiGM2431CHN5N+5BFFFFFF1.04.04.02.002450+0.6
10Ju, WenjunGM2528CHN=6N=6BFFFFFF1.03.03.01.502614+2.4
11Wang, YueGM2634CHN1B=1NFFFFFF0.510.010.02.502395-6.2
12Wang, HaoGM2675CHNFF1B1NFFFF0.010.010.00.001788-12.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers