2025 Chinese Chess League Division A (Knockout Stage,Home and Away Format) Round 3-4
KnockoutStandard
21 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Chongqing, China. 21 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2570, and top seed was Xiangzhi Bu (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2672).
Changren Dai (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2556) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Yue Wang (2.0) and Yiyi Xiao (1.5). Dai shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Tian Tian (WGM, 2068) beat Mo Zhai (WGM, 2385), a +317-point gap.
Location
🇨🇳Chongqing, China
Dates
24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Knockout · 2 rounds
Titled players · 21
GM×12
IM×4
WGM×4
WIM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇳China×21
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dai, ChangrenGM | 2556 | CHN | +21N | +8B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 3314 | +8.8 |
| 2 | Wang, YueGM | 2621 | CHN | +20B | +20N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3367 | +8.4 |
| 3 | Xiao, YiyiWGM | 2357 | CHN | =16N | +16B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2387 | +1.2 |
| 4 | Tan, ZhongyiGM | 2532 | CHN | +17N | =17B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2757 | +5.8 |
| 5 | Bu, XiangzhiGM | 2672 | CHN | =13N | +13B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2654 | -0.4 |
| 6 | Tian, TianWGM | 2068 | CHN | +15B | =15N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2578 | +24.8 |
| 7 | Lei, TingjieGM | 2566 | CHN | =14B | +14N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2464 | -2.0 |
| 8 | Wan, YunguoGM | 2506 | CHN | +18N | −1N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 2479 | -0.7 |
| 9 | Liu, YanGM | 2538 | CHN | =10B | =10N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2467 | -2.0 |
| 10 | Xu, YiGM | 2467 | CHN | =9N | =9B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2538 | +2.0 |
| 11 | Zeng, ChongshengGM | 2565 | CHN | =12B | =12N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2439 | -3.4 |
| 12 | Lou, YipingIM | 2439 | CHN | =11N | =11B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2565 | +3.4 |
| 13 | Meng, YihanIM | 2461 | CHN | =5B | −5N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 2479 | +0.4 |
| 14 | Zhang, XiaowenWGM | 2271 | CHN | =7N | −7B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 2373 | +2.0 |
| 15 | Zhai, MoWGM | 2385 | CHN | −6N | =6B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1876 | -12.4 |
| 16 | Sun, FanghuiWIM | 2194 | CHN | =3B | −3N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 2164 | -1.2 |
| 17 | Ju, WenjunGM | 2564 | CHN | −4B | =4N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 2339 | -5.8 |
| 18 | Wang, Shixu BIM | 2402 | CHN | −8B | =19N | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 2255 | -3.8 |
| 19 | Cao, QingfengIM | 2390 | CHN | F | =18B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2402 | +0.2 |
| 20 | Zhang, PengxiangGM | 2567 | CHN | −2N | −2B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1821 | -8.4 |
| 21 | Peng, XiongjianGM | 2521 | CHN | −1B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1756 | -4.5 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Tian, TianWGMCHN+24.81.5 pts · #6
- 2Dai, ChangrenGMCHN+8.82.0 pts · #1
- 3Wang, YueGMCHN+8.42.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Zhai, MoWGMCHN-12.40.5 pts · #17
- 2Zhang, PengxiangGMCHN-8.40.0 pts · #21
- 3Ju, WenjunGMCHN-5.80.5 pts · #19
Biggest upsets
- R1+317 Elo gap