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2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Final)

KnockoutStandard

20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 08 Jan 2026 to 13 Jan 2026 in Shaoxing, China. 20 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2601, and top seed was Hao Wang (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2687).

Qun Ma (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2614) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Hao Wang (4.0) and Tianqi Yan (4.0). Ma won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Miaoyi Lu (IM, 2431) beat Yifan Hou (GM, 2613), a +182-point gap.

Location
🇨🇳Shaoxing, China
Dates
08 Jan 2026 → 13 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Knockout · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇳GMHao Wang2687
Avg top 10
2,601
Participants
20
Titled players · 20
GM×12
IM×5
WGM×2
WIM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇳China×20
Top 3
  • 🥇
    GMQun Ma
    🇨🇳CHN·2614
    4.0pts·2567perf-3.4
  • 🥈
    GMHao Wang
    🇨🇳CHN·2687
    4.0pts·2644perf-3.2
  • 🥉
    WIMTianqi Yan
    🇨🇳CHN·2347
    4.0pts·2455perf+19.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 5 players tied at 4.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
3
1
5
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Lei takes lead
Bai4Ma4Lei4Yan4Wang4Bu3.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE12 Jan

GM Tingjie Lei takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 4.0/6. Ma takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

GM Tingjie Lei won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ma, QunGM2614CHN=13N+13B=11N=11B+11N=11B4.012.515.010.002567-3.4
2Wang, HaoGM2687CHN+17B=17N=10B+10N=10B=10N4.012.014.09.252644-3.2
3Yan, TianqiWIM2347CHN+20N+20B=8N=8B=8N=8B4.012.012.06.002455+19.2
4Bai, JinshiGM2599CHN=19B=19N+15B=15N+15B=15N4.09.511.07.502665+5.0
5Lei, TingjieGM2569CHN=8N=8B+20N+20B+20NF4.06.06.03.002523-0.8
6Tan, ZhongyiGM2524CHN=12B−12N+16B+16N+16BF3.511.011.07.252605+5.5
7Bu, XiangzhiGM2665CHN=15B=15N+19B=19N+19BF3.58.58.55.752693+1.8
8Song, YuxinIM2454CHN=5B=5N=3B=3N=3B=3N3.020.024.012.002421-2.8
9Lu, MiaoyiIM2431CHN−16B−16N=12B=12N+12B+12N3.012.014.07.502526+7.4
10Kong, XiangruiIM2511CHN−14N+14B=2N−2B=2N=2B2.518.521.08.502609+7.2
11Jiang, HaochenIM2454CHN+18B−18N=1B=1N−1B=1N2.518.020.08.002536+6.0
12Hou, YifanGM2613CHN=6N+6B=9N=9B−9N−9B2.516.019.08.252405-17.0
13Wang, Shixu BIM2419CHN=1B−1N+18B=18N=18BF2.514.014.06.002576+10.4
14Wang, YueGM2623CHN+10B−10N=17B=17N=17BF2.511.011.05.502525-6.6
15Zhao, JunGM2536CHN=7N=7B−4N=4B−4N=4B2.019.523.07.502496-3.0
16Xiao, YiyiWGM2352CHN+9N+9B−6N−6B−6NF2.016.516.56.002415+8.2
17Liu, YanGM2534CHN−2N=2B=14N=14B=14NF2.015.515.55.752577+2.6
18Zeng, ChongshengGM2550CHN−11N+11B−13N=13B=13NF2.012.512.55.002361-13.0
19Dai, ChangrenGM2549CHN=4N=4B−7N=7B−7NF1.518.518.55.752490-3.8
20Tian, TianWGM2083CHN−3B−3N−5B−5N−5BF0.020.020.00.001629-12.0

Key insights

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