Chinese National Youth Chess Championship 2026(G12)

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65 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 22 Feb 2026 to 27 Feb 2026 in Yancheng,Jiangsu, China. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1784, and top seed was Ruoya Gao (🇨🇳 CHN, WCM, 1943).

Jianning Zhang (🇨🇳 CHN, 1758) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Zixin Huang (8.0) and Yiqiu Yang (8.0). Zhang won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Miaoxuan Li (1480) beat Jingyi(GD) Peng (1933), a +453-point gap.

Location

🇨🇳Yancheng,Jiangsu, China

Dates

22 Feb 2026 → 27 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇳WCMRuoya Gao1943

Avg top 10

1,784

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇨🇳China×64

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

Top 3

🥇
Jianning Zhang
🇨🇳CHN·1758
8.5pts·1886perf+72.0
🥈
Zixin Huang
🇨🇳CHN·1777
8.0pts·1799perf+19.2
🥉
Yiqiu Yang
🇨🇳CHN·1444
8.0pts·1849perf+222.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Jianning Zhang led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Zhang8.5Yang8Huang8Ding7.5Luo7.5Song7.5

R7–R11 · LEAD HELD

Jianning Zhang held the sole lead from R7 through R11 without losing it.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Jianning Zhang beat Yiqiu Yang (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Jianning Zhang 4 wins (R1–R4)Zixin Huang 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Jianning Zhang	*	1	½	½
2Yiqiu Yang	0	*	—	1
3Zixin Huang	½	—	*	½
4Yanwen Ding	½	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zhang, Jianning	1758	CHN	+39N	+16B	+45N	+7B	=5N	=6B	+9B	=2N	+3B	=11N	=12B	8.5	71.0	75.5	57.00	1886	+72.0
2	Huang, Zixin	1777	CHN	+44N	+15B	−4N	=16B	+38N	+13B	+28N	=1B	=5N	=6N	+11B	8.0	68.5	73.0	50.50	1799	+19.2
3	Yang, Yiqiu	1444	CHN	−30N	+65B	+51N	=48B	+45N	=10B	+44N	+7B	−1N	+14B	+5N	8.0	60.5	62.0	42.25	1849	+222.0
4	Chen, Xuhe	1647	CHN	+8B	+21N	+2B	=6B	=10N	=28N	=7B	=12N	+9B	−5B	+15N	7.5	71.5	77.0	52.25	1838	+90.0
5	Ding, Yanwen	1772	CHN	+31B	+14N	+28B	+30N	=1B	=7N	=6B	=11N	=2B	+4N	−3B	7.5	71.5	77.0	49.75	1798	+20.4
6	Song, Yuzhen	1756	CHN	+55B	+13N	+54B	=4N	+11B	=1N	=5N	=10B	+28N	=2B	−7N	7.5	69.5	73.5	46.75	1807	+30.8
7	Luo, Zhenzhen	1708	CHN	+59B	+46N	+9B	−1N	+30B	=5B	=4N	−3N	+13B	=17N	+6B	7.5	69.5	73.0	45.75	1770	+38.4
8	Hua, Er	0	CHN	−4N	+43N	−14B	+62B	+58N	+19B	−10N	+44B	=20N	+28B	+22N	7.5	58.0	61.0	37.00	1656	0.0
9	Gao, RuoyaWCM	1943	CHN	+60N	+20B	−7N	+12N	=14B	+29B	−1N	+15B	−4N	+18B	=10N	7.0	68.5	72.0	41.75	1744	-88.0
10	Peng, Jingyi(GD)	1933	CHN	−13B	+55N	+31B	+52N	=4B	=3N	+8B	=6N	−11B	+20N	=9B	7.0	67.5	71.5	42.50	1702	-92.8
11	Fan, Shuhan	1704	CHN	=23N	+63B	+48N	+29B	−6N	+16B	=14N	=5B	+10N	=1B	−2N	7.0	67.5	69.5	39.75	1782	+38.8
12	Sun, Yucan(SD)	1652	CHN	=41N	+23B	+24N	−9B	=44N	+39B	=15N	=4B	=14N	+29B	=1N	7.0	63.5	68.0	41.75	1674	+8.8
13	Li, Miaoxuan	1480	CHN	+10N	−6B	+56N	=45B	+50N	−2N	+34B	=14B	−7N	+25B	+29N	7.0	62.5	66.5	38.00	1700	+84.4
14	Yi, Ruiyu	1585	CHN	+25N	−5B	+8N	+58B	=9N	=44B	=11B	=13N	=12B	−3N	+31B	6.5	67.0	70.5	38.75	1578	-8.8
15	Ge, Jialin	1570	CHN	+49B	−2N	+33B	−28N	+35B	+21N	=12B	−9N	+38B	+27N	−4B	6.5	63.0	67.5	36.00	1579	-2.8
16	Zhang, Xiaoyao	1526	CHN	+56B	−1N	+57B	=2N	+24B	−11N	−17B	−21N	+35B	+39N	+49B	6.5	61.0	65.0	33.00	1531	-0.4
17	Wu, Sinian	1630	CHN	=40N	=47B	=38N	−24B	+60N	+42B	+16N	=20B	=29N	=7B	=19N	6.5	57.5	61.0	35.00	1654	+10.8
18	Li, Qianwen	1506	CHN	=22B	=33N	=21B	−46N	=49B	+24N	+54B	+31N	=32B	−9N	+28B	6.5	56.0	60.0	34.75	1748	+46.0
19	Gong, Yuhan	1587	CHN	+57B	−58N	+61B	+54N	−28B	−8N	=21B	=22N	+33B	+32N	=17B	6.5	54.0	57.0	31.25	1618	+4.8
20	Ding, Aima	1581	CHN	+64B	−9N	=46B	=35N	+33B	=40N	+22B	=17N	=8B	−10B	=25N	6.0	60.5	62.5	31.00	1562	-5.6
21	Wang, Muhan	0	CHN	+36B	−4B	=18N	=65B	+48N	−15B	=19N	+16B	=30N	=34N	=26B	6.0	60.5	62.0	32.25	1634	0.0
22	Zhang, Jianing	0	CHN	=18N	−29B	+23N	=39B	=37N	+47B	−20N	=19B	+44N	+30B	−8B	6.0	58.5	63.0	32.25	1574	0.0
23	Cai, Ziyu	0	CHN	=11B	−12N	−22B	=34N	+56B	=33N	=35B	+54N	=26B	+36N	=27B	6.0	58.0	62.0	31.25	1644	0.0
24	Ma, Xuanyue	0	CHN	=26B	+32N	−12B	+17N	−16N	−18B	=59N	+51B	=34B	=43N	+41B	6.0	58.0	61.5	31.50	1580	0.0
25	Tu, Shuying	0	CHN	−14B	−31N	+55B	+61N	−32B	+26N	=37B	+36N	+39B	−13N	=20B	6.0	56.5	59.5	29.25	1543	0.0
26	Zhang, Weiai	1609	CHN	=24N	+40B	−29N	−50B	=41N	−25B	+61N	+58B	=23N	+38B	=21N	6.0	52.5	55.5	28.00	1489	-13.2
27	Li, Zhixu(CQ)	1595	CHN	−42N	+50B	+41N	−44B	=47N	=38B	+58N	=29B	+40N	−15B	=23N	6.0	51.5	55.0	28.50	1314	-59.6
28	Yang, Youqing	1713	CHN	+38N	+42B	−5N	+15B	+19N	=4B	−2B	+32N	−6B	−8N	−18N	5.5	68.0	73.0	32.25	1618	-43.2
29	Yang, Shunying	1540	CHN	=35B	+22N	+26B	−11N	+46B	−9N	+40B	=27N	=17B	−12N	−13B	5.5	63.0	67.5	30.50	1502	-19.2
30	Ye, Shuhan	1733	CHN	+3B	+61N	+58B	−5B	−7N	=32N	=31B	=39N	=21B	−22N	=33B	5.5	60.0	63.0	28.25	1516	-67.2
31	Xin, Yueran	1479	CHN	−5N	+25B	−10N	=42B	+65N	+50B	=30N	−18B	=49N	+40B	−14N	5.5	58.0	59.5	24.50	1498	-0.4
32	Luo, Yafei	1515	CHN	=50N	−24B	+42N	=40B	+25N	=30B	+45N	−28B	=18N	−19B	=34B	5.5	56.0	60.5	29.00	1592	+23.2
33	Ma, Yining	0	CHN	=48N	=18B	−15N	+51B	−20N	=23B	=47N	+59B	−19N	+44B	=30N	5.5	55.0	58.5	26.00	1571	0.0
34	Wang, Mujia	1743	CHN	=63N	−54B	−50N	=23B	+53N	+41B	−13N	+46B	=24N	=21B	=32N	5.5	53.0	55.0	26.75	1358	-58.0
35	Yan, Zixin	0	CHN	=29N	−48B	+63N	=20B	−15N	=43B	=23N	=47B	−16N	+55N	+52B	5.5	53.0	55.0	24.00	1538	0.0
36	Wang, Ziyu	1574	CHN	−21N	−38B	−40N	=59B	+62N	+57B	+42N	−25B	+47N	−23B	+46N	5.5	49.5	52.5	22.75	1241	-32.4
37	Shen, Suyan	1645	CHN	=47N	=41B	=39N	−38B	=22B	+61N	=25N	−40B	+55B	−49N	+59N	5.5	48.5	51.5	23.75	1559	-18.0
38	Zhu, Yixin	1441	CHN	−28B	+36N	=17B	+37N	−2B	=27N	=46B	+45B	−15N	−26N	=43B	5.0	59.0	63.5	26.50	1590	+76.0
39	Yuan, Ruiqiao	1473	CHN	−1B	+49N	=37B	=22N	+54B	−12N	+51N	=30B	−25N	−16B	=40N	5.0	59.0	63.0	24.00	1534	+3.6
40	Liu, Luoyu	0	CHN	=17B	−26N	+36B	=32N	+52B	=20B	−29N	+37N	−27B	−31N	=39B	5.0	57.0	61.5	27.00	1527	0.0
41	Hu, Wenjia Winnie	0	HKG	=12B	=37N	−27B	=57N	=26B	−34N	=55B	=43N	+51N	+45B	−24N	5.0	54.0	58.0	24.75	1614	0.0
42	Mao, Yuhan	0	CHN	+27B	−28N	−32B	=31N	+43B	−17N	−36B	=53N	−52B	+57N	+60B	5.0	52.5	56.0	23.50	1482	0.0
43	Peng, Shiyan	1558	CHN	−62N	−8B	=53N	+63B	−42N	=35N	=56B	=41B	+58N	=24B	=38N	5.0	49.0	51.0	20.50	1642	+7.6
44	Ma, Changdi	1480	CHN	−2B	+64N	+62B	+27N	=12B	=14N	−3B	−8N	−22B	−33N	=58B	4.5	61.0	63.0	19.50	1538	+13.2
45	Liu, Yuanjia	1611	CHN	+53B	+62N	−1B	=13N	−3B	+46N	−32B	−38N	=56B	−41N	=50B	4.5	56.5	59.5	19.75	1161	-102.8
46	Ju, Yishan	0	CHN	+51N	−7B	=20N	+18B	−29N	−45B	=38N	−34N	=48B	+60N	−36B	4.5	55.0	58.5	22.25	1518	0.0
47	Jin, Yiling	0	CHN	=37B	=17N	−52B	+56N	=27B	−22N	=33B	=35N	−36B	=48N	=51N	4.5	54.0	58.0	23.00	1498	0.0
48	Zheng, Yijin	1608	CHN	=33B	+35N	−11B	=3N	−21B	−54N	−49B	+57N	=46N	=47B	=56N	4.5	53.5	57.5	22.75	1386	-23.6
49	Wang, Zhixuan(HLJ)	0	CHN	−15N	−39B	F	=60B	=18N	−51B	+48N	+52N	=31B	+37B	−16N	4.5	52.5	52.5	22.25	1516	0.0
50	Zhang, Jialan	0	CHN	=32B	−27N	+34B	+26N	−13B	−31N	−52B	−55N	=61B	+64B	=45N	4.5	51.5	53.5	20.00	1434	0.0
51	Zhang, Renyi	1635	CHN	−46B	+59N	−3B	−33N	+57B	+49N	−39B	−24N	−41B	+54N	=47B	4.5	51.0	54.5	18.25	1340	-46.8
52	Feng, Yating	1526	CHN	−54N	+53B	+47N	−10B	−40N	−58B	+50N	−49B	+42N	=56B	−35N	4.5	48.5	52.0	20.50	1126	-3.2
53	Liu, Shuyan	0	CHN	−45N	−52N	=43B	=55N	−34B	+62B	−60N	=42B	+64N	−59B	+61N	4.5	41.5	43.5	15.00	1238	0.0
54	Yang, Canqing	0	CHN	+52B	+34N	−6N	−19B	−39N	+48B	−18N	−23B	=59N	−51B	=55B	4.0	54.5	58.0	18.25	1507	0.0
55	Zeng, Mohan	1464	CHN	−6N	−10B	−25N	=53B	+63N	=64B	=41N	+50B	−37N	−35B	=54N	4.0	51.5	53.5	14.25	1490	-0.8
56	Yin, Qing	0	CHN	−16N	F	−13B	−47B	−23N	+63B	=43N	+60B	=45N	=52N	=48B	4.0	48.0	48.0	14.75	1534	0.0
57	Ning, Shuxuan	0	CHN	−19N	+60B	−16N	=41B	−51N	−36N	=64B	−48B	+63N	−42B	+62N	4.0	46.0	48.0	12.00	1394	0.0
58	Zhao, Yunxi	0	CHN	F	+19B	−30N	−14N	−8B	+52N	−27B	−26N	−43B	+63B	=44N	3.5	54.0	54.0	15.25	1491	0.0
59	Zeng, Qianyun	1427	CHN	−7N	−51B	−65N	=36N	F	+60B	=24B	−33N	=54B	+53N	−37B	3.5	48.0	48.0	15.75	1423	-4.0
60	Wen, Xinyue	1491	CHN	−9B	−57N	+64B	=49N	−17B	−59N	+53B	−56N	+62N	−46B	−42N	3.5	46.5	48.5	11.75	850	-38.8
61	Chen, Hanyu	0	CHN	+65N	−30B	−19N	−25B	+64N	−37B	−26B	=63N	=50N	−62B	−53B	3.0	45.5	47.0	6.75	1424	0.0
62	Xu, Wen	0	CHN	+43B	−45B	−44N	−8N	−36B	−53N	=63B	=64N	−60B	+61N	−57B	3.0	44.0	46.0	10.00	1333	0.0
63	Su, Xuanting	1461	CHN	=34B	−11N	−35B	−43N	−55B	−56N	=62N	=61B	−57B	−58N	=64N	2.0	44.5	46.5	6.75	1299	-28.0
64	Wang, Chenyi(ZJ)	0	CHN	−20N	−44B	−60N	F	−61B	=55N	=57N	=62B	−53B	−50N	=63B	2.0	39.0	39.0	6.50	1256	0.0
65	Jiang, Luning	1667	CHN	−61B	−3N	+59B	=21N	−31B	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	26.0	26.0	6.50	1327	-52.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yang, YiqiuCHN
+222.0
8.0 pts · #2
2Chen, XuheCHN
+90.0
7.5 pts · #11
3Li, MiaoxuanCHN
+84.4
7.0 pts · #28

Top rating losers

1Liu, YuanjiaCHN
-102.8
4.5 pts · #59
2Peng, Jingyi(GD)CHN
-92.8
7.0 pts · #10
3Gao, RuoyaWCMCHN
-88.0
7.0 pts · #5

Biggest upsets

R1+453 Elo gap
Li, Miaoxuan1480 beat Peng, Jingyi(GD)1933
R11+328 Elo gap
Yang, Yiqiu1444 beat Ding, Yanwen1772
R9+296 Elo gap
Chen, Xuhe1647 beat WCMGao, Ruoya1943