Chinese National Youth Chess Championship 2026(G10)

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89 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 22 Feb 2026 to 27 Feb 2026 in Yancheng,Jiangsu, China. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1683, and top seed was Qinran Chen (🇨🇳 CHN, WCM, 1813).

Zhihan Chen (🇨🇳 CHN, WCM, 1748) won with 10.0/11, ahead of Ruoqi Zhao (8.5) and Xin Lian (8.5). Chen shared the lead from round 8 and won solo starting round 9.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Yicen Li (1597) beat Yuxin Li (1724), a +127-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

🇨🇳WCMQinran Chen1813

Avg top 10

1,683

Participants

Titled players · 2

WCM×2

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇳China×31

Top 3

🥇
WCMZhihan Chen
🇨🇳CHN·1748
10.0pts·2475perf+64.8
🥈
Ruoqi Zhao
🇨🇳CHN·1672
8.5pts·1813perf+21.2
🥉
Xin Lian
🇨🇳CHN·1731
8.5pts·1393perf-35.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

WCM Zhihan Chen led from R9; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Chen10Zhao8.5Lian8.5Chen8Zhu8Liu8— ex-leaders:Liled R6–R7, #46

R9 · LEADER CHANGE26 Feb

WCM Zhihan Chen takes the sole lead (8.0/9).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WCM Zhihan Chen 8 wins (R4–R11)Ruoqi Zhao 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Xin Lian 4 wins (R2–R5)

R6–R7 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Yuxin Li held the sole lead at R6–R7 but finished #46.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WCMZhihan Chen	*	—	—	—
2Ruoqi Zhao	—	*	1	—
3Xin Lian	—	0	*	½
4Yunyang Chen	—	—	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	Chen, ZhihanWCM	1748	CHN	+89N	+7B	−28N	+39B	+54N	+16B	+12B	+15N	+6B	+9N	+5B	10.0	71.0	72.5	66.00	2475	+64.8
2	Zhao, Ruoqi	1672	CHN	+60N	+57B	+13N	−28B	+69N	+3B	+11N	−9B	+19B	+15N	=6B	8.5	70.5	75.5	57.50	1813	+21.2
3	Lian, Xin	1731	CHN	−59B	+22N	+7B	+55N	+41B	−2N	+53B	+39N	=4B	+29N	+13B	8.5	68.5	74.0	56.00	1393	-35.6
4	Chen, Yunyang	1484	CHN	+83B	+70N	=42B	+21N	+44B	−25N	+52B	=5B	=3N	=7N	+9B	8.0	68.0	72.0	50.25	1726	+62.0
5	Zhu, Jiahe	1751	CHN	+82B	+29N	=59B	−44N	+45B	+66N	+40B	=4N	+33B	+10B	−1N	8.0	67.0	71.0	48.25	1744	-1.2
6	Du, Mingcheng	0	CHN	+?N	+?B	+18N	−15N	+46B	+28B	=9N	+25B	−1N	+12B	=2N	8.0	66.5	66.5	41.50	1603	0.0
7	Liu, Shiyi(SH)	0	CHN	+19B	−1N	−3N	+78B	+?N	+?B	+?N	=18B	+25N	=4B	+22N	8.0	58.0	58.0	32.00	1658	0.0
8	Fu, Yinuo	0	CHN	+?B	+?N	−11B	+?N	=18B	=53N	+42B	−19N	+39B	+33N	+16B	8.0	52.5	52.5	31.75	1634	0.0
9	Li, Yicen	1597	CHN	+88N	+37B	=39B	+45N	+32B	=12N	=6B	+2N	+15B	−1B	−4N	7.5	74.0	76.5	47.75	1662	+14.0
10	Chen, QinranWCM	1813	CHN	+79N	+77B	=30N	=53B	−12N	+76B	+35B	=13N	+23B	−5N	+29B	7.5	64.0	68.0	42.75	957	-23.2
11	Zheng, Yuxin	0	CHN	+55N	+24B	+8N	+16B	+?N	−15N	−2B	=12B	−17N	+?B	+32N	7.5	64.0	64.0	37.75	1645	0.0
12	FIDE 8678960	0	—	+?B	=68N	+?B	+33N	+10B	=9B	−1N	=11N	+21B	−6N	+?B	7.5	59.0	59.0	31.00	1696	0.0
13	Wang, Zimeng(JS)	0	CHN	+?B	+56N	−2B	−41N	+61B	+50N	+66B	=10B	+?N	+?B	−3N	7.5	52.5	52.5	25.75	1666	0.0
14	FIDE 8671559	0	—	+?N	−16B	=67N	+?B	−39N	−31B	+?N	+65B	+42N	+?N	+40B	7.5	42.0	42.0	20.00	1544	0.0
15	Li, Yuxin	1724	CHN	+49N	+48B	+46N	+6B	+28N	+11B	+25N	−1B	−9N	−2B	−19B	7.0	73.5	79.5	46.50	1469	-54.8
16	Chen, Zixi	1614	CHN	+22B	+14N	+51B	−11N	+50B	−1N	+59B	−33N	+45B	+18B	−8N	7.0	71.0	76.5	44.50	1597	-1.6
17	FIDE 8665222	0	—	+75B	=21N	+47B	+42N	−25B	=18N	−33B	+38N	+11B	−19N	+43B	7.0	66.0	70.5	43.50	824	0.0
18	FIDE 8691444	0	—	+?B	+23N	−6B	+?N	=8N	=17B	+44B	=7N	=40B	−16N	+41B	7.0	63.0	63.0	33.50	1572	0.0
19	Zhu, Chunxi	0	CHN	−7N	F	−29B	+82N	+36B	+30B	+?N	+8B	−2N	+17B	+15N	7.0	62.0	62.0	39.00	1675	0.0
20	FIDE 8684685	0	—	−51N	=80B	+63N	=31B	+?B	=72N	=47B	=57N	+37B	+26N	=21N	7.0	58.0	58.0	35.50	649	0.0
21	FIDE 8676097	0	—	+?N	=17B	+?N	−4B	=52N	+54B	=?N	+24B	−12N	+66N	=20B	7.0	52.5	52.5	27.25	1358	0.0
22	Qi, Yuan	0	CHN	−16N	−3B	+?B	+?N	+43B	−52N	+?B	+56N	+66B	+40N	−7B	7.0	51.5	51.5	22.50	1514	0.0
23	Jiang, Yan	0	CHN	+34N	−18B	=?N	+?B	=76N	=51B	+67N	+28B	−10N	=25B	+?N	7.0	49.0	49.0	26.25	1645	0.0
24	FIDE 8665281	0	—	+43B	−11N	−?B	+85N	+68B	+?N	=?B	−21N	+57B	=27N	+44B	7.0	47.5	47.5	29.75	1457	0.0
25	Dang, Yihan	1624	CHN	=76N	+67B	+31N	+30B	+17N	+4B	−15B	−6N	−7B	=23N	=36B	6.5	69.5	74.0	42.00	1610	-1.6
26	FIDE 8665273	0	—	=?B	+27N	=50B	=29N	+49B	=44N	+41B	−40N	=58N	−20B	+59N	6.5	61.0	61.0	36.00	1529	0.0
27	Zheng, Hanyue	1504	CHN	−48N	−26B	+89N	=65B	+80N	+34B	−31N	+51B	+43N	=24B	=35N	6.5	60.0	61.5	33.00	2249	+16.8
28	Wang, Jin(HEB)	0	CHN	+66N	+?B	+1B	+2N	−15B	−6N	=32B	−23N	−?B	+?N	+54B	6.5	57.5	57.5	32.25	1656	0.0
29	Li, Mingjing(SH)	0	CHN	+?N	−5B	+19N	=26B	+?N	−40B	+51N	+?N	+32B	−3B	−10N	6.5	55.5	55.5	22.25	1494	0.0
30	FIDE 8683123	0	—	+?B	+78N	=10B	−25N	=42B	−19N	=?B	−48N	+75B	+47N	+51N	6.5	53.0	53.0	26.75	1628	0.0
31	FIDE 8665087	0	—	+?B	=?N	−25B	=20N	=56B	+14N	+27B	−32N	=41B	=54N	+?B	6.5	51.0	51.0	26.00	1543	0.0
32	FIDE 8683611	0	—	+?N	=?B	+?N	+76B	−9N	=39B	=28N	+31B	−29N	+53N	−11B	6.5	50.5	50.5	22.75	797	0.0
33	FIDE 8671486	0	—	=69N	+?B	+35N	−12B	+?N	=?B	+17N	+16B	−5N	−8B	=?N	6.5	49.0	49.0	23.00	1584	0.0
34	FIDE 8671753	0	—	−23B	+?N	−41B	+?N	+55B	−27N	−45B	=62N	+?B	+60N	+53B	6.5	47.5	47.5	19.25	707	0.0
35	FIDE 8665001	0	—	+?B	=74N	−33B	+81N	+?B	=?B	−10N	−66N	+?B	+48N	=27B	6.5	40.0	40.0	15.50	1547	0.0
36	FIDE 8694648	0	—	−67N	=?B	+64N	=?B	−19N	+?B	=?N	=78B	+?N	+39B	=25N	6.5	34.0	34.0	16.75	1624	0.0
37	FIDE 8697728	0	—	+?B	−9N	−?N	+?B	=?N	−?B	+?N	+55B	−20N	+74B	+58N	6.5	30.0	30.0	15.50	1419	0.0
38	Ren, Jiayi	0	CHN	−40N	=?B	+?B	=?N	+?B	−?N	+?N	−17B	+78N	=?B	+?N	6.5	17.0	17.0	4.00	1374	0.0
39	FIDE 8671737	0	—	+41B	+61B	=9N	−1N	+14B	=32N	+58B	−3B	−8N	−36N	+66B	6.0	71.5	76.5	36.50	1419	0.0
40	Liu, Yixin	1549	CHN	+38B	=71N	−45B	+47N	+60B	+29N	−5N	+26B	=18N	−22B	−14N	6.0	66.5	71.5	37.00	957	-9.2
41	FIDE 8673160	0	—	−39N	+?B	+34N	+13B	−3N	+46B	−26N	=42B	=31N	+72B	−18N	6.0	65.5	65.5	31.25	936	0.0
42	FIDE 8690901	0	—	+54N	+58B	=4N	−17B	=30N	+69B	−8N	=41N	−14B	=63B	+72N	6.0	64.5	69.5	34.00	1490	0.0
43	FIDE 8690448	0	—	−24N	+79B	−54N	+88B	−22N	+?B	+76N	+44N	−27B	+69B	−17N	6.0	55.0	55.0	22.00	707	0.0
44	FIDE 8696489	0	—	=?N	+?B	+?N	+5B	−4N	=26B	−18N	−43B	+?N	+70B	−24N	6.0	47.5	47.5	16.25	1624	0.0
45	Meng, Shuqing	0	CHN	=?N	+?B	+40N	−9B	−5N	=74B	+34N	+?B	−16N	+52B	−?N	6.0	45.0	45.0	20.25	1571	0.0
46	FIDE 8693218	0	—	+?B	+?N	−15B	+?B	−6N	−41N	=61B	−?N	+?B	+56N	=50B	6.0	38.0	38.0	11.25	1438	0.0
47	FIDE 8694982	0	—	+?N	=?B	−17N	−40B	+?N	+?B	=20N	−58B	+?N	−30B	+69N	6.0	37.0	37.0	8.50	1639	0.0
48	Ren, Ruoxi	0	CHN	+27B	−15N	−?N	−?B	+?N	=?B	+?N	+30B	=?N	−35B	+78N	6.0	30.5	30.5	17.00	1592	0.0
49	Ma, Yutian	0	CHN	−15B	+?N	=?N	+67B	−26N	+?B	+?N	−?B	=52N	−?B	+70N	6.0	29.0	29.0	12.75	1411	0.0
50	FIDE 8685258	0	—	=?N	+?B	=26N	+?B	−16N	−13B	+?N	−?B	=?N	+?B	=46N	6.0	27.0	27.0	6.25	855	0.0
51	Xu, Yutong	0	CHN	+20B	+86B	−16N	+56N	−66B	=23N	−29B	−27N	+61B	+62N	−30B	5.5	62.0	65.5	30.50	761	-28.0
52	Li, Guoer	1555	CHN	+87B	−59N	=60B	+71N	=21B	+22B	−4N	=53N	=49B	−45N	=57B	5.5	61.0	64.0	29.75	690	-23.6
53	FIDE 8671311	0	—	=?B	+81N	+74B	=10N	=?N	=8B	−3N	=52B	+67N	−32B	−34N	5.5	56.0	56.0	24.00	1540	0.0
54	FIDE 8692033	0	—	−42B	+?N	+43B	+68N	−1B	−21N	+85B	+?N	−?N	=31B	−28N	5.5	51.0	51.0	18.25	920	0.0
55	FIDE 574001116	0	—	−11B	+?N	+78B	−3B	−34N	=?N	+73B	−37N	=68B	=?N	+75B	5.5	47.5	47.5	16.00	936	0.0
56	FIDE 8692963	0	—	+80N	−13B	+75N	−51B	=31N	=?B	+63N	−22B	=?N	−46B	+?B	5.5	46.5	46.5	17.25	649	0.0
57	FIDE 8692360	0	—	+?B	−2N	−66N	+86B	−?B	+81N	+74N	=20B	−24N	=?B	=52N	5.5	45.0	45.0	18.25	1442	0.0
58	FIDE 8659206	0	—	+64B	−42N	+?B	=?N	=?B	+70B	−39N	+47N	=26B	−?N	−37B	5.5	41.5	41.5	19.75	752	0.0
59	Ma, Yimo	0	CHN	+3N	+52B	=5N	−?B	=?N	+?B	−16N	=?B	−?B	+64N	−26B	5.5	41.0	41.0	23.50	1595	0.0
60	Pei, Anyun	0	CHN	−2B	+?N	=52N	+?B	−40N	−67B	+?N	=?B	=74N	−34B	+?N	5.5	36.0	36.0	5.00	1597	0.0
61	FIDE 8678758	0	—	+?B	−39N	−?N	+?B	−13N	+?B	=46N	−67B	−51N	+?B	+?N	5.5	30.0	30.0	3.00	649	0.0
62	FIDE 8699186	0	—	−?N	=84B	+80N	−?B	=?N	−?B	+83N	=34B	+?N	−51B	+74N	5.5	28.5	28.5	17.75	649	0.0
63	FIDE 8695504	0	—	−?B	=?N	−20B	+?N	=81B	+?N	−56B	=68N	+?B	=42N	=?B	5.5	27.5	27.5	7.50	1247	0.0
64	FIDE 8660999	0	—	−58N	=?N	−36B	+?B	=87N	=?B	+79N	+?B	−?N	−59B	+?N	5.5	24.5	24.5	5.50	1483	0.0
65	FIDE 8692491	0	—	−?N	−?B	+?B	=27N	−?B	+?N	+?B	−14N	−?N	+?B	+?N	5.5	14.0	14.0	3.25	1322	0.0
66	FIDE 8673004	0	—	−28B	+83N	+57B	+70N	+51N	−5B	−13N	+35B	−22N	−21B	−39N	5.0	64.5	68.5	26.50	1603	0.0
67	FIDE 8694842	0	—	+36B	−25N	=14B	−49N	+71B	+60N	−23B	+61N	−53B	−?N	=?B	5.0	55.0	55.0	26.25	749	0.0
68	FIDE 8698724	0	—	+?N	=12B	=69N	−54B	−24N	−?B	+87N	=63B	=55N	=?B	=71B	5.0	44.0	44.0	17.25	927	0.0
69	FIDE 8671206	0	—	=33B	+?N	=68B	+?N	−2B	−42N	−?B	+?N	+?B	−43N	−47B	5.0	38.0	38.0	5.75	882	0.0
70	FIDE 8699488	0	—	+?N	−4B	+?N	−66B	+?B	−58N	−?N	+?B	+?B	−44N	−49B	5.0	30.5	30.5	0.00	1502	0.0
71	FIDE 8675333	0	—	+?N	=40B	−?N	−52B	−67N	+86B	=?N	−74B	=?N	+?B	=68N	5.0	29.5	29.5	9.00	1545	0.0
72	FIDE 8689326	0	—	−?B	+?N	+?B	−?B	+?N	=20B	−?N	=?N	+?B	−41N	−42B	5.0	19.0	19.0	3.50	1329	0.0
73	FIDE 8686114	0	—	=?N	−?B	−?N	+79B	+77N	−?B	−55N	−?B	+?N	=?N	+82B	5.0	18.0	18.0	12.50	835	0.0
74	FIDE 8699070	0	—	+?B	=35B	−53N	−?N	+?B	=45N	−57B	+71N	=60B	−37N	−62B	4.5	46.0	46.0	14.00	607	0.0
75	Wu, Yike	0	CHN	−17N	+?N	−56B	=77B	−?N	−79B	+86N	+?B	−30N	+?B	−55N	4.5	36.5	36.5	5.75	1503	0.0
76	FIDE 8676674	0	—	=25B	+?N	+?B	−32N	=23B	−10N	−43B	−?N	=?B	+?N	−?B	4.5	33.5	33.5	6.75	1592	0.0
77	FIDE 8693404	0	—	+?B	−10N	−?B	=75N	−73B	=?N	+81B	−?N	=80B	−?N	+?B	4.5	25.0	25.0	8.25	1012	0.0
78	FIDE 8674604	0	—	F	−30B	−55N	−7N	+82B	+84N	=?B	=36N	−38B	+?N	−48B	4.0	47.0	47.0	11.25	1473	0.0
79	FIDE 8665010	0	—	−10B	−43N	=?B	−73N	+?B	+75N	−64B	−?N	−?B	=86B	+?N	4.0	32.0	32.0	6.25	1012	0.0
80	FIDE 8671710	0	—	−56B	=20N	−62B	+?N	−27B	=?N	+?B	−?N	=77N	−?B	=?N	4.0	29.0	29.0	5.75	707	0.0
81	FIDE 8691207	0	—	=?N	−53B	+?N	−35B	=63N	−57B	−77N	=?B	=?N	=?B	=?N	4.0	27.5	27.5	2.75	1483	0.0
82	FIDE 8691541	0	—	−5N	−?B	+?N	−19B	−78N	+?B	+?N	−?B	−?N	+?B	−73N	4.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	957	0.0
83	FIDE 8696195	0	—	−4N	−66B	=?B	=?N	=?B	=?N	−62B	=?N	=?B	−84N	+?B	4.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	1289	0.0
84	FIDE 574000438	0	—	−86N	=62N	+?B	=?B	−?N	−78B	−?N	=?B	=?N	+83B	−?N	4.0	17.0	17.0	6.75	1483	0.0
85	FIDE 8663319	0	—	−?N	−?B	+?N	−24B	+?N	+?B	−54N	−?N	−?B	=?B	=?N	4.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	1180	0.0
86	FIDE 8698112	0	—	+84B	−51N	−?B	−57N	=?B	−71N	−75B	=?N	=89B	=79N	=?N	3.5	30.0	30.0	6.75	649	0.0
87	FIDE 8691703	0	—	−52N	−?B	+?B	=?N	=64B	−?N	−68B	=?N	−?B	−?N	=89N	3.0	17.5	17.5	3.50	841	0.0
88	FIDE 8699194	0	—	−9B	=?N	=?B	−43N	=?B	−?N	−?B	=?N	F	=?B	−?N	2.5	13.5	13.5	0.00	1245	0.0
89	FIDE 8690790	0	—	−1B	−?N	−27B	−?N	F	−?N	−?B	=?B	=86N	−?N	=87B	1.5	23.0	23.0	3.25	775	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, ZhihanWCMCHN
+64.8
10.0 pts · #2
2Chen, YunyangCHN
+62.0
8.0 pts · #4
3Zhao, RuoqiCHN
+21.2
8.5 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Li, YuxinCHN
-54.8
7.0 pts · #46
2Lian, XinCHN
-35.6
8.5 pts · #51
3Xu, YutongCHN
-28.0
5.5 pts · #75

Biggest upsets

R9+127 Elo gap
Li, Yicen1597 beat Li, Yuxin1724
R11+113 Elo gap
Chen, Yunyang1484 beat Li, Yicen1597