Chinese National Youth Chess Championship 2026(G18)
Open SwissStandard
27 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 22 Feb 2026 to 27 Feb 2026 in Panjin,Liaoning, China. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1875, and top seed was Yige Shi (🇨🇳 CHN, 2010).
Yige Shi (🇨🇳 CHN, 2010) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Wangxueyao Mu (8.5) and Yiyi Tong (8.0). Shi shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 9.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Yiwen Fang (1604) beat Jiemin Zhang (1958), a +354-point gap.
Location
🇨🇳Panjin,Liaoning, China
Dates
22 Feb 2026 → 27 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇳China×27
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 11 roundsYige Shi led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R7 · LEADER CHANGE25 Feb
Yige Shi takes the sole lead (5.5/7).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Yige Shi drew with WFM Wangxueyao Mu (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Yige Shi 3 wins (R9–R11)WFM Wangxueyao Mu 3 wins (R9–R11)Yiyi Tong 3 wins (R8–R10)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yige Shi | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2WFMWangxueyao Mu | ½ | * | 0 | ½ |
| 3Yiyi Tong | 0 | 1 | * | 1 |
| 4Peishan Li | ½ | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shi, Yige | 2010 | CHN | +11N | =6B | +13N | =2B | +8N | =4N | +3B | =7N | +5B | +9N | +14B | 9.0 | 66.5 | 72.0 | 57.75 | 2085 | +40.4 |
| 2 | Mu, WangxueyaoWFM | 1941 | CHN | +15B | +17N | =4B | =1N | +14B | −3N | +5B | =13N | +7B | +6N | +16N | 8.5 | 64.5 | 69.0 | 50.00 | 1979 | +25.2 |
| 3 | Tong, Yiyi | 1902 | CHN | +18N | −13B | +21N | =10B | +6N | +2B | −1N | +9N | +4B | +8B | =5N | 8.0 | 66.0 | 70.0 | 49.25 | 1973 | +42.7 |
| 4 | Li, Peishan | 1867 | CHN | +21B | +24N | =2N | +6B | =5N | =1B | =13N | +8B | −3N | =16B | +7B | 7.5 | 64.5 | 67.5 | 42.50 | 1910 | +27.2 |
| 5 | Pian, Junyao | 1847 | CHN | +22N | =8B | =10N | +7N | =4B | =13B | −2N | +17B | −1N | +11N | =3B | 6.5 | 67.0 | 71.0 | 37.00 | 1840 | +1.8 |
| 6 | Wang, Hanchen | 1788 | CHN | +20B | =1N | +19B | −4N | −3B | =9N | +16B | +14N | +13B | −2B | =12N | 6.5 | 65.0 | 69.5 | 35.00 | 1826 | +21.6 |
| 7 | Zhang, Lezhi | 1677 | CHN | =25N | +12B | +8N | −5B | −13N | +22B | +18N | =1B | −2N | +17B | −4N | 6.0 | 62.0 | 65.0 | 31.00 | 1813 | +67.2 |
| 8 | Guo, Hanxi | 1982 | CHN | +16B | =5N | −7B | +19N | −1B | +24N | +10B | −4N | =9B | −3N | +21B | 6.0 | 62.0 | 65.0 | 28.25 | 1743 | -100.8 |
| 9 | Zhang, Jiemin | 1958 | CHN | −10N | +25B | +15N | =13B | =18N | =6B | +17N | −3B | =8N | −1B | +23N | 6.0 | 59.0 | 62.0 | 27.75 | 1715 | -96.9 |
| 10 | Fang, Yiwen | 1604 | CHN | +9B | =14N | =5B | =3N | +23B | −17B | −8N | =15B | −16N | +25N | +22B | 6.0 | 54.0 | 57.0 | 29.25 | 1720 | +46.8 |
| 11 | Yu, Xilei | 1644 | CHN | −1B | −21N | +22N | +27B | −17N | +23B | −15N | +12B | +19N | −5B | +13N | 6.0 | 53.0 | 54.5 | 25.00 | 1610 | -21.6 |
| 12 | Ding, Xingyi | 1678 | CHN | =19B | −7N | =20B | −23N | +27N | +21B | =14B | −11N | +26B | +18N | =6B | 6.0 | 48.0 | 49.5 | 23.50 | 1649 | -10.0 |
| 13 | Cao, Youjia | 1698 | CHN | +27B | +3N | −1B | =9N | +7B | =5N | =4B | =2B | −6N | =14N | −11B | 5.5 | 69.5 | 71.0 | 32.50 | 1803 | +51.2 |
| 14 | Zhao, Xinghan | 1755 | CHN | =26N | =10B | +27N | +17B | −2N | =18B | =12N | −6B | +15N | =13B | −1N | 5.5 | 59.0 | 60.5 | 24.00 | 1662 | -49.2 |
| 15 | Cao, Jiahui | 1600 | CHN | −2N | +23B | −9B | +20N | =24B | =16N | +11B | =10N | −14B | =21N | =19B | 5.5 | 53.0 | 56.0 | 25.00 | 1649 | +12.4 |
| 16 | Shao, Yanrui | 1622 | CHN | −8N | =22B | +26N | −18B | +19N | =15B | −6N | F | +10B | =4N | −2B | 4.5 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 22.00 | 1618 | -10.8 |
| 17 | Feng, Yiting | 1682 | CHN | +23N | −2B | +24B | −14N | +11B | +10N | −9B | −5N | =18B | −7N | F | 4.5 | 55.5 | 55.5 | 20.75 | 1605 | -36.0 |
| 18 | Niu, Shuo | 1544 | CHN | −3B | =20N | +25B | +16N | =9B | =14N | −7B | =19B | =17N | −12B | −26N | 4.5 | 52.5 | 55.5 | 20.00 | 1560 | -0.4 |
| 19 | Wang, Yunshu | 0 | CHN | =12N | +26B | −6N | −8B | −16B | +27N | +24B | =18N | −11B | F | =15N | 4.5 | 46.5 | 46.5 | 15.50 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Chai, Yutian | 1468 | CHN | −6N | =18B | =12N | −15B | −21N | F | =22B | +24N | =25N | =23B | +27N | 4.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 15.00 | 1419 | -16.4 |
| 21 | Wu, Yufei | 1541 | CHN | −4N | +11B | −3B | −24N | +20B | −12N | F | =25B | +23N | =15B | −8N | 4.0 | 53.0 | 53.0 | 18.25 | 1627 | +20.0 |
| 22 | Zhang, Luofei | 1519 | CHN | −5B | =16N | −11B | +25N | +26B | −7N | =20N | −23B | F | +27B | −10N | 4.0 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 12.00 | 1456 | -27.2 |
| 23 | Tan, Ziyou | 0 | CHN | −17B | −15N | F | +12B | −10N | −11N | +26B | +22N | −21B | =20N | −9B | 3.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 15.25 | 1503 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Zhou, Yiting | 0 | CHN | F | −4B | −17N | +21B | =15N | −8B | −19N | −20B | =27N | −26B | +25B | 3.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 10.50 | 1424 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Zhang, Xuanyu | 0 | CHN | =7B | −9N | −18N | −22B | F | =26N | +27B | =21N | =20B | −10B | −24N | 3.0 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 10.25 | 1400 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Zhang, Yuhan | 1432 | CHN | =14B | −19N | −16B | F | −22N | =25B | −23N | −27B | −12N | +24N | +18B | 3.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 11.75 | 1475 | +8.0 |
| 27 | Pang, Ziyan | 0 | CHN | −13N | F | −14B | −11N | −12B | −19B | −25N | +26N | =24B | −22N | −20B | 1.5 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 4.50 | 1290 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhang, LezhiCHN+67.26.0 pts · #6
- 2Cao, YoujiaCHN+51.25.5 pts · #10
- 3Fang, YiwenCHN+46.86.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Guo, HanxiCHN-100.86.0 pts · #11
- 2Zhang, JieminCHN-96.96.0 pts · #13
- 3Zhao, XinghanCHN-49.25.5 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R1+354 Elo gap
- R3+305 Elo gap
- R2+204 Elo gap