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Chinese National Youth Chess Championship 2026(G20)

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15 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 22 Feb 2026 to 27 Feb 2026 in Panjin,Liaoning, China. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1599, and top seed was Yining Chen (🇨🇳 CHN, FM, 2285).

Yining Chen (🇨🇳 CHN, FM, 2285) won with 10.5/11, ahead of Muziyan Gao (9.5) and Zhuoni Liu (7.0). Chen won solo starting round 10.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Zhuoni Liu (1498) beat Pinran Zhai (1754), a +256-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
Top seed
🇨🇳FMYining Chen2285
Avg top 10
1,599
Participants
15
Titled players · 2
FM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇳China×14
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMYining Chen
    🇨🇳CHN·2285
    10.5pts·2376perf+10.4
  • 🥈
    WIMMuziyan Gao
    🇨🇳CHN·2259
    9.5pts·2342perf+10.4
  • 🥉
    Zhuoni Liu
    🇨🇳CHN·1498
    7.0pts·1719perf+81.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

FM Yining Chen led from R10; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R10.

Co-leaders
6
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11
Chen10.5Gao9.5Liu7Yang6Chen6Zhi5
R10–R11 · LEAD HELD

FM Yining Chen never relinquished the lead after R10; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Yining Chen drew with WIM Muziyan Gao (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Yining Chen 8 wins (R4–R11)WIM Muziyan Gao 7 wins (R4–R11)Zhuoni Liu 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMYining Chen*
½
1
1
2WIMMuziyan Gao
½
*
1
1
3Zhuoni Liu
0
0
*
0
4Fuyu Yang
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chen, YiningFM2285CHN+5N+6B=2N+4B+3N+7B+8B+10N+13N+9B+11B10.556.559.554.752376+10.4
2Gao, MuziyanWIM2259CHN+3B+9N=1B+7N+8N+6B+5B+4N+11BF+15N9.553.553.548.252342+10.4
3Liu, Zhuoni1498CHN−2N+15B+13N+6B−1B+9N−4N+5B+8N=7B=10B7.059.059.528.751719+81.6
4Yang, Fuyu1604CHN+11N=10B+7B−1N=9B−5N+3B−2B+12N−6N+14B6.059.562.527.001645+5.6
5Chen, Junhua1513CHN−1B=12N+14B=11N+13B+4B−2N−3N+15B=8N=6B6.056.557.021.251588+9.6
6Zhai, Pinran1754CHN+14B−1N+12B−3N+11B−2N=7N−8BF+4B=5N5.059.559.522.001659-18.8
7Zhi, Jingyi1775CHN+13N+8B−4N−2B+10N−1N=6B+12B−9N=3NF5.058.558.522.001630-63.6
8Wang, Shuke0CHNF−7N=9B+15N−2B+14B−1N+6N−3B=5B+13N5.054.054.016.7516640.0
9Cheng, Yihan1667CHN+15N−2B=8N=10B=4N−3B=14NF+7B−1N=12B4.554.554.516.501650-14.4
10Wang, Jingyan1636CHN=12B=4N=11B=9N−7B=15NF−1B=14N+13B=3N4.547.047.017.251568-22.8
11Song, Qianyi0CHN−4BF=10N=5B−6N=12B=13N+14B−2N+15B−1N4.051.551.512.0015690.0
12Liu, Yijia0CHN=10N=5B−6N−13BF=11N+15B−7N−4B=14B=9N3.541.541.511.5014660.0
13FIDE 86475930—−7B=14N−3B+12N−5NF=11B+15N−1B−10N−8B3.049.049.07.509420.0
14Li, Zihe0CHN−6N=13B−5NF+15B−8N=9B−11N=10B=12N−4N3.042.042.08.2513950.0
15Lin, Minghui0CHN−9B−3NF−8B−14N=10B−12N−13B−5N−11N−2B0.550.050.02.2513490.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets