Chinese National Youth Chess Championship 2026(B20)

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29 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 2083, and top seed was Yuan Chen (🇨🇳 CHN, 2412).

Runyi Zhou (🇨🇳 CHN, 2283) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Hongsen Chen (7.5) and Yuan Chen (7.5). Zhou won solo starting round 6.

Location

🇨🇳Panjin,Liaoning, China

Dates

22 Feb 2026 → 27 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇳Yuan Chen2412

Avg top 10

2,083

Participants

Titled players · 1

IM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇳China×24

Top 3

🥇
Runyi Zhou
🇨🇳CHN·2283
8.5pts·2294perf+8.6
🥈
IMHongsen Chen
🇨🇳CHN·2326
7.5pts·2203perf-9.4
🥉
Yuan Chen
🇨🇳CHN·2412
7.5pts·2214perf-16.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Runyi Zhou led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Zhou8.5Chen7.5Chen7.5Chen6.5Gao6.5Xiao6.5

R6–R11 · LEAD HELD

Runyi Zhou never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Runyi Zhou drew with IM Hongsen Chen (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Runyi Zhou 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Hongsen Chen 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Runyi Zhou	*	½	½	½
2IMHongsen Chen	½	*	½	½
3Yuan Chen	½	½	*	½
4Zhi Chen	½	½	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	Zhou, Runyi	2283	CHN	+13N	+6B	+7N	=2B	=4N	+5B	=12N	=3B	+11N	+9B	=10B	8.5	66.0	72.0	55.00	2294	+8.6
2	Chen, HongsenIM	2326	CHN	+15B	+8N	+5B	=1N	=3B	=12N	=4B	=7N	+6B	=13N	=11B	7.5	66.5	72.5	49.00	2203	-9.4
3	Chen, Yuan	2412	CHN	=14N	+19B	+6N	=4B	=2N	+7B	=11N	=1N	+16B	=12B	=5N	7.5	65.5	70.5	47.00	2214	-16.0
4	Chen, Zhi	2223	CHN	+10B	=12N	F	=3N	=1B	=6B	=2N	=16B	=7N	+11B	+13B	6.5	67.5	73.0	42.50	2136	-9.8
5	Xiao, Jiewen	2045	CHN	+22N	+11B	−2N	=9B	+13N	−1N	=8B	+15B	=12N	=7B	=3B	6.5	67.0	71.5	39.00	2006	-10.2
6	Yu, Zhenghuan	1892	CHN	+17B	−1N	−3B	+10N	+23B	=4N	+9B	+12B	−2N	=16N	=7B	6.5	66.5	70.5	37.75	2066	+24.0
7	Gao,Mingze	2039	CHN	+27B	+23N	−1B	=12N	+8B	−3N	+14N	=2B	=4B	=5N	=6N	6.5	65.5	67.5	35.00	2051	-0.6
8	Deng, Junjie	1848	CHN	+29N	−2B	+15N	=11B	−7N	+22B	=5N	=13B	−9N	+19B	+12N	6.5	60.5	61.5	31.75	1845	-6.4
9	Li, Zhanjia	1960	CHN	+25N	+21B	F	=5N	=11B	=16B	−6N	+19N	+8B	−1N	+22B	6.5	60.0	62.5	32.00	1929	-5.6
10	Fan, Mingxi	0	CHN	−4N	+29B	−11N	−6B	+25N	=21B	+28N	=20N	+24B	+14B	=1N	6.5	51.0	52.0	24.00	1735	0.0
11	Li, Tianbo	1806	CHN	+16B	−5N	+10B	=8N	=9N	+15B	=3B	+14N	−1B	−4N	=2N	6.0	68.0	73.5	38.00	1938	+30.0
12	Chen, Jiale	1721	CHN	+26N	=4B	+14N	=7B	+16N	=2B	=1B	−6N	=5B	=3N	−8B	6.0	67.5	70.0	35.50	1953	+72.4
13	Du, Yuxi	0	CHN	−1B	=17N	+28B	+18N	−5B	=19N	+23B	=8N	+20B	=2B	−4N	6.0	60.5	62.0	28.25	1945	0.0
14	Cui,Jinhe	0	CHN	=3B	+28N	−12B	=23N	+17B	+24N	−7B	−11B	+21N	−10N	+20B	6.0	55.5	57.0	26.25	1833	0.0
15	Cui, Shengxuan	0	CHN	−2N	+25B	−8B	+29N	+21B	−11N	+18B	−5N	−17B	+26N	+24B	6.0	51.0	52.0	20.00	1759	0.0
16	Wang, Jinbo	0	CHN	−11N	+22B	+21N	+20B	−12B	=9N	+24B	=4N	−3N	=6B	−18N	5.5	58.5	62.5	27.75	1804	0.0
17	Ma, Dixuan	0	CHN	−6N	=13B	+26N	=24B	−14N	=20B	=21N	+28B	+15N	−18B	=25N	5.5	48.5	50.0	21.00	1516	0.0
18	Guo, Shanglin	1579	CHN	=19N	=20B	=24N	−13B	−22N	+27B	−15N	F	+23B	+17N	+16B	5.5	47.5	47.5	24.00	1659	+4.4
19	Yan, Liushuo	0	CHN	=18B	−3N	+27B	−21N	=20N	=13B	+22N	−9B	+29B	−8N	=26B	5.0	50.5	51.5	17.00	1587	0.0
20	Sun, Liren(LN)	1539	CHN	=28B	=18N	=23B	−16N	=19B	=17N	+25N	=10B	−13N	+29B	−14N	5.0	48.0	49.0	17.50	1579	-4.4
21	Zhao, Zizhen	1703	CHN	+24B	−9N	−16B	+19B	−15N	=10N	=17B	+23N	−14B	−22N	=29N	4.5	53.5	54.5	19.50	1160	-7.2
22	Gao, Zigen	0	CHN	−5B	−16N	+25B	=27N	+18B	−8N	−19B	+29N	F	+21B	−9N	4.5	45.5	45.5	14.50	1755	0.0
23	Zhao, Chenxu	0	CHN	F	−7B	=20N	=14B	−6N	+26B	−13N	−21B	−18N	+25N	+27B	4.0	47.0	47.0	12.50	1409	0.0
24	FIDE 8698481	0	—	−21N	F	=18B	=17N	+28B	−14B	−16N	+26B	−10N	+27B	−15N	4.0	45.5	45.5	11.50	1448	0.0
25	Lin, Zhiteng	0	CHN	−9B	−15N	−22N	F	−10B	+29N	−20B	=27N	=26N	−23B	=17B	2.5	43.5	43.5	6.00	1010	0.0
26	FIDE 574000039	0	—	−12B	=27N	−17B	−28N	F	−23N	+29B	−24N	=25B	−15B	=19N	2.5	37.5	37.5	5.75	923	0.0
27	FIDE 8699747	0	—	−7N	=26B	−19N	=22B	=29B	−18N	F	=25B	F	−24N	−23N	2.0	37.0	37.0	5.25	1009	0.0
28	FIDE 8627126	0	—	=20N	−14B	−13N	+26B	−24N	F	−10B	−17N	F	F	F	1.5	37.5	37.5	5.00	1659	0.0
29	FIDE 8648301	0	—	−8B	−10N	F	−15B	=27N	−25B	−26N	−22B	−19N	−20N	=21B	1.0	45.0	45.0	3.25	1464	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, JialeCHN
+72.4
6.0 pts · #9
2Li, TianboCHN
+30.0
6.0 pts · #16
3Yu, ZhenghuanCHN
+24.0
6.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Chen, YuanCHN
-16.0
7.5 pts · #3
2Xiao, JiewenCHN
-10.2
6.5 pts · #7
3Chen, ZhiCHN
-9.8
6.5 pts · #4