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2026 China chess championship (Women)

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38 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 08 May 2026 to 18 May 2026 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China. 16 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2293, and top seed was Yiyi Xiao (🇨🇳 CHN, WGM, 2389).

Tianqi Yan (🇨🇳 CHN, WIM, 2360) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Yining Chen (8.0) and Qinxuanyi Wang (7.5). Yan shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Yi(BJ) Wang (1877) beat Xiao Zhang (WIM, 2258), a +381-point gap.

Location
🇨🇳Xinghua, Jiangsu, China
Dates
08 May 2026 → 18 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇳WGMYiyi Xiao2389
Avg top 10
2,293
Participants
38
Titled players · 16
FM×1
WGM×3
WIM×8
WFM×2
WCM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇳China×38
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

WIM Tianqi Yan led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
17
4
2
3
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11
R5–R11 · LEAD HELD

WIM Tianqi Yan held the sole lead from R5 through R11 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Tianqi Yan lost to FM Yining Chen (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WIM Tianqi Yan 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Yining Chen 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Yan, TianqiWIM2360CHN+26B+7N+3B=17N+5B2B+4N=9N+6B=12N+8B8.568.573.556.502416+18.0
2Chen, YiningFM2270CHN+36N+20B17N+25B+18B+1N=9B=3B+4N=8B=5N8.065.068.048.752356+27.8
3Wang, QinxuanyiWIM2159CHN+30N+4B1N=8B+24N=6B+5B=2N=9B=7N+10B7.569.574.048.002311+95.2
4Xiao, YiyiWGM2389CHN+21B3N+26B+10N=17B+8N1B+13N2B+24N+9B7.565.570.543.752298-17.2
5Bai, Xue2141CHN+28B=18N+35B+6B1N=12B3N=10N+11B+9N=2B7.067.070.541.502260+36.4
6Gao, MuziyanWIM2284CHN+11B=10N+19B5N+15B=3N=17N=8B1N+13B+23N7.065.571.042.502231-12.6
7Yang, YijingWCM2133CHN+31N1B24N+32B=19N+30N+18B+17B8N=3B+12B7.059.063.537.002173+15.6
8Zhang, LanlinWIM2268CHN+37B=19N=10B=3N+35B4B+14N=6N+7B=2N1N6.567.069.536.252219-9.8
9Ni, ShiqunWGM2348CHN=22N=23B+21N+20B+12N+17B=2N=1B=3N5B4N6.566.572.040.002219-15.6
10Jiang, Tianyu2101CHN+24N=6B=8N4B+25N=13B=12N=5B+14N+17B3N6.564.069.037.752209+66.0
11Shi, Yige1960CHN6N=31B+38N=14B20N+23B=16N+25B5N+19B+17N6.557.559.531.752077+70.4
12Wang, ChuqiaoWIM2226CHN+25B=35N+15B=18N9B=5N=10B+19B=13N=1B7N6.063.567.035.002173-12.2
13Zhang, XiaoWIM2258CHN+29N17B25N+26B+27B=10N+20N4B=12B6N+24B6.058.062.531.252095-39.6
14Zhou, Shumeng2107CHN35B=28N+31B=11N=30B+27N8B+16N10B=26N+18B6.055.058.531.502019-46.4
15Ha,Yihan2031CHN=38N+22B12N+16B6N=24B=19N=29B=21N=25B+26B6.055.057.030.252025-1.2
16Wu, Shuang(HLJ)WFM2013CHN18B=27N+28B15N=22B+36N=11B14B=29N+32B+25N6.053.556.528.252002-9.6
17Wang, Xiaoyan2055CHN+33B+13N+2B=1B=4N9N=6B7N+18B10N11B5.569.073.035.002198+38.4
18Zhai, MoWGM2365CHN+16N=5B+23N=12B2N=20B7N+24B17N+21B14N5.562.067.031.252092-35.0
19Liu, ManliWIM2072CHN+32N=8B6N=24B=7B+35N=15B12N=26B11N+30B5.558.061.527.252014-15.4
20Mu, WangxueyaoWFM2075CHN+27B2N+33B9N+11B=18N13B=26N24B=22N+29B5.557.561.528.002038-19.6
21Xue, TianhaoWIM2014CHN4N+38B9B30N=29N+31B=28B+22N=15B18N+34N5.553.555.523.751988-17.6
22Tong, Yiyi1986CHN=9B15N+34B27N=16N+32B24N21B+36N=20B+31N5.552.555.525.001935-28.8
23Du, Yuxin2015CHN+34B=9N18B35N=28B11N+36B=30N+33B+29N6B5.551.054.023.501972-13.0
24Xia, Miaoyan1816CHN10B+37N+7B=19N3B=15N+22B18N+20N4B13N5.062.565.026.252069+126.0
25Wang, Yi(BJ)1877CHN12N+32B+13B2N10B=26N+27B11N+28B=15N16B5.060.064.526.001987+27.0
26Pi, Aiying1986CHN1N+30B4N13N+33B=25B+35N=20B=19N=14B15N5.058.562.023.002013+8.4
27Pian, Junyao1789CHN20N=16B+29N+22B13N14B25N=31B=35N=36B+38N5.049.551.520.501913+64.4
28Peng, Jingyi(GD)1842CHN5N=14B16N+38B=23N=29B=21N=32B25N=37B+36N5.049.551.519.251914+40.8
29He, ZiyuWCM1935CHN13B=34N27B+33N=21B=28N+30B=15N=16B23B20N4.553.057.021.751865-42.8
30Guo, Weibao1848CHN3B26N+36N+21B=14N7B29N=23B=37N+35B19N4.553.055.519.001947+25.8
31Huang, Zixin1827CHN7B=11N14N=34B32N21N+37B=27N+38B+33N22B4.550.552.516.251819-10.0
32Zhang, Jiemin1781CHN19B25N+37B7N+31B22N+38B=28N=34B16N=33B4.549.051.015.501817+13.2
33Zhi, Jingyi1705CHN17N+36B20N29B26N+38B=34N+37B23N31B=32N4.044.546.511.751796+40.0
34Ding, Xingyi1637CHN23N=29B22N=31N36B+37N=33B=35B=32N=38N21B4.043.045.014.001775+63.6
35Liang, Hanzhe1819CHN+14N=12B5N+23B8N19B26B=34N=27B30N37N3.555.057.519.001865+10.4
36Shao, Qiyu1950CHN2B33N30B+37N+34N16B23N=38N22B=27N28B3.050.052.010.001708-68.0
37Xue, Shixuan1947CHN8N24B32N36B=38N34B31N33N=30B=28N+35B2.544.546.59.251622-92.8
38Zhao, Yuetong1665CHN=15B21N11B28N=37B33N32N=36B31N=34B27B2.048.050.57.751600-17.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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