The Japan Chess Classic 2025 is taking place July 18 – July 21 in Tokyo, Japan. It is 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90min + 30 sec/move. More than 110 players will participate in the tournament. For more events from Japan, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
Japan Chess Classic 2025 – participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
RtgN
1
IM
Tran, Thanh Tu
JPN
2430
2571
2
IM
Kojima, Shinya
JPN
2307
2426
3
FM
Yamada, Kohei
JPN
2189
2241
4
CM
Matsumura, Cocoro
JPN
2124
2155
5
CM
Averbukh, Alex
JPN
2097
2221
6
Moritani, Sho
JPN
2076
1977
7
Jiang, Likai
JPN
2055
1925
8
Nakamura, Naohiro
JPN
2037
2118
9
Furuya, Masahiro
JPN
2002
1989
10
Noguchi, Koji
JPN
1982
2073
11
Shinoda, Taro
JPN
1976
1930
12
Matsunaga, Toma
JPN
1971
1844
13
Gishi, Takeshi
JPN
1959
1940
14
Fokkens, Tjeerd
SWE
1946
0
15
Katsuta, Yuki
JPN
1938
1906
16
Bold, Tsogt-Ochir
MGL
1932
1917
17
Kitagami, Show
JPN
1917
1892
18
Ng, Alexander PN
JPN
1887
1456
19
Xu, Nuo
CHN
1878
0
20
Honda, Yoshiki
JPN
1868
1833
21
Kuroda, Yunosuke
JPN
1867
1813
22
Tamura, Hikaru
JPN
1865
1826
23
Hung, Shengchen
TPE
1865
1791
24
Patil, Rushad
JPN
1852
1782
25
Summerville, Nathan
JPN
1848
1807
26
Ding, Zhichen
CHN
1847
0
27
Lieyanto, Ryu Manson
INA
1830
1823
28
Araki, Dai
JPN
1823
1726
29
Nakagawa, Seiji
CAN
1820
1842
30
Kanda, Daigo
JPN
1809
1801
31
Yu, Zixiao
CHN
1803
1848
32
Tanaka, Ryosuke
JPN
1803
1823
33
Onuma, Kota
JPN
1786
1730
34
Sun, Shenghuan
CHN
1782
0
35
Aoki, Yasuhiro
JPN
1781
1660
36
Chen, Andrea
USA
1776
1692
37
WCM
Kojima, Natsumi
JPN
1773
1788
38
Miyatani, Ryouhei
JPN
1744
1687
39
Takeda, Masakazu
JPN
1742
1619
40
Mukai, Hiroyuki
JPN
1737
1625
41
Kawamura, Takuto
JPN
1729
1771
42
Takayama, Tadayoshi
JPN
1726
1601
43
Uehara, Jun
JPN
1706
1568
44
He, Ruien
CHN
1702
1816
45
Abe, Yasuto
JPN
1700
1638
46
Noda, Ryo
JPN
1693
1680
47
Tabe, Masaharu
JPN
1693
1675
48
AGM
Zhang, Yicheng
JPN
1688
1552
49
Uematsu, Soi
JPN
1686
1594
50
Fujita, Anjyu
USA
1683
1263
51
Yamakawa, Kazumasa
JPN
1681
1767
52
Sun, Chang-Jyu
TPE
1675
1651
53
Mauss, Hiroki
GER
1663
1896
54
Wu, Haoyang
SGP
1643
1595
55
Tang, Yichen
JPN
1627
1603
56
Toyota, Yusuke
JPN
1624
1531
57
Yao, Jia
CHN
1622
0
58
Ma, Andy
HKG
1616
0
59
Yu, Yunzhi
CHN
1611
0
60
Nakamura, Mitsuru
JPN
1609
1608
61
Furuse, Mizuki
JPN
1584
1662
62
Hehir, Stephen
JPN
1560
1449
63
Kanehara, Hiromichi
JPN
1560
1387
64
Chung, Jaeheon
KOR
1556
0
65
Wang, Danny Chao
USA
1553
0
66
Chen, Yen-Chi
TPE
1552
1665
67
Yue, Adam
USA
1546
0
68
Wang, Xicheng
CHN
1534
1614
69
Horie, Ryosuke
JPN
1507
1329
70
Chen, Stephanie
USA
1504
0
71
Lin, Lincoln
HKG
1489
0
72
Chan, Chi Ngo
HKG
1484
1499
73
Chao, Tzu-Chi Angie
TPE
1459
1452
74
Akiyama, Kairi
JPN
1457
1533
75
Gui, Yize
HKG
1455
0
76
Chao, Andrew Tzu Chun
TPE
1454
1466
77
Peng, Xinting
CHN
1447
1421
78
Lu, Siyuan(ZJ)
CHN
1421
0
79
Zhao, Dongcheng
CHN
1413
0
80
Yoshii, Yukihiko
JPN
0
1740
81
Wang, Minrui
JPN
0
1637
82
Katayama, Shiho Yula
JPN
0
1583
83
Orikasa, Wataru
JPN
0
1435
84
Ono, Yukiko
JPN
0
1000
85
Cai, Yangming
CHN
0
0
86
Feng, ZiFan
CAN
0
0
87
Fu, Zijie
CHN
0
0
88
Ge, Jialin
CHN
0
0
89
Ge, Jiaqi
CHN
0
0
90
Gong, Ming
CHN
0
0
91
Han, Samuel Qingyuan
USA
0
0
92
Jin, Jeffrey
USA
0
0
93
Kaga, Kazuyuki
JPN
0
0
94
Li, Chengfei
CHN
0
0
95
Liu, Eason Han Wen
USA
0
0
96
Liu, Mason Jinyu
USA
0
0
97
Lu, Xiaohan
CHN
0
0
98
Qu, Jiahe
CHN
0
0
99
Shen, Yuke
CHN
0
0
100
Wan, Matt
USA
0
0
101
Wang, Antong
CHN
0
0
102
Wang, Chenze
CHN
0
0
103
Wang, Xun
CHN
0
0
104
Yang, Liqiao
CHN
0
0
105
Yang, Yi
CHN
0
0
106
Yang, Yiyi
CHN
0
0
107
Ye, Ruixiao
CHN
0
0
108
Zhang, Yuejun
CHN
0
0
109
Zhang, Zhijun
CHN
0
0
110
Zhao, William Zehao
HKG
0
0
111
Zhao, Zichen
CHN
0
0
112
Zhou, Alex Tian Cheng
USA
0
0
113
Zhu, Chunyue
CHN
0
0