Shinya Kojima is the winner of the 2025 edition of Japan Chess Classic. Shinya Kojima collected 6,5/9, half a point more than his closer competitors, finishing at sole first position.
Shinya Kojima is one of the most prominent Japan chess players, and part of the Japan Olympic team
Japan Chess Classic final standings
Rk.
Name
FED
RtgI
Pts.
1
IM
Kojima, Shinya
JPN
2307
6.5
2
IM
Tran, Thanh Tu
JPN
2430
6
3
Kuroda, Yunosuke
JPN
1867
6
4
Moritani, Sho
JPN
2076
5.5
5
FM
Yamada, Kohei
JPN
2189
5.5
6
Nakamura, Naohiro
JPN
2037
5.5
7
Furuya, Masahiro
JPN
2002
5.5
8
Gishi, Takeshi
JPN
1959
5
9
CM
Averbukh, Alex
JPN
2097
5
10
Matsunaga, Toma
JPN
1971
5
11
Noguchi, Koji
JPN
1982
5
12
Bold, Tsogt-Ochir
MGL
1932
5
13
Bremner, William
CAN
1915
5
14
Tanaka, Ryosuke
JPN
1803
5
15
Jiang, Likai
JPN
2055
5
16
Xu, Nuo
CHN
1878
4.5
17
Hung, Shengchen
TPE
1865
4.5
18
Yu, Zixiao
CHN
1803
4.5
19
Honda, Yoshiki
JPN
1868
4.5
20
Onuma, Kota
JPN
1786
4.5
21
Gong, Ming
CHN
0
4.5
22
Sun, Shenghuan
CHN
1782
4.5
23
Tamura, Hikaru
JPN
1865
4.5
24
Noda, Ryo
JPN
1693
4.5
25
Araki, Dai
JPN
1823
4.5
26
Wang, Xun
CHN
0
4.5
27
Chen, Stephanie
USA
1504
4.5
28
AGM
Zhang, Yicheng
JPN
1688
4.5
29
Mauss, Hiroki
GER
1663
4.5
30
Yu, Yunzhi
CHN
1611
4.5
31
Chao, Andrew Tzu Chun
TPE
1454
4.5
32
Kanda, Daigo
JPN
1809
4
33
Chen, Andrea
USA
1776
4
34
Katsuta, Yuki
JPN
1938
4
35
Yamakawa, Kazumasa
JPN
1681
4
36
Sun, Chang-Jyu
TPE
1675
4
37
Ma, Andy
HKG
1616
4
38
He, Ruien
CHN
1702
4
39
Miyatani, Ryouhei
JPN
1744
4
40
Zhu, Chunyue
CHN
0
4
41
WCM
Kojima, Natsumi
JPN
1773
4
42
Lieyanto, Ryu Manson
INA
1830
4
43
Yang, Liqiao
CHN
0
4
44
Shinoda, Taro
JPN
1976
4
45
Wang, Danny Chao
USA
1553
4
46
Mukai, Hiroyuki
JPN
1737
4
47
Kawamura, Takuto
JPN
1729
4
48
Peng, Xinting
CHN
1447
4
49
Wang, Xicheng
CHN
1534
4
50
Abe, Yasuto
JPN
1700
4
51
Summerville, Nathan
JPN
1848
3.5
52
Ng, Alexander PN
JPN
1887
3.5
53
Yoshii, Yukihiko
JPN
0
3.5
54
Kitagami, Show
JPN
1917
3.5
55
Furuse, Mizuki
JPN
1584
3.5
56
Toyota, Yusuke
JPN
1624
3.5
57
Chao, Tzu-Chi Angie
TPE
1459
3.5
58
Aoki, Yasuhiro
JPN
1781
3.5
59
Fujita, Anjyu
USA
1683
3.5
60
Ding, Zhichen
CHN
1847
3.5
61
Uehara, Jun
JPN
1706
3.5
62
Tang, Yichen
JPN
1627
3
63
Yue, Adam
USA
1546
3
64
Takayama, Tadayoshi
JPN
1726
3
65
Lu, Xiaohan
CHN
0
3
66
Takeda, Masakazu
JPN
1742
3
67
Uematsu, Soi
JPN
1686
3
68
Yao, Jia
CHN
1622
3
69
Ge, Jiaqi
CHN
0
3
70
Tabe, Masaharu
JPN
1693
3
71
Chung, Jaeheon
KOR
1556
3
72
Feng, ZiFan
CAN
0
3
73
Wu, Haoyang
SGP
1643
3
74
Lin, Lincoln
HKG
1489
3
75
Kanehara, Hiromichi
JPN
1560
3
76
Zhao, Zichen
CHN
0
3
77
Ge, Jialin
CHN
0
3
78
Hehir, Stephen
JPN
1560
3
79
Orikasa, Wataru
JPN
0
3
80
Shishido, Kenta
JPN
0
3
81
Wan, Matt
USA
0
3
82
Nakamura, Mitsuru
JPN
1609
3
83
Ye, Ruixiao
CHN
0
2.5
84
Fokkens, Tjeerd
SWE
1946
2.5
85
Yang, Yiyi
CHN
0
2.5
86
Patil, Rushad
JPN
1852
2.5
87
Zhao, Dongcheng
CHN
1413
2.5
88
Katayama, Shiho Yula
JPN
0
2.5
89
Li, Chengfei
CHN
0
2.5
90
Gui, Yize
HKG
1455
2.5
91
Jin, Jeffrey
USA
0
2
92
Zhang, Zhijun
CHN
0
2
93
Zhou, Alex Tian Cheng
USA
0
2
94
Fu, Zijie
CHN
0
2
95
Han, Samuel Qingyuan
USA
0
2
96
Akiyama, Kairi
JPN
1457
2
97
Zhang, Yuejun
CHN
0
2
98
Wang, Minrui
JPN
0
2
99
Lu, Siyuan(ZJ)
CHN
1421
2
100
Chen, Yen-Chi
TPE
1552
2
101
Horie, Ryosuke
JPN
1507
2
102
Qu, Jiahe
CHN
0
2
103
Liu, Mason Jinyu
USA
0
2
104
Zhao, William Zehao
HKG
0
2
105
Liu, Eason Han Wen
USA
0
1.5
106
Shen, Yuke
CHN
0
1.5
107
Kaga, Kazuyuki
JPN
0
1.5
108
Ono, Yukiko
JPN
0
1.5
109
Cai, Yangming
CHN
0
1
110
Wang, Chenze
CHN
0
1
111
Wang, Antong
CHN
0
1

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