Shinya Kojima wins Japan Chess Classic

Shinya Kojima is the winner of the 2025 edition of Japan Chess Classic. Shinya Kojima collected 6,5/7, 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

The winner of Japan Chess Classic is @Shinya_Kojima Congratulations!

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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