The team of L’espoir – FM Mirai Aoshima, CM Kan Nakahara, Cocoro Matsumura and Kohei Yonemitsu – are Japan Team Chess Champions. They won the 2024 edition of the competition with perfect team score 6,0/6 in strong competition with 54 teams.
Second in the standings with 5,0/6 is Azabu Chess Club with IM Ryosuke Nanjo, IM Shinya Kojima, Tatsuya Shioguci, and Susumu Kuwata. They finished with the same points, but better tiebreak than bronze medalists Todai Chess Circle – Kota Nagataki, Koya Matsuyama, Soichiro Yamamoto, and Kentaro Togawa.
Japan Team Chess Championship 2024 standings
1. L’espoir (RtgAvg:2132, TB1: 12 / TB2: 20)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
FM
Aoshima, Mirai
2468
5
2
CM
Nakahara, Kan
2161
5
3
Matsumura, Cocoro
1883
4.5
4
Yonemitsu, Kohei
2014
5.5
2. Azabu Chess Club OB (RtgAvg:1977, TB1: 10 / TB2: 17)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
IM
Nanjo, Ryosuke
2473
5
2
IM
Kojima, Shinya
2451
5
3
Shioguchi, Tatsuya
1984
4.5
4
Kuwata, Susumu
0
2.5
3. Todai Chess Circle A (RtgAvg:1819, TB1: 10 / TB2: 16)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Nagataki, Kota
1991
2
2
Matsuyama, Koya
1998
5
3
Yamamoto, Soichiro
1716
5
4
Togawa, Kentaro
1571
4
4. Chiba Chess Club A (RtgAvg:1765, TB1: 9 / TB2: 17)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Moritani, Sho
1962
2
2
Muthyala, Bansi Prathima
1814
3.5
3
Ishii, Ichiro
1708
4.5
4
Ogasa, Seiichi
1577
3
5
Altansukh, Janchiv
0
4
5. 8×8 Blunders (RtgAvg:1864, TB1: 9 / TB2: 15,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Higashino, Tetsuo
2113
5.5
2
Sakai, Enju
1824
5
3
Tokuni, Shun
1796
1.5
4
WCM
Misawa, Yuki
1403
0.5
5
Sugita, Kei
1722
3
6. 8×8 Advantages (RtgAvg:1714, TB1: 9 / TB2: 14)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
CM
Kobayashi, Atsuhiko
2221
4
2
Mitsui, Ryoya
1911
5
3
Matsunaga, Toma
1642
4
4
Okabe, Yuki
1083
0
5
Matsumoto, Shinji
1069
1
7. Keio OB (RtgAvg:1872, TB1: 8 / TB2: 16,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Furuya, Masahiro
1987
1.5
2
Matsumoto, Yoshitaro
1959
3.5
3
Katsuta, Yuki
1815
3.5
4
Mieno, Yuki
1727
4
5
Yoshiki, Kohei
1388
4
8. Keio B (RtgAvg:1414, TB1: 8 / TB2: 15,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Takenouchi, Atsushi
1561
2
2
Matsumoto, Yuya
1465
3
3
Mochizuki, Masatoshi
1389
3
4
Yonekubo, Kanato
1242
2.5
5
Tran, Trung Dung
0
5
9. Setouchi Chess Club A (RtgAvg:1784, TB1: 8 / TB2: 15)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
FM
Yamada, Kohei
2275
2.5
2
Kani, Hiroaki
1724
4
3
Tanaka, Ryosuke
1721
3.5
4
Curtis, Toby
1414
3.5
5
Suzuki, Hideaki
1395
1.5
10. Kyodai Chess Circle (RtgAvg:1316, TB1: 8 / TB2: 15)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Yanai, Yuya
1512
2
2
Araki, Dai
1286
5
3
Matsubara, Dai
1465
3.5
4
Ueda, Naoto
0
2
5
Zhao, Shurui
0
2.5
11. Yokohama Bishops (RtgAvg:1489, TB1: 8 / TB2: 15)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Nakamura, Naohiro
2097
5
2
Shiratori, Tomoyuki
1374
3
3
Dang Phan Binh, Minh
0
3
4
Umeda, Kensaku
1277
1.5
5
Ono, Koichiro
1206
2.5
12. Osaka Club A (RtgAvg:2068, TB1: 8 / TB2: 14,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
FM
Bibby, Simon
2252
2.5
2
Scott, Tyler
1967
3
3
Watanabe, Akira
0
2.5
4
CM
Matsuo, Tomohiko
2093
3.5
5
Hirao, Satoshi
1961
3
13. Matsumoto Chess Club (RtgAvg:1467, TB1: 8 / TB2: 14)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Shinoda, Taro
1882
3.5
2
Miura, Yoshito
1510
3.5
3
Ryu, Chanyue
1240
3.5
4
Fukushima, Sota
0
3.5
5
Arai, Yuki
1236
0
14. Chiba Chess Shinken Group (RtgAvg:1899, TB1: 8 / TB2: 13,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
CM
Tran, Thanh Tu
2567
5.5
2
Nguyen, Tuan Anh
1811
2
3
Nguyen, Cong Khen
1586
2
4
Tran, Duc Hung Long
1631
3
5
Nguyen, Cong Khon
1459
1
15. White Knights OB (RtgAvg:1751, TB1: 8 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Taga, Hiroto
2011
1.5
2
Kimura, Ryota
1669
1
3
Honda, Yoshiki
1751
4
4
Nakazawa, Ryo
1572
4
5
Karasawa, Yuta
1463
2
16. Kawasaki Chess Club (RtgAvg:1500, TB1: 8 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Tamura, Hikaru
1738
2
2
Yamagami, Hiroki
1680
3.5
3
Yasuno, Naoki
1582
4
4
Okamoto, Naoto
0
3
17. Nagoya Chess Club (RtgAvg:1440, TB1: 7 / TB2: 14,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
2
Nakanishi, Yuuma
1644
4
3
Sawamura, Tetsushi
1450
2.5
4
Yabuki, Tomi
946
4
5
Shakuya, Keita
0
4
18. Capture (RtgAvg:1533, TB1: 7 / TB2: 13,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Tanaka, Satoshi
1630
4
2
Tomizawa, Nozomu
1491
1.5
3
Yamamoto, Tomohiro
1475
4
4
Kato, Ami
1536
4
19. Nature (RtgAvg:1544, TB1: 7 / TB2: 13)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Maeshima, Hiroaki
1823
3.5
2
WCM
Kojima, Natsumi
1659
3.5
3
Clark, Domenic
1693
2
4
Mizutome, Kei
0
4
20. TokyoTech (RtgAvg:1266, TB1: 7 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Nagaoka, Wataru
1397
1
2
Yasuda, Ousuke
1338
4.5
3
Ishikawa, Ryo
1329
5
4
Oi, Eudai
0
2
21. Waseda (RtgAvg:1357, TB1: 7 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Okayama, Ryota
1536
2.5
2
Shioya, Ryoma
1521
0.5
3
Sharma, Sameer
1372
5
4
Fujii, Nathan
0
3.5
22. Nakano Chess Club (RtgAvg:1758, TB1: 6 / TB2: 14)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Fuse, Naoki
1574
2.5
2
AIM
Higashishiba, Teruomi
1911
3
3
Nakagawa, Seiji
1764
1
4
Uetani, Toshiaki
1745
3.5
5
Koyama, Nobuyuki
1611
4
23. Setouchi Chess Club B (RtgAvg:1276, TB1: 6 / TB2: 14)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
WCM
Sakai, Azumi
1749
2
2
Mishima, Masafumi
0
4.5
3
Hirose, Tomohiko
0
3
4
Yagawa, Mitsuomi
734
0.5
5
Katayama, Shiho Yula
1355
4
24. Tokyo Check Mates (RtgAvg:1464, TB1: 6 / TB2: 13)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Erkoc, Vedat
1650
2
2
Vatsa, Satyam
1100
3
3
Savla, Kavan Paresh
1474
3
4
Partnow, Philip
1292
3
5
Mamatkulov, Azizjon
1439
2
25. King Shogi Chess School (RtgAvg:1613, TB1: 6 / TB2: 13)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Gishi, Takeshi
1922
3.5
2
Saito, Hiromasa
1831
2.5
3
Mukai, Hiroyuki
1474
1.5
4
Kumasaka, Akiho
1225
3.5
5
Nishiyama, Taichi
1013
2
26. Osaka Abeno Chess Club (RtgAvg:1551, TB1: 6 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Yokota, Yoshiaki
1594
2.5
2
Mizumoto, Takahiro
1604
3
3
Tabe, Masaharu
1501
3
4
Hirukawa, Yoshitomo
1503
4
27. Divine Chess Gurukul – A (RtgAvg:1498, TB1: 6 / TB2: 12)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
AIM
Patil, Rushad
1602
2
2
Bhatia, Praveen
1590
3
3
Thapa, Lekha bahadur
1798
5
4
ACM
Ramkumar, Aravindh
891
2
28. Kitasenju Chess Club (RtgAvg:1640, TB1: 6 / TB2: 12)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Ko, Daisuke
1866
2.5
2
Cabrol, Puig Eduard
1649
0
3
Kanda, Daigo
1608
5
4
Uehara, Jun
1438
4.5
29. Univ. of Tsukuba OB (RtgAvg:1470, TB1: 6 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Abe, Yuta
1635
0
2
Matsumoto, Mitsuharu
1506
1
3
Ni, Fang
1523
5
4
Ono, Toshiki
1214
2.5
5
Hamaguchi, Kei
0
3
30. AkabaneVolvox (RtgAvg:1522, TB1: 6 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Furuse, Mizuki
1302
0
2
Yamaguchi, Tosei
1868
2.5
3
Yamada, Misaki
1477
3
4
WCM
Hasegawa, Emi
1430
3.5
5
Hara, Toshifumi
1314
2.5
31. Yokohama Rooks (RtgAvg:1085, TB1: 6 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Takase, Hayato
1192
0.5
2
Deno, Masahiko
933
2.5
3
Fujiwara, Kaori
1146
2.5
4
Nakamura, Junko
844
3
5
Sakurai, Shota
665
1
32. Chiba Chess Club B (RtgAvg:1556, TB1: 5 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Nagai, Toshiyuki
1567
2
2
Endrina, Julius
0
2
3
Aoki, Yasuhiro
1553
4
4
Saga, Hiroshi
1725
3
5
Matsumoto, Kenshin
1379
1.5
33. Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club A (RtgAvg:1315, TB1: 5 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
CM
Averbukh, Alex
2260
6
2
Chih, Tristan
977
0.5
3
Okubo, Sui
997
2
4
Zhou, Yunjia
0
3
34. Keneikai (RtgAvg:1181, TB1: 5 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Kuroda, Yunosuke
1725
5
2
Takayama, Daisuke
0
0
3
Suzuki, Yo
870
4
4
Tomita, Shumpei
705
2.5
35. Kumadai Chess Club (RtgAvg:1135, TB1: 5 / TB2: 11)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Nurmatov, Bekzod
0
5
2
Jin, Sangwoo
1541
5
3
Luis, japa
0
0
4
Shimazu, Keiichi
0
1
36. Yokogawa Chess Club (RtgAvg:1365, TB1: 5 / TB2: 10)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
FM
Otsuka, Shou
2133
5
2
Kothakota, Satya Sandesh
1104
1.5
3
Hiratsuka, Yoshihiro
1222
3.5
4
Osakada, Ayaka
0
0
5
Hyuga, Yusuke
0
0
37. Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club B (RtgAvg:1134, TB1: 5 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Bruno Serra, Joan Miquel
1519
2.5
2
Shimagaki, Haruki
1017
4
3
Kitahara, Fumihiro
880
1
4
Kikuchi, Saya
685
2
38. Chiba Chess Kids SK (RtgAvg:1149, TB1: 5 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Yamada, Atsushi
1381
1
2
Niori, Toma
1213
3.5
3
Hu, Yixi
0
3
4
Tanaka, Soutaro
0
2
39. Tachikawa B (RtgAvg:1081, TB1: 5 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Vo, Chi Cong
1228
2
2
Nguyen, Minh Nhat
1094
0.5
3
Le, Nhat Duy
400
2
4
Luong, Kieu Anh
561
1
5
Truong, Vu Thien Binh
0
4
40. RETREAT (RtgAvg:1357, TB1: 5 / TB2: 9)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Nishioka, Masanari
1401
1.5
2
Morii, Kousuke
0
1
3
Tomii, Yoshikatsu
1748
3.5
4
Ishida, Takaya
1280
3
41. Todai Chess Circle B (RtgAvg:1200, TB1: 4 / TB2: 12)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Moriyasu, Yuichiro
1513
2
2
Sasaki, Kaishi
1286
3
3
Kosugi, Haruka
0
2
4
Matsuda, Eiji
841
3.5
5
Yoshida, Mao
0
1.5
42. Machida Knightmare (RtgAvg:1173, TB1: 4 / TB2: 11)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Voisin, André Léon
0
0.5
2
Hatfield, Eugene
1217
2
3
Kanehara, Makoto
1050
2
4
Okita, Ken
0
1.5
5
Hayama, Tomohiro
1426
5
43. Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club C (RtgAvg:1018, TB1: 4 / TB2: 10,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Alikulov, Alan
1071
1
2
Takizawa, Natsuki
954
3.5
3
Galvez, Paulo-Andre
825
4
4
Hernandez, Jino
0
2
44. Yokohama Pawns (RtgAvg:1276, TB1: 4 / TB2: 10)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Gonzalez, Valenzuela Didac
2108
6
2
Ichino, Hiroaki
994
1.5
3
Nakazato, Ayumu
417
1.5
4
Burke, Eli
400
0
5
Shirato, Yoshihide
768
1
45. Machida promotion (RtgAvg:1064, TB1: 4 / TB2: 10)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Minegishi, Kiyohisa
0
3
2
Namikawa, Kumiko
1254
3
3
Kita, Toshiko
0
0
4
Okubo, Kazuma
879
4
5
Ikeda, Takashi
0
0
46. Tachikawa A (RtgAvg:1261, TB1: 4 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Muto, Yuhiro
1631
3.5
2
Kihara, Kotaro
1414
3.5
3
Tsumashima, Hideyuki
939
1
4
Yamamoto, Ryuto
924
1.5
47. Azabu Chess Club (RtgAvg:1172, TB1: 4 / TB2: 9)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Onuma, Kota
1420
3
2
Bekku, Hayato
1268
3
3
Tanaka, Masato
0
2
4
Ichino, Tomoaki
0
1
48. Keio A (RtgAvg:1041, TB1: 4 / TB2: 8,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Okuda, Seiya
1164
2.5
2
Uesugi, Rio
0
4
3
Nagoe, Yushun
0
1
4
Tan, Takuma
0
0
5
Matsumi, Shota
896
1
49. Yokohama Knights (RtgAvg:1083, TB1: 3 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Seto, Shunpei
1331
2
2
Oshima, Takayuki
940
2.5
3
Egami, Atsushi
0
1
4
Yamada Tubio, Sharon
591
2
5
Eguchi, Shizuka
0
2
50. Chiba Chess Kids FM (RtgAvg:1037, TB1: 3 / TB2: 9)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Yakushijin, Ryo
1146
1
2
Shelar, Shreyash
400
3
3
Yagnik, Aarav
0
2
4
Murata, Den
740
3
51. Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club D (RtgAvg:1099, TB1: 3 / TB2: 8,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Tatsumi, Kai
1433
4
2
Akiyama, Kairi
964
1
3
Yano, Shota
913
2
4
Rankin, Ian
761
1.5
52. Tachikawa D (RtgAvg:1000, TB1: 2 / TB2: 6,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Takayama, Tadayoshi
0
3
2
Nguyen, Huu Tuong Vinh
0
1
3
Luong, Ha my
910
0
4
Vu, Nguyen Duc Anh
0
1.5
5
Truong, Vu Minh Quang
0
1
53. Divine Chess Gurukul – B (RtgAvg:1000, TB1: 1 / TB2: 5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Vyom, Walia
664
1
2
Raizada, Arjun
0
0
3
Dhanasekar, Surya
0
0
4
Dinakar, Prasad Maurya
0
4
54. Tachikawa C (RtgAvg:1000, TB1: 1 / TB2: 3,5)
Bo.
Name
RtgN
Pts.
1
Nakayama, Aiko
400
0
2
Inoue, Naoto
0
1
3
Li, Yiyi
0
1.5
4
Muto, Ayari
0
1
5
Ogawa, Rio
400
0