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Mirai Aoshima is the winner of Japan Chess Championship 2022

The Japan Chess Championship 2022 was held from April 30 to May 4 in Tokyo with participation of 63 players and a total prize fund of 100.000 yen.

FM Mirai Aoshima became the sole Winner of the event after a dramatic finish with score of 7.5/9 points. Three top seeds entered the last round with chances for the first place as Shinya Kojima and Mirai Aoshima both scored 6.5/8 points and Thanh Tu Tran was behind with 6/8.

Tran was convincing in a direct encounter against Kojima to leap on the second position, while Aoshima defeated Tomohiko Matsuo to clinch the title of National Champion. As the top two players of the Japan Chess Championship 2022, Thanh Tu Tran and Mirai Aoshima earned their spots for the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.

Mirai Aoshima vs Tomohiko Matsuo

Final rankings – Japan Chess Championship 2022


Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts. 
1 FM Aoshima Mirai  JPN 2342 7.5
2 CM Tran Thanh Tu  JPN 2386 7
3 FM Yamada Kohei  JPN 2161 7
4 IM Kojima Shinya  JPN 2353 6.5
5   Kobayashi Atsuhiko  JPN 2141 6.5
6   Makino Mitsunori  JPN 0 6.5
7 CM Averbukh Alex  JPN 2144 6
8   Shiomi Ryo  JPN 2056 6
9 CM Matsuo Tomohiko  JPN 2148 6
10   Noguchi Koji  JPN 1943 6
11   Otsuka Shou  JPN 1973 5.5
12   Ogawa Tomie  JPN 1852 5.5
13   Shinoda Taro  JPN 2012 5.5
14   Farfurnik Sasha  ISR 1998 5.5
15   Higashino Tetsuo  JPN 2104 5.5
16 FM Bibby Simon  JPN 2171 5.5
17   Furuya Masahiro  JPN 1968 5.5
18   Wijaya Tony  INA 0 5.5
19   Maeshima Hiroaki  JPN 1843 5.5
20   Mitsui Ryoya  JPN 1841 5.5
21   Wakamori Tsuyoshi  JPN 1847 5.5
22   Gishi Takeshi  JPN 2036 5
23   Kitagami Show  JPN 1933 5
24   Nguyen Tuan Anh  VIE 0 5
25   Taga Hiroto  JPN 1928 5
26   Nakamura Naohiro  JPN 2099 4.5
27   Sakai Enju  JPN 1923 4.5
28   Hirao Satoshi  JPN 1958 4.5
29   Nakagawa Seiji  CAN 1691 4.5
30   Mizumoto Takahiro  JPN 0 4.5
31   Okabe Yuma  JPN 1965 4.5
32   Yamada Yukihiro  JPN 1689 4.5
33   Hashimoto Shunji  JPN 0 4.5
34   Sugimoto Koichi  JPN 1885 4.5
35   Koyama Nobuyuki  JPN 1743 4.5
36 WCM Sakai Azumi  JPN 1739 4
37   Uetani Toshiaki  JPN 0 4
38   Fukuda Toyoaki  JPN 1715 4
39   Kuroda Yunosuke  JPN 1774 4
40   Bhatia Praveen  JPN 0 4
41 WCM Kojima Natsumi  JPN 1770 4
42   Onishi Kosuke  JPN 1768 4
43   Kanda Daigo  JPN 1827 4
44   Kimura Ryota  JPN 1774 4
45   Takayasu Nobuyuki  JPN 1590 4
46   Yamada Shinmei  JPN 1747 3.5
47   Ogasa Seiichi  JPN 1652 3.5
48   Tomii Yoshikatsu  JPN 1666 3.5
49   Takayasu Melody  JPN 1693 3.5
50   Sawamura Tetsushi  JPN 1606 3.5
51   Uehara Jun  JPN 1489 3.5
52   Yokota Yoshiaki  JPN 0 3.5
53   Tamura Hikaru  JPN 1832 3
54   Takagi Hidekazu  JPN 0 3
55   Yamagami Hiroki  JPN 1712 3
56   Kawamura Takuto  JPN 0 3
57   Yamada Takahiko  JPN 1598 3
58   Donaldson Sheldon  JPN 1623 2.5
59   Carlson Nils  JPN 0 2.5
60   Aoki Yasuhiro  JPN 1756 2.5
61   Sugita Kei  JPN 1545 2
62   Yoshizawa Kazufumi  JPN 0 2
63   Santosh Nathan  JPN 0 1.5