Qualified players for Japan Chess Championship 2020

Updated on 12th September 2020

Qualified players

62 players

Name	Kanji	Qualification
Aoshima Mirai	青嶋 未来	Champ,Rapid
Asaka Samuel	Asaka Samuel	JOpen
Averbukh Alex	Averbukh Alex	Classic
Bibby Simon	Bibby Simon	Top20
Fujii Chiaki	藤井 智彬	Top20
Fukuoka Masaaki	福岡 正晃	Local
Furuya Masahiro	古谷 昌洋	Top20
Gishi Takeshi	義之 岳史	Senior
Higashino Tetsuo	東野 徹男	Classic
Higashishiba Teruomi	東芝 輝臣	Top20
Hirao Satoshi	平尾 聡至	Top20
Inoue Takahiro	井上 貴裕	Top20
Kanda Daigo	神田 大吾	Local
Katsuta Yuki	勝田 裕貴	Top20
Kawachi Itsuki	河地 樹	Local
Khaliun Battur	Khaliun Battur	Women
Kikuchi Daijiro	菊池 大二郎	Local
Kitagami Show	北神 匠	Top20
Kobayashi Atsuhiko	小林 厚彦	JOpen
Kojima Natsumi	小島 なつみ	Champ
Kojima Shinya	小島 慎也	Classic
Maeshima Hiroaki	前嶋 啓彰	Local
Manabe Hiroshi	真鍋 浩	Top20
Matsuda Ryu	松田 竜	Senior
Matsumoto Yoshitaro	松本 芳太郎	JOpen
Matsuo Tomohiko	松尾 朋彦	Top20
Matsuyama Koya	松山 紘也	Top20
Mitsui Riku	三津井 理公	Collegeate
Mitsui Ryoya	三井 崚也	Top20
Nagataki Kota	長瀧 航太	Local
Nakahara Kan	中原 鑑	Youth
Nakamura Naohiro	中村 尚広	Classic
Nanjo Ryosuke	南條 遼介	Classic
Noguchi Koji	野口 恒治	Top20
Ogasa Seiichi	小笠 誠一	Local
Osaka Takuma	逢阪 拓真	Youth
Otawa Yuto	大多和 優斗	Local
Qin Ranran	秦 冉苒	Champ
Sabirov Ramil	Sabirov Ramil	JOpen
Saito Hiromasa	斎藤 寛将	Local
Sakai Azumi	坂井 あづみ	Women
Sakai Enju	坂井 延寿	Local
Sato Keito	佐藤 慧人	Local
Sawamura Tetsushi	澤村 哲司	Local
Scott Tyler	Scott Tyler James	Top20
Shiomi Ryo	塩見 亮	Top20
Sugimoto Koichi	杉本 公一	Top20
Suzuki Masateru	鈴木 将照	Top20
Taga Hiroto	多賀 裕登	Top20
Takahashi Reiji	髙橋 礼二	Top20
Takashima Bunji	高島 文治	Top20
Takayasu Melody	Takayasu Melody	JOpen
Tokuni Shun	戸國 峻	Local
Tran Thanh Tu	Tran Thanh Tu	Local
Wong Linda Jane	Wong Linda Jane	Classic
Yamada Kohei	山田 弘平	JOpen
Yesbolatova Aisha	Yesbolatova Aisha	Local
Yoshida So	吉田 創	Local
Nakamura Mitsuru	中村 充	Local
Nishino Tatsuya	西野 達哉	Local
Nozaki Yuto	野崎 優人	Local
Onishi Kosuke	大西 弘祐	Local

Abbreviations

Champ: Japan Chess Championship 2019
Rapid: Japan Rapid Chess Championship 2019
Youth: Japan Youth Chess Championship 2019
Women: Japan Women’s Chess Championship 2019
Senior: Japan Senior Chess Championship 2019
Classic: Japan Chess Classic 2019
JOpen: Japan Open 2019
Collegiate: Japan Collegiate Chess Championship 2019
Top20: Top 20 players from February 2020 Rating List
Local: Qualifier Tournaments 2020

Qualifying Tournaments

(Family name first)

Kobe
Postponed

Sendai

1. Kanda Daigo (Qualifier)
2. Yoshida So (Qualified)
3. Sato Keito
4. Oyama Kako

• Sato Keito (Qualified)
• 8 players

Sapporo

1. Kikuchi Daijiro (Qualified)
2. Sugimoto Koichi (Qualifier)
3. Yoshii Yukihiko
4. Takeuchi Hiroshi

• 8 players

Osaka

1. Hirao Satoshi (Qualifier)
2. Otawa Yuto (Qualifier)
3. Tokura Shun (Qualified)

• Kawamura Itsuki (Local Qualifier)
• 6 players

Aichi

1. Suzuki Masateru (Qualifier)
2. Scott Tyler (Qualifier)
3. Fukuoka Masaaki (Qualified)
4. Otawa Yuto (Qualified)

• Sawamura Tetsuji (Local Qualifier)
• 12 players

Chiba

1. Tran Thanh Tu (Qualified)
2. Bibby Simon (Qualifier)
3. Higashino Tetsuo (Qualifier)
4. Maeshima Hiroaki (Qualified)
5. Nagataki Kota (Qualified)
6. Saito Hiromasa (Qualified)
7. Yesbolatova Aisha (Qualifier)
8. Kojima Natsumi (Qualifier)
9. Khaliun Battur (Qualifier)
10. Kanda Daigo (Qualified)

• Ogasa Seiichi (Local Qualifier)
• 35 players

Shizuoka

1. Sakai Enju (Qualified)
2. Taga Hiroto (Qualifier)
3. Sakai Azumi (Qualifier)
4. Yamada Akihiro（Withdraw）
5. Yokoo Hideyuki（Withdraw）

• Yesbolatova Aisha (Local Qualifier)
• 14 players

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Selection Criteria for Japan Chess Championship

Postponed!

Postponement of 2020 Japan Chess Championship