Tournament Info

Japan Chess Championship Qualifying Tournaments

12-02-2019
Manabe

Thank you all the Clubs for hosting the tournaments. All the qualifying tournaments are now finished. I have emailed the qualified players about Japan Chess Championship. Please reply by the 7th. Thank you!

Qualification criteria:

Below is the list of qualifying tournaments for Japan Chess Championship that will be held in May, 2019. 1 player per 8 participants, plus 1 additional player will qualify from each tournament. (Excluding the players who have already qualified at other tournaments)

Already qualified players

Qualified Players by alphabetical order
1 Averbukh, Alex ： – Top20 – –
2 Descamps, Bert ： – – Open –
3 Qin Ranran ： – – – WomenChamp
4 Scott, Tyler ： – Top20 – –
5 Tran Thanh, Tu ： – Top20 Open –
6 Aoshima, Mirai ： – Top20 Open –
7 Ishii, Ichiro ： Dan – – –
8 Irie, Yuki ： – Top20 – –
9 Endo, Haruto ： – – – JuniorChamp
10 Kojima, Shinya ： Dan – – –
11 Kobayashi, Atsuhiko ： Dan Top20 Open –
12 Shiomi, Ryo ： Dan Top20 – –
13 Sugimoto, Koichi ： Dan – – –
14 Nakamura, Naohiro ： Dan Top20 Open –
15 Nanjo, Ryosuke ： – – Open –
16 Noguchi, Koji ： – Top20 – –
17 Baba, Masahiro ： Dan Top20 Open –
18 Hamane, Kenichi ： Dan – – –
19 Higashino, Tetsuo ： – Top20 – –
20 Hirao, Satoshi ： – – – UnivChamp
21 Furuya, Masahiro ： – – Open –
22 Manabe, Hiroshi ： – – – SeniorChamp
23 Mitsuya, Naoto ： – Top20 – –
24 Yamada, Kohei ： Dan Top20 – –
25 Yamada, Shinmei ： – – Open –
26 Ishizuka, Mirai　： – – – WomenChampjp

Qualifying Tournaments

Hokkaido

＊This tournament is finished.
Sapporo Chess Club
Contact：bqd03164@nifty.com Mr. Kanamaru

Tohoku

＊This tournament is finished.
Sendai Chess Club
Contact：022-264-1654 Mr. Takahashi

Kanto, Chiba

＊This tournament is finished.
Chiba Chess Club
Chiba Championship
Dates: February 2, 3 2019

Tokai, Shizuoka

＊This tournament is finished.
Hamamatsu Chess Club
Shizuoka Championship

Tokai, Aichi

＊This tournament is finished.
Nagoya Chess Club
Aichi Championship
Dates: February 3 2019

Kinki, Osaka

＊This tournament is finished.
Osaka En Passant Chess Club
Contact：Mr. Tabe osakaenpassant@gmail.com

Kinki, Hyogo

＊This tournament is finished.
Kobe Chess Club
Contact：mitsvsop@gmail.com Mr. Okada

Chubu, Hiroshima

This tournament is finished.
Hiroshima Chess Club
Hiroshima Qualifying Tournament
Dates: February 10 2019

Kyushu, Nagasaki

Nagasaki Chess Club
Nagasaki Championship
*This tournament was cancelled.

Kyushu, Fukuoka

＊This tournament is finished.
Fukuoka Chess Club
Fukuoka Championship

About Japanese Champion

  • No 2020 Olympiad members will be selected at Japan National Chess Championship in May, 2019.
  • The Japan Champion will have to be registered with Japan with FIDE. (Non Japanese FIDE players can still participate as long as they have qualified to play)