Japan Rapid Chess Championship and Rapid Chess Challenge! results

It was not a successful tournament financially but it sure was worth having this kind of tournament, especially a tournament like Rapid Chess Challenge! We will continue to encourage new and beginner players to come join in tournaments!

The results for Japan Rapid Chess Championship:
Open Category
1st place: FM Aoshima, Mirai 8/10pts
2nd place: FM Yamada, Kohei 8/10pts
3rd place: CM Averbukh Alex 7.5/10pts
4th place: Higashino, Tetsuo 7/10pts
5th place: Schweizer, Simon 7/10pts

Challenger Category
1st place: Okamoto Naoto 5.5/10pts
2nd place: Tomii Yoshikatsu 5/10pts
3rd place: Kobayashi Hidehiko 5/10pts
4th place: Honda Yoshiki 4.5/10pts
5th place: Fukuda Toyoaki 4.5/10pts

The results for Rapid Chess Challenge!:
1st place: Yasuno, Naoki 5/5pts
2nd place: Tomizawa, Nozomu 4/5pts
3rd place: Arai, Yuki 4/5pts
4th place: Koyama, Shuzo 4/5pts
5th place: Watanabe, Yasuo 4/5pts