Top 40

TOP 40 January 2020

Rank	Name	Kanji	Rating	Q	Top
1	Kojima Shinya	小島慎也	2492	Q
2	Aoshima Mirai	青嶋未来	2470	Q
3	Nanjo Ryosuke	南條遼介	2461	Q
4	Kobayashi Atsuhiko	小林厚彦	2323	Q
5	Averbukh Alex	Averbukh Alex	2310	Q
6	Bibby Simon	Bibby Simon	2272		1
7	Nakamura Naohiro	中村尚広	2250	Q
8	Yamada Kohei	山田弘平	2236	Q
9	Matsuo Tomohiko	松尾朋彦	2230		2
10	Higashino Tetsuo	東野徹男	2210	Q
11	Noguchi Koji	野口恒治	2147		3
12	Shiomi Ryo	塩見亮	2122		4
13	Scott Tyler	Scott Tyler James	2115		5
14	Nakahara Kan	中原鑑	2114	Q
15	Furuya Masahiro	古谷昌洋	2105		6
16	Matsumoto Yoshitaro	松本芳太郎	2064	Q
16	Takahashi Reiji	髙橋礼二	2064		7
18	Higashishiba Teruomi	東芝輝臣	2057		8
19	Hirao Satoshi	平尾聡至	2047		9
20	Suzuki Masateru	鈴木将照	2045		10
21	Fujii Chiaki	藤井智彬	2040		11
21	Kitagami Show	北神匠	2040		11
23	Manabe Hiroshi	真鍋浩	2027		13
24	Sugimoto Koichi	杉本公一	2018		14
25	Taga Hiroto	多賀裕登	2017		15
26	Matsuyama Koya	松山紘也	1978		16
27	Katsuta Yuki	勝田裕貴	1968		17
28	Mitsui Ryoya	三井崚也	1961		18
29	Takashima Bunji	高島文治	1956		19
30	Khaliun Battur	Khaliun Battur	1937	Q
31	Tabata Minoru	田畑穣	1914		20
32	Shinoda Taro	篠田太郎	1910		21
33	Yokoyama Yuichi	横山雄一	1906		22
34	Sakai Enju	坂井延寿	1903		23
35	Kanda Daigo	神田大吾	1869		24
36	Yokoo Hideyuki	横尾秀幸	1868		25
37	Maeshima Hiroaki	前嶋啓彰	1866		26
38	Ukai Hideaki	鵜飼英昭	1865		27
39	Vu Quoc Luu	Vu Quoc Luu	1847		28
40	Yoshii Yukihiko	吉井優紀彦	1843		29

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Japanese top 40
Updated on 1st January 2020.
Q : Qualified players of Japan Championship 2020.
Top20 : Provisional.
The final qualifiers will be determined on 1st February 2020.
See below.

Selection criteria

Selection criteria for Japan Chess Championship

Qualified players

Qualified players for Japan Chess Championship 2020