Mirai Aoshima – Chessdom https://www.chessdom.com Chess, chess news, live chess games Thu, 29 Aug 2024 22:37:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Chess Olympiad 2024 – team Japan (VIDEO) https://www.chessdom.com/chess-olympiad-2024-team-japan-video/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:19:34 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=93109 Chessdom continues with the daily presentation of teams from the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest. After visiting South America and Paraguay and the team with the highest combined ELO India, it is time to go to our friends from Japan.

Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024: Live blog / Participants open / Participants women / Official song

The open team of Japan consists of FM Mirai Aoshima, IM Shinya Kojima, IM Ryosuke Nanjo, CM Thanh Tu Tran, and FM Kohei Yamada. This is the first Olympiad for FM Mirai Aoshima who comes with his highest ever ELO to the competition in Budapest. Yet, experience is also present at the team as IM Shinya Kojima and IM Ryosuke Nanjo will play their 9th Olympiad! The team is coached by the experienced GM Mihajlo Stojanovic.

Taro Shinoda, board member of the Chess Federation of Japan, commented for Chessdom, “The Open team is the strongest in our history, with all members being titleholders for the first time. Additionally, FM Aoshima Mirai is also a professional shogi player, making him the first professional shogi player to compete in the Olympiad.”

The women section of the team is composed of Kanako Kinoshita, Rikka Mitsuyama, WCM Azumi Sakai, Misaki Shibata, and Melody Lady Garcia Takayasu. Coach of the team is long term Chessdom.com editor GM Marian Petrov.

Japan at the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest

]]> Japan Chess Championship 2023 – Participants https://www.chessdom.com/japan-chess-championship-2023-participants/ Wed, 03 May 2023 20:08:47 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=89401 The Japan Chess Championship 2023 will take place from 3-7 May 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. The time control is 90 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment from move one. It is 9-round Swiss system tournament with participation of Tu Tran Thanh, Mirai Aoshima, Ryosuke Nanjo, Shinya Kojima, Kohei Yamada, Atsuhiko Kobayashi, Alex Averbukh, Tomohiko Matsuo, Shou Otsuka, etc.

More : All-Russian chess competition among men’s teams “Major League” / The XXX Russian Chess Championship among men’s teams “Premier League”  / The XXIV Russian Chess Championship among women’s teams / The 4th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 

Full list of players :

Number NameCountry NameEloIEloN
1CMTran Thanh TuJPN24122568
2FMAoshima MiraiJPN23432457
3IMNanjo RyosukeJPN23382462
4IMKojima ShinyaJPN23342486
5FMYamada KoheiJPN22072319
6CMKobayashi AtsuhikoJPN21602330
7CMAverbukh AlexJPN21532309
8CMMatsuo TomohikoJPN21392203
9 Otsuka ShouJPN21372058
10 Raabe PeterGER21062046
11CMNakahara KanJPN20952172
12 Higashino TetsuoJPN20822163
13 Nakamura NaohiroJPN20812156
14 Fujii ChiakiJPN20092021
15 Noguchi KojiJPN19902118
16 Shinoda TaroJPN19901950
17 Gishi TakeshiJPN19801978
18AIMHigashishiba TeruomiJPN19722049
19 Nagataki KotaJPN19652004
20 Tamura HikaruJPN19361844
21 Ogawa TomieJPN19222070
22 Wakamori TsuyoshiJPN19131861
23 Okabe YumaJPN19001862
24 Furuya MasahiroJPN18821955
25 Uetani ToshiakiJPN18771801
26 Kitagami ShowJPN18681961
27 Jones TiborSCO18651893
28 Takahashi HideakiJPN18641923
29 Sugimoto KoichiJPN18631964
30 Maeshima HiroakiJPN18601835
31 Sakai EnjuJPN18471823
32 Maeda ShuntaroJPN18441740
33 Nishino TatsuyaJPN18281749
34 Kimura RyotaJPN18141707
35 Saito HiromasaJPN18101745
36 Kinoshita AkiraUSA17981801
37 Karmalkar DeepteshIND17941848
38 Kanda DaigoJPN17911722
39 Hashimoto ShunjiJPN17831665
40WCMSakai AzumiJPN17611795
41 Bhatia PraveenJPN17451417
42 Kuroda YunosukeJPN17351766
43 Robertson PhilJPN17271697
44 Aoki YasuhiroJPN17131601
45 Kato AmiJPN17071605
46 Nagai ToshiyukiJPN16751644
47 Tomii YoshikatsuJPN16741824
48 Kawamura TakutoJPN16711589
49 Takayasu MelodyJPN16661761
50 Tochikubo JinJPN16091444
51 Kobayashi HidehikoJPN15631482
52 Yokota YoshiakiJPN15481514
53 Mitsuyama RikkaJPN12991370
54 Ide DaisukeJPN01730
55 Nakamura TomokiJPN01708
56 Cabrol Puig EduardESP01606
57 Yonemitsu KoheiJPN01597
58 Mieno YukiJPN01549
59 Yamamoto SoichiroJPN01493
60 Shioya RyomaJPN01453
61 Sawaguchi AkinobuJPN01422
62 Nakamura MitsuruJPN01418
63 Ono TadashiJPN01384
64 Okutomo HisashiJPN01373
65 Mochizuki MasatoshiJPN01280
66 Takase HayatoJPN01253
67 Matsumoto ShinjiJPN01165
]]> Mirai Aoshima is the winner of Japan Chess Championship 2022 https://www.chessdom.com/mirai-aoshima-is-the-winner-of-japan-chess-championship-2022/ Wed, 04 May 2022 11:52:49 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=75692 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. NameFEDRtgIPts. 
1FMAoshima Mirai JPN23427.5
2CMTran Thanh Tu JPN23867
3FMYamada Kohei JPN21617
4IMKojima Shinya JPN23536.5
5 Kobayashi Atsuhiko JPN21416.5
6 Makino Mitsunori JPN06.5
7CMAverbukh Alex JPN21446
8 Shiomi Ryo JPN20566
9CMMatsuo Tomohiko JPN21486
10 Noguchi Koji JPN19436
11 Otsuka Shou JPN19735.5
12 Ogawa Tomie JPN18525.5
13 Shinoda Taro JPN20125.5
14 Farfurnik Sasha ISR19985.5
15 Higashino Tetsuo JPN21045.5
16FMBibby Simon JPN21715.5
17 Furuya Masahiro JPN19685.5
18 Wijaya Tony INA05.5
19 Maeshima Hiroaki JPN18435.5
20 Mitsui Ryoya JPN18415.5
21 Wakamori Tsuyoshi JPN18475.5
22 Gishi Takeshi JPN20365
23 Kitagami Show JPN19335
24 Nguyen Tuan Anh VIE05
25 Taga Hiroto JPN19285
26 Nakamura Naohiro JPN20994.5
27 Sakai Enju JPN19234.5
28 Hirao Satoshi JPN19584.5
29 Nakagawa Seiji CAN16914.5
30 Mizumoto Takahiro JPN04.5
31 Okabe Yuma JPN19654.5
32 Yamada Yukihiro JPN16894.5
33 Hashimoto Shunji JPN04.5
34 Sugimoto Koichi JPN18854.5
35 Koyama Nobuyuki JPN17434.5
36WCMSakai Azumi JPN17394
37 Uetani Toshiaki JPN04
38 Fukuda Toyoaki JPN17154
39 Kuroda Yunosuke JPN17744
40 Bhatia Praveen JPN04
41WCMKojima Natsumi JPN17704
42 Onishi Kosuke JPN17684
43 Kanda Daigo JPN18274
44 Kimura Ryota JPN17744
45 Takayasu Nobuyuki JPN15904
46 Yamada Shinmei JPN17473.5
47 Ogasa Seiichi JPN16523.5
48 Tomii Yoshikatsu JPN16663.5
49 Takayasu Melody JPN16933.5
50 Sawamura Tetsushi JPN16063.5
51 Uehara Jun JPN14893.5
52 Yokota Yoshiaki JPN03.5
53 Tamura Hikaru JPN18323
54 Takagi Hidekazu JPN03
55 Yamagami Hiroki JPN17123
56 Kawamura Takuto JPN03
57 Yamada Takahiko JPN15983
58 Donaldson Sheldon JPN16232.5
59 Carlson Nils JPN02.5
60 Aoki Yasuhiro JPN17562.5
61 Sugita Kei JPN15452
62 Yoshizawa Kazufumi JPN02
63 Santosh Nathan JPN01.5
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