{"id":36198,"date":"2025-07-07T14:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=36198"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:36:02","slug":"chinese-championship-2025-xiao-tong-and-li-xueyi-claim-their-first-national-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/chinese-championship-2025-xiao-tong-and-li-xueyi-claim-their-first-national-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Championship 2025: Xiao Tong and Li Xueyi claim their first national titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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GM Xiao Tong and WGM Li Xueyi won the Open and Women\u2019s sections of the 2025 Chinese National Championships, respectively, securing their first national titles.<\/p>

The 2025 edition of the Chinese Championship\u2014held for the 17th consecutive year in Hou Yifan’s hometown of Xinghua, Jiangsu, from June 26 to July 3\u2014adopted an 11-round Swiss system format, replacing the traditional round-robin structure. The total prize fund amounted to 500,000 RMB, with 120,000 RMB awarded to the Open champion and 80,000 RMB to the Women\u2019s tournament winner. The Open section featured 60 players, while the Women\u2019s section attracted 34 participants. Notably, top national players such as Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi, Ju Wenjun, Zhu Jiner, and Tan Zhongyi were absent from the event.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the Open section, GM Xiao Tong (pictured above) delivered an excellent performance, scoring 8\/11 (5 wins, 6 draws) to capture the title\u2014continuing his strong form after winning the China New Stars tournament two months earlier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Four players\u2014Kong Xiangrui, Zhang Di, Liu Yan, and Chen Yuan\u2014tied for second place with 7.5 points, with Kong and Zhang claiming silver and bronze, respectively, on tiebreaks. Five additional players, including GM Dai Changren, finished with 7 points to round out the top 11.<\/p>

Final standings \u2013 Open<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Women\u2019s section saw WGM Li Xueyi score a crucial final-round victory over WIM Zhang Xiao, securing the title with an impressive 8.5\/11 (6 wins, 5 draws).
WGM Ni Shiqun and 15-year-old Jiang Tianyu finished just half a point behind the champion, sharing second place. Ni earned silver and Jiang claimed bronze on tiebreaks. WIM Yan Tianqi and Gao Muziyan, both with 7.5 points, placed fourth and fifth, respectively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Final standings \u2013 Women<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

Text and photos: Liang Ziming<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GM Xiao Tong and WGM Li Xueyi won the Open and Women\u2019s sections of the 2025 Chinese National Championships, respectively, securing their first national titles. The 2025 edition of the Chinese Championship\u2014held for the 17th consecutive year in Hou Yifan’s hometown of Xinghua, Jiangsu, from June 26 to July 3\u2014adopted an 11-round Swiss system format, replacing the traditional round-robin structure. The total prize fund amounted to 500,000 RMB, with 120,000 RMB awarded to the Open champion and 80,000 RMB to the Women\u2019s tournament winner. The Open section featured 60 players, while the Women\u2019s section attracted 34 participants. Notably, top national players such as Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi, Ju Wenjun, Zhu Jiner, and Tan Zhongyi were absent from the event. In the Open section, GM Xiao Tong (pictured above) delivered an excellent performance, scoring 8\/11 (5 wins, 6 draws) to capture the title\u2014continuing his strong form after winning the China New Stars tournament two months earlier. Four players\u2014Kong Xiangrui, Zhang Di, Liu Yan, and Chen Yuan\u2014tied for second place with 7.5 points, with Kong and Zhang claiming silver and bronze, respectively, on tiebreaks. Five additional players, including GM Dai Changren, finished with 7 points to round out the top 11. Final standings \u2013 Open The Women\u2019s section saw WGM Li Xueyi score a crucial final-round victory over WIM Zhang Xiao, securing the title with an impressive 8.5\/11 (6 wins, 5 draws).WGM Ni Shiqun and 15-year-old Jiang Tianyu finished just half a point behind the champion, sharing second place. Ni earned silver and Jiang claimed bronze on tiebreaks. WIM Yan Tianqi and Gao Muziyan, both with 7.5 points, placed fourth and fifth, respectively. Final standings \u2013 Women Text and photos: Liang Ziming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[78,297],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-36198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-china","tag-national-championship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36198"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36207,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36198\/revisions\/36207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36198"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=36198"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=36198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}