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Dai Changren and Tan Zhongyi are the new champions of China. The 2022 Chinese Championships took place in Xinghua, Jiangsu province, on November 2-11. Both tournaments, open and women’s, were 12-player round robins with classical time controls.
In the absence of top Chinese players, the open event caused a minor sensation as the tenth seed in the starting list, Dai Changren (pictured below), scored 7/11 points and finished clear first, a half point ahead of Zhao Jun (6½/11), who took silver.
Two players tied for third place, with Xu Xiangyu claiming bronze thanks to a better Sonneborn-Berger score compared to Li Di. The event was a very close competition, with neither player completing the tournament unbeaten.
Dai Changren
| Name | Rtg | Pts | ||
| 1 | IM | Dai Changren | 2515 | 7 |
| 2 | GM | Zhao Jun | 2600 | 6½ |
| 3 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | 2577 | 6 |
| 4 | GM | Li Di | 2539 | 6 |
| 5 | IM | Lou Yiping | 2490 | 5½ |
| 6 | GM | Liu Yan | 2532 | 5½ |
| 7 | GM | Xu Yi | 2502 | 5½ |
| 8 | GM | Lu Shanglei | 2605 | 5½ |
| 9 | GM | Bai Jinshi | 2569 | 5½ |
| 10 | GM | Xu Yinglun | 2553 | 5 |
| 11 | GM | Zeng, Chongsheng | 2604 | 4 |
| 12 | IM | Xu Zhixing | 2504 | 4 |
The women’s event was quite a different scenario, as rating favourite Tan Zhongyi dominated the field. Despite losing to Xiao Yiyi, she netted an impressive 9/11 and came out on top, 1½ points ahead of her main competitor, who claimed silver. This was Tan’s second national title.
There was a tie for third place in the women’s competition as well, with Guo Qi edging out Zhai Mo by dint of slightly better tiebreaks.
The playing hall
| Name | Rtg | Pts | ||
| 1 | GM | Tan Zhongyi | 2514 | 9 |
| 2 | WGM | Xiao Yiyi | 2326 | 7½ |
| 3 | IM | Guo Qi | 2391 | 7 |
| 4 | WGM | Zhai Mo | 2371 | 7 |
| 5 | WIM | Song Yuxin | 2311 | 6½ |
| 6 | WGM | Ni Shiqun | 2370 | 5 |
| 7 | Zhang Lanlin | 2200 | 5 | |
| 4 | WGM | Li Xueyi | 2297 | 4½ |
| 9 | IM | Wang Yu | 2276 | 4½ |
| 10 | WIM | Chu Ruotong | 2224 | 4 |
| 11 | WIM | Ren Xiaoyi | 2207 | 3½ |
| 12 | Yuan Ye | 2086 | 2½ |
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