In the last list of the top Chess players we published, we went over the best Peruvian Chess players. Now in this article, we’re ranking the best Japanese Chess players from Japan, starting with the number ten spot in FIDE.
10. Simon Bibby
Full Name: Simon Bibby
Title: FIDE Master
Born: November 8, 1974
Federation: Japan
Ratings
World Ranking: 11267
Rapid: not rated
Blitz: not rated
Classical: 2147
Profiles
Simon Bibby won his master title by FIDE in 2012 with a FIDE rating of 2147. In July 2000, Simon reached a peak rating of 2226, which was an impressive improvement in his chess career. He also surprisingly got a peak rating of 2315 in January 1990, making him gain more popularity in his chess career among other veteran chess players in Japan. Simon currently has a standard rating of 2147, one of the best ELO classic ratings he has recorded. In his result, he has recorded a Win: of 28.6% (16), a Loss of 42.9% (24), and a draw: of 28.1% (16) in a total of 56 games.
9. Alex Averbukh
Full Name: Alex Averbukh
Title: Candidate Master
Born: January 01, 1982
Federation: Japan
World Ranking: 10739
Ratings
Rapid: not rated
Blitz: not rated
Classical: 2155
Profiles
Alex Averbukh is a famous Japanese chess player with a candidate master title from FIDE. Alex reached his highest FIDE peak rating of 2223 in September 2016, where he was awarded his candidate master title. In addition, Alex becomes the second-best in the Japan Rapid chess Championship. He was named second after Mirai Aoshima and first in the championships, which were held in 2018.
8. Atsuhiko Kobayashi
Full Name: Atsuhiko Kobayashi
Title: None
Born: April 4, 1992
Federation: Japan
Ratings
World Ranking: 10870
Rapid: not rated
Blitz: not rated
Classical: 2156
Profiles
Atsuhiko Kobayashi is a chess player with classic Elo of 2141, with his best Elo currently at 2156. He participated in a total of 21 chess games between the year 2007 to 2008 and won 8 (42.86%), Draw 3 (14%), and lost 9 (42.86%) therefore resulting in a total score of 50%.
7. Yamada Kohei
Full Name: Yamada Kohei
Title: FIDE Master
Born: January 1, 1988
Federation: Japan
Ratings
World Ranking: 10508
Rapid: not rated
Blitz: not rated
Classical: 2162
Profile
Simon Schweizer is a famous Japanese chess player who currently holds a master’s title in his chess career. FIDE awarded him his first Candidate master’s title in 2011. Kohei later continued positive progress in his chess career and qualified for a FIDE master title by 2016. Therefore, FIDE awarded him the master title, making him a FIDE master holder in 2016 with a FIDE rating of 2161.
6. Simon Schweizer
Full Name: Simon Schweizer
Title: None
Born: October 26, 1996
Federation: Japan
Ratings
World Ranking: 10374
Rapid: 2145
Blitz: 2143
Classical: 2164
Profiles
Simon Schweizer is a Japanese chess player who has participated in many competitive chess games. He currently holds no FIDE title and has a Result of win: 39%, (22), Loss; 50% (28), and a Draw: 10% (6) Total of 56. Simon is currently rated at 2165 per the March 01, 2022, FIDE chess game rating. His maximum rating is 2189, which he reached on June 01, 2015, and he currently has an Elo rating of 2159.
5. Domingo Ramos
Full Name: Domingo Ramos
Title: International master
Born: January 1, 1960
Federation: Japan
Ratings
World Ranking: 8858
Rapid: not rated
Blitz: 2270
Classical:2190
Profiles
Ramos Domingo is a famous Japanese chess player born on January 01, 1960. FIDE awarded him a master’s title in 1995. Ramos later won his international master’s title from FIDE in 1980. He achieved his highest peak rating from FIDE in July 1988 when he reached 2355. In July 2015, he also surprised many players by getting a peak rating of 2239 after several years in his chess career.
4. Yuto Ottawa
Full Name: Yuto Ottawa
Title: None
Born: January 3, 2001
Federation: Japan
Ratings
World Ranking: 8025
Rapid: not rated
Blitz: not rated
Classical: 2205
Profiles
Yuto Ottawa is a Japanese chess player who has participated in many chess games in his chess career with an ELO rating of 2184. He has no FIDE title and has played in 39 opening games a white.
3. Shinya Kojima
Full Name: Shinya Kojima
Title: International master
Born: November 15, 1988
Federation: Japan
Ratings
World Ranking: 3077
Rapid: 2375
Blitz: 2269
Classical:2346
Profiles
Shinya Kojima is one of the top-rated Japanese chess players who won his first master title from FIDE in 2009. He later qualified for an international master’s title in 2015. FIDE then awarded him the international master title in the same year, which he holds up to date. Kojima has participated in many chess championships. He won the Japan chess tournaments in the year 2005, 20006, 2007, and also in 2008. He also participated in the 2010 championship and won the tournament after missing his chance to maintain the lead to become the longest defending champion of the tournament. This made him regain his position as the best chess player in the championships.
2. Mirai Aoshima
Full Name: Mirai Aoshima
Title: FIDE Master
Born: February 27, 1995
Federation: Japan
Ratings
World Ranking: 3026
Rapid: not rated
Blitz: not rated
Classical: 2347
Profiles
Mirai Aoshima is a famous Japanese chess player with a master title in his chess career, which FIDE awarded him in September 2019. Mirai was the winner of the national chess championships held in Tokyo in 2019. This made Mirai gain more popularity to become one of the best chess players with higher FIDE rankings in Japan. During the chess championships of 2019, Mirai reached a FIDE peak rating of 2361, the best rating in the tournament.
1. Thanh Tu Tran
Full Name: Thanh Tu Tran
Title: Candidate Master
Born: January 1, 1990
Federation: Japan
Ratings
World Ranking: 2442
Rapid: not rated
Blitz: not rated
Classical:2375
Profiles
Thanh Tu Tran is a famous chess player from Japan, with a candidate Master title, a ward by FIDE in 2007. Tran has participated in 865 games, winning 600 games, drawing in 192 games, and losing in 73 games. He reached his highest FIDE rating of 2540 on March 20, 2019.
That concludes the list of the best Japanese Chess players. If you like list posts like this, you may also be interested in seeing the ten best Uzbek Chess players or the best American Chess players.
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