L’espoir win Japan Team Chess Championship 2024

The team of L’espoir – FM Mirai Aoshima, CM Kan Nakahara, Cocoro Matsumura and Kohei Yonemitsu – are Japan Team Chess Champions. They won the 2024 edition of the competition with perfect team score 6,0/6 in strong competition with 54 teams.

Second in the standings with 5,0/6 is Azabu Chess Club with IM Ryosuke Nanjo, IM Shinya Kojima, Tatsuya Shioguci, and Susumu Kuwata. They finished with the same points, but better tiebreak than bronze medalists Todai Chess Circle – Kota Nagataki, Koya Matsuyama, Soichiro Yamamoto, and Kentaro Togawa.

#チームチェス2024 は全日程を終了しました。
優勝は12/12ptsでL'espoirに決定しましたおめでとうございます
選手、観戦者、大会運営をお手伝いいただいた皆様、ありがとうございました！#日本チェス連盟

最終結果https://t.co/txj8qtsJbp pic.twitter.com/mRyaZ1vVRS

— 日本チェス連盟 – Japan Chess Federation (@JapanChessFed) September 29, 2024

今日は個人は1勝2ドローでしたが、チームメイトの活躍でチームL’espoir、全勝優勝しました！#チームチェス2024 pic.twitter.com/YkkwTDxJhp

— 青嶋未来 (@a_mirai227) September 29, 2024

Japan Team Chess Championship 2024 standings

1. L’espoir (RtgAvg:2132, TB1: 12 / TB2: 20)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	FM	Aoshima, Mirai	2468	5
2	CM	Nakahara, Kan	2161	5
3		Matsumura, Cocoro	1883	4.5
4		Yonemitsu, Kohei	2014	5.5
2. Azabu Chess Club OB (RtgAvg:1977, TB1: 10 / TB2: 17)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	IM	Nanjo, Ryosuke	2473	5
2	IM	Kojima, Shinya	2451	5
3		Shioguchi, Tatsuya	1984	4.5
4		Kuwata, Susumu	0	2.5
3. Todai Chess Circle A (RtgAvg:1819, TB1: 10 / TB2: 16)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Nagataki, Kota	1991	2
2		Matsuyama, Koya	1998	5
3		Yamamoto, Soichiro	1716	5
4		Togawa, Kentaro	1571	4
4. Chiba Chess Club A (RtgAvg:1765, TB1: 9 / TB2: 17)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Moritani, Sho	1962	2
2		Muthyala, Bansi Prathima	1814	3.5
3		Ishii, Ichiro	1708	4.5
4		Ogasa, Seiichi	1577	3
5		Altansukh, Janchiv	0	4
5. 8×8 Blunders (RtgAvg:1864, TB1: 9 / TB2: 15,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Higashino, Tetsuo	2113	5.5
2		Sakai, Enju	1824	5
3		Tokuni, Shun	1796	1.5
4	WCM	Misawa, Yuki	1403	0.5
5		Sugita, Kei	1722	3
6. 8×8 Advantages (RtgAvg:1714, TB1: 9 / TB2: 14)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	CM	Kobayashi, Atsuhiko	2221	4
2		Mitsui, Ryoya	1911	5
3		Matsunaga, Toma	1642	4
4		Okabe, Yuki	1083	0
5		Matsumoto, Shinji	1069	1
7. Keio OB (RtgAvg:1872, TB1: 8 / TB2: 16,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Furuya, Masahiro	1987	1.5
2		Matsumoto, Yoshitaro	1959	3.5
3		Katsuta, Yuki	1815	3.5
4		Mieno, Yuki	1727	4
5		Yoshiki, Kohei	1388	4
8. Keio B (RtgAvg:1414, TB1: 8 / TB2: 15,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Takenouchi, Atsushi	1561	2
2		Matsumoto, Yuya	1465	3
3		Mochizuki, Masatoshi	1389	3
4		Yonekubo, Kanato	1242	2.5
5		Tran, Trung Dung	0	5
9. Setouchi Chess Club A (RtgAvg:1784, TB1: 8 / TB2: 15)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	FM	Yamada, Kohei	2275	2.5
2		Kani, Hiroaki	1724	4
3		Tanaka, Ryosuke	1721	3.5
4		Curtis, Toby	1414	3.5
5		Suzuki, Hideaki	1395	1.5
10. Kyodai Chess Circle (RtgAvg:1316, TB1: 8 / TB2: 15)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Yanai, Yuya	1512	2
2		Araki, Dai	1286	5
3		Matsubara, Dai	1465	3.5
4		Ueda, Naoto	0	2
5		Zhao, Shurui	0	2.5
11. Yokohama Bishops (RtgAvg:1489, TB1: 8 / TB2: 15)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Nakamura, Naohiro	2097	5
2		Shiratori, Tomoyuki	1374	3
3		Dang Phan Binh, Minh	0	3
4		Umeda, Kensaku	1277	1.5
5		Ono, Koichiro	1206	2.5
12. Osaka Club A (RtgAvg:2068, TB1: 8 / TB2: 14,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	FM	Bibby, Simon	2252	2.5
2		Scott, Tyler	1967	3
3		Watanabe, Akira	0	2.5
4	CM	Matsuo, Tomohiko	2093	3.5
5		Hirao, Satoshi	1961	3
13. Matsumoto Chess Club (RtgAvg:1467, TB1: 8 / TB2: 14)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Shinoda, Taro	1882	3.5
2		Miura, Yoshito	1510	3.5
3		Ryu, Chanyue	1240	3.5
4		Fukushima, Sota	0	3.5
5		Arai, Yuki	1236	0
14. Chiba Chess Shinken Group (RtgAvg:1899, TB1: 8 / TB2: 13,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	CM	Tran, Thanh Tu	2567	5.5
2		Nguyen, Tuan Anh	1811	2
3		Nguyen, Cong Khen	1586	2
4		Tran, Duc Hung Long	1631	3
5		Nguyen, Cong Khon	1459	1
15. White Knights OB (RtgAvg:1751, TB1: 8 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Taga, Hiroto	2011	1.5
2		Kimura, Ryota	1669	1
3		Honda, Yoshiki	1751	4
4		Nakazawa, Ryo	1572	4
5		Karasawa, Yuta	1463	2
16. Kawasaki Chess Club (RtgAvg:1500, TB1: 8 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Tamura, Hikaru	1738	2
2		Yamagami, Hiroki	1680	3.5
3		Yasuno, Naoki	1582	4
4		Okamoto, Naoto	0	3
17. Nagoya Chess Club (RtgAvg:1440, TB1: 7 / TB2: 14,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
2		Nakanishi, Yuuma	1644	4
3		Sawamura, Tetsushi	1450	2.5
4		Yabuki, Tomi	946	4
5		Shakuya, Keita	0	4
18. Capture (RtgAvg:1533, TB1: 7 / TB2: 13,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Tanaka, Satoshi	1630	4
2		Tomizawa, Nozomu	1491	1.5
3		Yamamoto, Tomohiro	1475	4
4		Kato, Ami	1536	4
19. Nature (RtgAvg:1544, TB1: 7 / TB2: 13)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Maeshima, Hiroaki	1823	3.5
2	WCM	Kojima, Natsumi	1659	3.5
3		Clark, Domenic	1693	2
4		Mizutome, Kei	0	4
20. TokyoTech (RtgAvg:1266, TB1: 7 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Nagaoka, Wataru	1397	1
2		Yasuda, Ousuke	1338	4.5
3		Ishikawa, Ryo	1329	5
4		Oi, Eudai	0	2
21. Waseda (RtgAvg:1357, TB1: 7 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Okayama, Ryota	1536	2.5
2		Shioya, Ryoma	1521	0.5
3		Sharma, Sameer	1372	5
4		Fujii, Nathan	0	3.5
22. Nakano Chess Club (RtgAvg:1758, TB1: 6 / TB2: 14)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Fuse, Naoki	1574	2.5
2	AIM	Higashishiba, Teruomi	1911	3
3		Nakagawa, Seiji	1764	1
4		Uetani, Toshiaki	1745	3.5
5		Koyama, Nobuyuki	1611	4
23. Setouchi Chess Club B (RtgAvg:1276, TB1: 6 / TB2: 14)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	WCM	Sakai, Azumi	1749	2
2		Mishima, Masafumi	0	4.5
3		Hirose, Tomohiko	0	3
4		Yagawa, Mitsuomi	734	0.5
5		Katayama, Shiho Yula	1355	4
24. Tokyo Check Mates (RtgAvg:1464, TB1: 6 / TB2: 13)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Erkoc, Vedat	1650	2
2		Vatsa, Satyam	1100	3
3		Savla, Kavan Paresh	1474	3
4		Partnow, Philip	1292	3
5		Mamatkulov, Azizjon	1439	2
25. King Shogi Chess School (RtgAvg:1613, TB1: 6 / TB2: 13)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Gishi, Takeshi	1922	3.5
2		Saito, Hiromasa	1831	2.5
3		Mukai, Hiroyuki	1474	1.5
4		Kumasaka, Akiho	1225	3.5
5		Nishiyama, Taichi	1013	2
26. Osaka Abeno Chess Club (RtgAvg:1551, TB1: 6 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Yokota, Yoshiaki	1594	2.5
2		Mizumoto, Takahiro	1604	3
3		Tabe, Masaharu	1501	3
4		Hirukawa, Yoshitomo	1503	4
27. Divine Chess Gurukul – A (RtgAvg:1498, TB1: 6 / TB2: 12)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	AIM	Patil, Rushad	1602	2
2		Bhatia, Praveen	1590	3
3		Thapa, Lekha bahadur	1798	5
4	ACM	Ramkumar, Aravindh	891	2
28. Kitasenju Chess Club (RtgAvg:1640, TB1: 6 / TB2: 12)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Ko, Daisuke	1866	2.5
2		Cabrol, Puig Eduard	1649	0
3		Kanda, Daigo	1608	5
4		Uehara, Jun	1438	4.5
29. Univ. of Tsukuba OB (RtgAvg:1470, TB1: 6 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Abe, Yuta	1635	0
2		Matsumoto, Mitsuharu	1506	1
3		Ni, Fang	1523	5
4		Ono, Toshiki	1214	2.5
5		Hamaguchi, Kei	0	3
30. AkabaneVolvox (RtgAvg:1522, TB1: 6 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Furuse, Mizuki	1302	0
2		Yamaguchi, Tosei	1868	2.5
3		Yamada, Misaki	1477	3
4	WCM	Hasegawa, Emi	1430	3.5
5		Hara, Toshifumi	1314	2.5
31. Yokohama Rooks (RtgAvg:1085, TB1: 6 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Takase, Hayato	1192	0.5
2		Deno, Masahiko	933	2.5
3		Fujiwara, Kaori	1146	2.5
4		Nakamura, Junko	844	3
5		Sakurai, Shota	665	1
32. Chiba Chess Club B (RtgAvg:1556, TB1: 5 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Nagai, Toshiyuki	1567	2
2		Endrina, Julius	0	2
3		Aoki, Yasuhiro	1553	4
4		Saga, Hiroshi	1725	3
5		Matsumoto, Kenshin	1379	1.5
33. Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club A (RtgAvg:1315, TB1: 5 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	CM	Averbukh, Alex	2260	6
2		Chih, Tristan	977	0.5
3		Okubo, Sui	997	2
4		Zhou, Yunjia	0	3
34. Keneikai (RtgAvg:1181, TB1: 5 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Kuroda, Yunosuke	1725	5
2		Takayama, Daisuke	0	0
3		Suzuki, Yo	870	4
4		Tomita, Shumpei	705	2.5
35. Kumadai Chess Club (RtgAvg:1135, TB1: 5 / TB2: 11)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Nurmatov, Bekzod	0	5
2		Jin, Sangwoo	1541	5
3		Luis, japa	0	0
4		Shimazu, Keiichi	0	1
36. Yokogawa Chess Club (RtgAvg:1365, TB1: 5 / TB2: 10)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1	FM	Otsuka, Shou	2133	5
2		Kothakota, Satya Sandesh	1104	1.5
3		Hiratsuka, Yoshihiro	1222	3.5
4		Osakada, Ayaka	0	0
5		Hyuga, Yusuke	0	0
37. Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club B (RtgAvg:1134, TB1: 5 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Bruno Serra, Joan Miquel	1519	2.5
2		Shimagaki, Haruki	1017	4
3		Kitahara, Fumihiro	880	1
4		Kikuchi, Saya	685	2
38. Chiba Chess Kids SK (RtgAvg:1149, TB1: 5 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Yamada, Atsushi	1381	1
2		Niori, Toma	1213	3.5
3		Hu, Yixi	0	3
4		Tanaka, Soutaro	0	2
39. Tachikawa B (RtgAvg:1081, TB1: 5 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Vo, Chi Cong	1228	2
2		Nguyen, Minh Nhat	1094	0.5
3		Le, Nhat Duy	400	2
4		Luong, Kieu Anh	561	1
5		Truong, Vu Thien Binh	0	4
40. RETREAT (RtgAvg:1357, TB1: 5 / TB2: 9)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Nishioka, Masanari	1401	1.5
2		Morii, Kousuke	0	1
3		Tomii, Yoshikatsu	1748	3.5
4		Ishida, Takaya	1280	3
41. Todai Chess Circle B (RtgAvg:1200, TB1: 4 / TB2: 12)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Moriyasu, Yuichiro	1513	2
2		Sasaki, Kaishi	1286	3
3		Kosugi, Haruka	0	2
4		Matsuda, Eiji	841	3.5
5		Yoshida, Mao	0	1.5
42. Machida Knightmare (RtgAvg:1173, TB1: 4 / TB2: 11)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Voisin, André Léon	0	0.5
2		Hatfield, Eugene	1217	2
3		Kanehara, Makoto	1050	2
4		Okita, Ken	0	1.5
5		Hayama, Tomohiro	1426	5
43. Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club C (RtgAvg:1018, TB1: 4 / TB2: 10,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Alikulov, Alan	1071	1
2		Takizawa, Natsuki	954	3.5
3		Galvez, Paulo-Andre	825	4
4		Hernandez, Jino	0	2
44. Yokohama Pawns (RtgAvg:1276, TB1: 4 / TB2: 10)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Gonzalez, Valenzuela Didac	2108	6
2		Ichino, Hiroaki	994	1.5
3		Nakazato, Ayumu	417	1.5
4		Burke, Eli	400	0
5		Shirato, Yoshihide	768	1
45. Machida promotion (RtgAvg:1064, TB1: 4 / TB2: 10)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Minegishi, Kiyohisa	0	3
2		Namikawa, Kumiko	1254	3
3		Kita, Toshiko	0	0
4		Okubo, Kazuma	879	4
5		Ikeda, Takashi	0	0
46. Tachikawa A (RtgAvg:1261, TB1: 4 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Muto, Yuhiro	1631	3.5
2		Kihara, Kotaro	1414	3.5
3		Tsumashima, Hideyuki	939	1
4		Yamamoto, Ryuto	924	1.5
47. Azabu Chess Club (RtgAvg:1172, TB1: 4 / TB2: 9)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Onuma, Kota	1420	3
2		Bekku, Hayato	1268	3
3		Tanaka, Masato	0	2
4		Ichino, Tomoaki	0	1
48. Keio A (RtgAvg:1041, TB1: 4 / TB2: 8,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Okuda, Seiya	1164	2.5
2		Uesugi, Rio	0	4
3		Nagoe, Yushun	0	1
4		Tan, Takuma	0	0
5		Matsumi, Shota	896	1
49. Yokohama Knights (RtgAvg:1083, TB1: 3 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Seto, Shunpei	1331	2
2		Oshima, Takayuki	940	2.5
3		Egami, Atsushi	0	1
4		Yamada Tubio, Sharon	591	2
5		Eguchi, Shizuka	0	2
50. Chiba Chess Kids FM (RtgAvg:1037, TB1: 3 / TB2: 9)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Yakushijin, Ryo	1146	1
2		Shelar, Shreyash	400	3
3		Yagnik, Aarav	0	2
4		Murata, Den	740	3
51. Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club D (RtgAvg:1099, TB1: 3 / TB2: 8,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Tatsumi, Kai	1433	4
2		Akiyama, Kairi	964	1
3		Yano, Shota	913	2
4		Rankin, Ian	761	1.5
52. Tachikawa D (RtgAvg:1000, TB1: 2 / TB2: 6,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Takayama, Tadayoshi	0	3
2		Nguyen, Huu Tuong Vinh	0	1
3		Luong, Ha my	910	0
4		Vu, Nguyen Duc Anh	0	1.5
5		Truong, Vu Minh Quang	0	1
53. Divine Chess Gurukul – B (RtgAvg:1000, TB1: 1 / TB2: 5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Vyom, Walia	664	1
2		Raizada, Arjun	0	0
3		Dhanasekar, Surya	0	0
4		Dinakar, Prasad Maurya	0	4
54. Tachikawa C (RtgAvg:1000, TB1: 1 / TB2: 3,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgN	Pts.
1		Nakayama, Aiko	400	0
2		Inoue, Naoto	0	1
3		Li, Yiyi	0	1.5
4		Muto, Ayari	0	1
5		Ogawa, Rio	400	0