Mirai Aoshima is the winner of Japan Chess Championship 2022

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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.

Final rankings – Japan Chess Championship 2022

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	FM	Aoshima Mirai	JPN	2342	7.5
2	CM	Tran Thanh Tu	JPN	2386	7
3	FM	Yamada Kohei	JPN	2161	7
4	IM	Kojima Shinya	JPN	2353	6.5
5		Kobayashi Atsuhiko	JPN	2141	6.5
6		Makino Mitsunori	JPN	0	6.5
7	CM	Averbukh Alex	JPN	2144	6
8		Shiomi Ryo	JPN	2056	6
9	CM	Matsuo Tomohiko	JPN	2148	6
10		Noguchi Koji	JPN	1943	6
11		Otsuka Shou	JPN	1973	5.5
12		Ogawa Tomie	JPN	1852	5.5
13		Shinoda Taro	JPN	2012	5.5
14		Farfurnik Sasha	ISR	1998	5.5
15		Higashino Tetsuo	JPN	2104	5.5
16	FM	Bibby Simon	JPN	2171	5.5
17		Furuya Masahiro	JPN	1968	5.5
18		Wijaya Tony	INA	0	5.5
19		Maeshima Hiroaki	JPN	1843	5.5
20		Mitsui Ryoya	JPN	1841	5.5
21		Wakamori Tsuyoshi	JPN	1847	5.5
22		Gishi Takeshi	JPN	2036	5
23		Kitagami Show	JPN	1933	5
24		Nguyen Tuan Anh	VIE	0	5
25		Taga Hiroto	JPN	1928	5
26		Nakamura Naohiro	JPN	2099	4.5
27		Sakai Enju	JPN	1923	4.5
28		Hirao Satoshi	JPN	1958	4.5
29		Nakagawa Seiji	CAN	1691	4.5
30		Mizumoto Takahiro	JPN	0	4.5
31		Okabe Yuma	JPN	1965	4.5
32		Yamada Yukihiro	JPN	1689	4.5
33		Hashimoto Shunji	JPN	0	4.5
34		Sugimoto Koichi	JPN	1885	4.5
35		Koyama Nobuyuki	JPN	1743	4.5
36	WCM	Sakai Azumi	JPN	1739	4
37		Uetani Toshiaki	JPN	0	4
38		Fukuda Toyoaki	JPN	1715	4
39		Kuroda Yunosuke	JPN	1774	4
40		Bhatia Praveen	JPN	0	4
41	WCM	Kojima Natsumi	JPN	1770	4
42		Onishi Kosuke	JPN	1768	4
43		Kanda Daigo	JPN	1827	4
44		Kimura Ryota	JPN	1774	4
45		Takayasu Nobuyuki	JPN	1590	4
46		Yamada Shinmei	JPN	1747	3.5
47		Ogasa Seiichi	JPN	1652	3.5
48		Tomii Yoshikatsu	JPN	1666	3.5
49		Takayasu Melody	JPN	1693	3.5
50		Sawamura Tetsushi	JPN	1606	3.5
51		Uehara Jun	JPN	1489	3.5
52		Yokota Yoshiaki	JPN	0	3.5
53		Tamura Hikaru	JPN	1832	3
54		Takagi Hidekazu	JPN	0	3
55		Yamagami Hiroki	JPN	1712	3
56		Kawamura Takuto	JPN	0	3
57		Yamada Takahiko	JPN	1598	3
58		Donaldson Sheldon	JPN	1623	2.5
59		Carlson Nils	JPN	0	2.5
60		Aoki Yasuhiro	JPN	1756	2.5
61		Sugita Kei	JPN	1545	2
62		Yoshizawa Kazufumi	JPN	0	2
63		Santosh Nathan	JPN	0	1.5