The 5th IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025 will take place from October 11 to October 17 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from the Czech Republic, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are IM Marcin Molenda (2370), IM Andrei Gurbanov (2258), Artom Andriienko (2201), IM Milan Babula (2132), FM Mykola Mukha (2105), Viktor Neschotnyi (2090), FM Henryk Seifert (2040), FM Vaclav Pacl (2014), David-Andrei Valean (2009), FM Vit Vaclav Valenta (1997), WIM Liliana Leszner (1991), Marcel Reznicek (1987), Hryhorii Diak (1956), Valter Kocur (1922), Jiri Novak (1897). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More: ECU events: European Team Chess Championship 2025 / European Club Cup 2025 / EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 50+ and 65+
5th IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
IM
Molenda, Marcin
POL
2370
2
IM
Gurbanov, Andrei
ISR
2258
3
Andriienko, Artom
UKR
2201
4
IM
Babula, Milan
CZE
2132
5
FM
Mukha, Mykola
UKR
2105
6
Neschotnyi, Viktor
UKR
2090
7
FM
Seifert, Henryk
POL
2040
8
FM
Pacl, Vaclav
CZE
2014
9
Valean, David-Andrei
GER
2009
10
FM
Valenta, Vit Vaclav
CZE
1997
11
WIM
Leszner, Liliana
POL
1991
12
Reznicek, Marcel
CZE
1987
13
Diak, Hryhorii
UKR
1956
14
Kocur, Valter
CZE
1922
15
Novak, Jiri
CZE
1897
16
Vanek, Jakub
CZE
1897
17
Nyvlt, Otto
CZE
1872
18
Peroutka, Ivo
CZE
1850
19
Lizner, Milan
CZE
1834
20
Travnicek, Jaroslav
CZE
1825
21
WFM
Aleksandrova, Aleksandra
ISR
1816
22
Bainhofner, Jiri
CZE
1801
23
Jaros, Bohumil
CZE
1779
24
Klus, Jan
CZE
1756
25
Fendrych, Josef
CZE
1754
26
Zak, Roman
CZE
1747
27
Anikeev, Vyacheslav
UKR
1736
28
Chovanec, Karel
CZE
1712
29
Barcik, Peter
CZE
1700
30
Knettig, Matyas
CZE
1692
31
Huszar, Katalin
SVK
1648
32
Holinka, Petr
CZE
1643
33
Solomna, Svitlana
UKR
1638
34
Tichy, Jan
CZE
1638
35
Frumin, Rebeka
ISR
1589
36
Opalkova, Zuzana
SVK
1567
37
Rejzek, Zdenek
CZE
1544
38
Klein, Djimmy
FRA
1493
39
AIM
Dobsinsky, Petr
CZE
1468
40
Khymko, Yana
UKR
0
41
Koskina, Zoia
UKR
0
42
Vederko, Liudmyla
UKR
0