The 9th International Chess Festival – Batumi Municipality Cup-2025 is taking place on July 29 – August 08 in Batumi, Georgia. The tournament is separated in 9 categories – A Open, B Open, C Open, U12 Open, U12 Girls, U10 Open, U10 Girls, U8 Open and U8 Girls. The A Open sections is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 mins / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 secs / move. For more events from Georgia, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top seeded players are GM Giga Quparadze (2526), GM Konstantine Shanava (2455), IM Ethan Vaz (2441), IM Arash Daghli (2430), GM Davit Maghalashvili (2417), IM Robert Piliposyan (2416), FM Barad Yeganegi (2400), GM Davit Benidze (2395), IM Sadig Mammadov (2395), FM Radin Yadegar (2387), IM Alexander A. Kopylov (2375), FM David Shapiro (2375), IM Gaioz Nigalidze (2368), GM Mikheil Kekelidze (2366), FM Aayush Bhattacherjee (2360), IM Nodar Lortkipanidze (2359), GM Urfan Sevdimaliyev (2351), FM Alexandr E. Volodin (2344), FM Taimaz Temirbekov (2342), FM Sriansh Das (2329). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories : B Open / C Open / U12 Open / U12 Girls / U10 Open
More : Brasov Grand Prix Classic 2025 – Tournament A / Brasov Grand Prix Classic 2025 – Tournament B / Croatian Youth Individual Chess Championships 2025
9th International Chess Festival – Batumi Municipality Cup-2025 A Open Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Quparadze Giga
GEO
2526
2
GM
Shanava Konstantine
GEO
2455
3
IM
Vaz Ethan
IND
2441
4
IM
Daghli Arash
IRI
2430
5
GM
Maghalashvili Davit
GEO
2417
6
IM
Piliposyan Robert
ARM
2416
7
FM
Yeganegi Barad
IRI
2400
8
GM
Benidze Davit
GEO
2395
9
IM
Mammadov Sadig
AZE
2395
10
FM
Yadegar Radin
IRI
2387
11
IM
Kopylov Alexander A.
FID
2375
12
FM
Shapiro David
FID
2375
13
IM
Nigalidze Gaioz
GEO
2368
14
GM
Kekelidze Mikheil
GEO
2366
15
FM
Aayush Bhattacherjee
IND
2360
16
IM
Lortkipanidze Nodar
GEO
2359
17
GM
Sevdimaliyev Urfan
AZE
2351
18
FM
Volodin Alexandr E.
RUS
2344
19
FM
Temirbekov Taimaz
FID
2342
20
FM
Sriansh Das
IND
2329
21
IM
Hasanzade Toghrul
AZE
2318
22
IM
Karthik Rajaa
IND
2318
23
FM
Makoveev Ilya
FID
2310
24
FM
Moosavifar Seyed Abolfazl
IRI
2303
25
FM
Priansh Das
IND
2302
26
FM
Nayak Rajesh
IND
2286
27
FM
Sharipov Davron
UZB
2285
28
FM
Chubakov Sultan
KGZ
2277
29
IM
Morchiashvili Bachana
GEO
2267
30
FM
Teimouri Yadkuri Shahdad
IRI
2267
31
FM
Lyutsinger Iren
FID
2266
32
Efimov Leonid
FID
2260
33
FM
Prokhorov Aleksey
FID
2258
34
FM
Levitan Tal
ISR
2257
35
Garv Rai
IND
2250
36
FM
Shamatava Nikolozi
GEO
2246
37
Hojjatinejad Ilia
IRI
2245
38
WFM
Mohammadi Melika
IRI
2244
39
Khanipour Abolfazl
IRI
2242
40
FM
Zhauynbay Aldiyar
KAZ
2233
41
CM
Ghevondyan Arman
ARM
2229
42
Plotnikov Boris
FID
2227
43
CM
Suslov Dmitrii
FID
2225
44
Pattnayak Nilsu
IND
2219
45
FM
Abdukhakimov Akbarali
UZB
2217
46
FM
Nikookar Mahdi
IRI
2216
47
FM
Yeremyan Alen
ARM
2215
48
FM
Bayramov Zaur
AZE
2213
49
IM
Shalamberidze Akaki
GEO
2208
50
CM
Bahmani Koorosh
IRI
2208
51
CM
Gireman Ja
IND
2208
52
Phatak Aanjaneya
IND
2206
53
WFM
Kleymenova Valeria
RUS
2205
54
Shapovalovi Vasiko
GEO
2200
56
WFM
Shubhi Gupta
IND
2187
57
WGM
Mikadze Miranda
GEO
2174
58
FM
Fedosov Alexander
FID
2174
59
WIM
Campos Maria Jose
ARG
2174
60
WFM
Khachatryan Anna
ARM
2169
61
WGM
Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz
UZB
2154
62
WFM
Ismayil Malak
AZE
2144
63
FM
Zhauynbay Alimzhan
KAZ
2133
64
WFM
Kholyavko Mariya
KAZ
2130
66
FM
Kakavand Ramtin
IRI
2106
68
WFM
Imomkuzieva Nilufarkhon
UZB
2080
69
WFM
Khafizova Diana
FID
2075
71
WFM
Sachi Jain
IND
2028
76
IM
Chetverik Maxim
FID
1977
82
WFM
Lazhevskaya Zhanni
FID
1942