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Belt and Road Open 2025 (Aksu) – Group A

The Belt and Road Open 2025 (Aksu) will take place August 20 – August 25 in Aksu, China. This tournament is separated in 2 categories – Group A and Group B. The Group A section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec /move. For more events from China, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-rated player is GM Arseniy Nesterov (2604), followed by GM Rinat Jumabayev (2556) and GM Qingnan Liu (2548). Top 15 is completed by GM Sergei Lobanov (2537), GM Abhijeet Gupta (2535), GM Misratdin Iskandarov (2530), GM Xiongjian Peng (2518), GM Vugar Rasulov (2512), GM Saparmyrat Atabayev (2492), GM Emin Ohanyan (2489), Xiangrui Kong (2479), Renjie Huang (2478), GM Tao Pang (2469), IM Qi Chen (2468), IM Chenxi Zhao (2465). Scroll down for the full participants list.

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Belt and Road Open 2025 (Aksu) – Group A Participants


No. Name FED Rtg RtgI
1 GM Nesterov, Arseniy FID 2604 2604
2 GM Jumabayev, Rinat KAZ 2556 2556
3 GM Liu, Qingnan CHN 2548 2548
4 GM Lobanov, Sergei FID 2537 2537
5 GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND 2535 2535
6 GM Iskandarov, Misratdin AZE 2530 2530
7 GM Peng, Xiongjian CHN 2518 2518
8 GM Rasulov, Vugar AZE 2512 2512
9 GM Atabayev, Saparmyrat TKM 2492 2492
10 GM Ohanyan, Emin ARM 2489 2489
11 Kong, Xiangrui CHN 2479 2479
12 Huang, Renjie CHN 2478 2478
13 GM Pang, Tao CHN 2469 2469
14 IM Chen, Qi b CHN 2468 2468
15 IM Zhao, Chenxi CHN 2465 2465
16 Zhang, Di CHN 2465 2465
17 IM Zou, Chen CHN 2449 2449
18 IM Xie, Kaifan CHN 2440 2440
19 IM Wang, Shixu B CHN 2436 2436
20 IM Nie, Xinyang CHN 2406 2406
21 GM Nguyen, Duc Hoa VIE 2396 2396
22 Peng, Hongchi CHN 2378 2378
23 IM Llaneza Vega, Marcos ESP 2362 2362
24 IM Chen, Hongsen CHN 2361 2361
25 AGM Yuan, Qingyu CHN 2343 2343
26 WIM Mkrtchyan, Mariam ARM 2316 2316
27 Zhang, Zhi CHN 2291 2291
28 WIM Yan, Tianqi CHN 2290 2290
29 WGM Li, Xueyi CHN 2268 2268
30 IM Li, Bo CHN 2230 2230
31 Yu, Shi CHN 2206 2206
32 IM Lu, Ming USA 2202 2202
33 CM Zhou, Yuxu CHN 2197 2197
34 Shao, Shuai CHN 2179 2179
35 Shen, Fuyan CHN 2153 2153
36 Huang, Zhi CHN 2102 2102
37 Zhang, Haoxuan(ZJ) CHN 2102 2102
38 Totonchyfardmotlagh, Ali IRI 2008 2008
39 Teo, Hong Ming SGP 1943 1943
40 Jin, Ruijun CHN 1938 1938