Cesme Open 2025 – a massive chess tournament in Türkiye

Cesme Open is a massive chess tournament in Türkiye that takes place June 23 – June 29, 2025. There will be 233 players in the A group, 195 players in the B group, 387 players in the C group, and 380 players in the D group, for a total number of 1195 players in the event. Top seeded include GM Evgeny Romanov (2585), GM Gergely Kantor (2584), GM Gleb Dudin (2574), GM Vahap Sanal (2567), GM Rithvik R Raja (2557), GM Lorenzo Lodici (2554), GM Valentin Dragnev (2547), GM Misratdin Iskandarov (2534), IM Dimitris Alexakis (2532), GM Momchil Petkov (2528), GM Giga Quparadze (2526), GM Mert Yilmazyerli (2515), GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2511), GM Bartlomiej Heberla (2509), GM Li Min Peng (2491), GM Cem Kaan Gokerkan (2489), GM Vugar Rasulov (2483), GM Alexander Shabalov (2483), IM Alparslan Isik (2480), GM Vuppala Prraneeth (2476) for a total of 161 titled players. Scroll down for the full participants list.

Cesme Open is one of the largest opens in the country and it is among the top opens in The Chess Calendar. Here are some recent large tournaments around the world.

More large events: Grenke with 3000+ players / Bengaluru Open with 2200+ players / Supernationals with 6000 players / Kenya National Schools Chess Championship with 7000+ players / Panhellenic School Chess Championship with 1500 players / Uganda National Schools Team Chess Championships with 1100 players / Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Open Chess Tournament / Delhi Chess Open with 2200 participants

GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus Meets Chess Lovers with Special Events

The 11th The Cesme Open Chess Tournament is hosting multiple parallel events this year. Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, one of the rising stars of Turkish chess, will meet with chess lovers at special events to be held within the scope of the tournament. See he full Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus calendar here

Cesme Open participants