The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025 will take place from November 09 to November 16 in Malysia. This tournament has 13 categories – Open, U08 Open, U10 Open, U12 Open, U14 Open, U16 Open, U18 Open, U08 Girls, U10 Girls, U12 Girls, U14 Girls, U16 Girls, and U18 Girls. The Open section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Malaysia, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Mitrabha Guha (2515), GM Lalit Babu M R (2506), GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (2501), GM Vignesh N R (2494), GM Deep Sengupta (2478), IM Neelash Saha (2466), IM Raahul V S (2437), GM Sayantan Das (2424), GM Shyaam Nikhil P (2423), IM James Morris (2416), GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. (2410), IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (2393), FM Zi Han Goh (2361), WGM Nandhidhaa P V (2302), FM Arjun Adireddy (2288). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: U08 Open / U10 Open / U12 Open / U14 Open / U16 Open / U18 Open / U08 Girls / U10 Girls / U12 Girls / U14 Girls / U16 Girls / U18 Girls
More Asian events: 62nd Indian National Championship 2025 / The Chembur Gymkhana 3rd All India FIDE Rapid Rating Open Chess Tournament 2025 / Ganja Open 2025 – Group A / Ganja Open 2025 – Group B / West Bengal State U-19 Championship 2025 – Open
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025 – Open Event Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
GM
Mitrabha Guha
IND
2515
2
GM
Lalit Babu M R
IND
2506
3
GM
Fernandez Daniel Howard
ENG
2501
4
GM
Vignesh N R
IND
2494
5
GM
Sengupta Deep
IND
2478
6
IM
Neelash Saha
IND
2466
7
IM
Raahul V S
IND
2437
8
GM
Das Sayantan
IND
2424
9
GM
Shyaam Nikhil P
IND
2423
10
IM
Morris James
AUS
2416
11
GM
Deepan Chakkravarthy J.
IND
2410
12
IM
Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan
SRI
2393
13
FM
Goh Zi Han
SGP
2361
14
WGM
Nandhidhaa P V
IND
2302
15
FM
Adireddy Arjun
IND
2288
16
WGM
Srija Seshadri
IND
2285
17
WGM
Gomes Mary Ann
IND
2262
18
Mnyasta Charlton
RSA
2160
19
FM
Rahman Syed Mahfuzur
BAN
2155
20
CM
Chow Yi Chen
MAS
2146
21
FM
Nayem Haque
BAN
2143
22
IM
Mohota Nisha
IND
2136
23
Muhammad Nur Daie Bin Masli
MAS
2114
24
CM
Zulkipli Zaidan
MAS
2105
25
CM
Shen Ree Herng
MAS
2068
26
CM
Lee Miles
NZL
2062
27
WFM
Sanudula K M Dahamdi
SRI
2043
28
Mrittika Mallick
IND
2036
29
CM
Genivan A/L Genkeswaran
MAS
2035
30
Tin Shan Wen
MAS
2021
31
Bandara Dhanushka
SRI
2012
32
Tashriq Saihan Shan
BAN
2011
33
AIM
A’qil A’lauddin Bin Abd Aziz
MAS
2003
34
IM
Sahu Sekhar Chandra
IND
1983
35
CM
Weerathungalage W D Malisha Sasvidu
SRI
1965
36
WFM
Newansa M Esandi
SRI
1957
37
WIM
Tejaswini Sagar
IND
1955
38
FM
Camer Angelito
AUS
1954
39
Brander Waylon
RSA
1954
40
WCM
Xu Luna Yuexiu
NZL
1935
41
Boggarapu Kritan
SCO
1932
42
Retnaraja Ethan
AUS
1926
43
Braaf Jiraan
RSA
1924
44
Amir Ghaazi Bin Mohd Saprin
MAS
1914
45
Amir Muqqri Bin Mohd Saprin
MAS
1910
46
Siddharth Sai
SGP
1906
47
Lee Luen Mang Stefan
MRI
1895
48
Masrin Bin Erowan
MAS
1893
49
Khandhar Kaushal A/L Previn Chendra
MAS
1887
50
Muchiri Rocky
KEN
1867
51
Ramtale Bhavish
MRI
1867
52
Ncethelo Bongolethu
RSA
1866
53
Aqilah Husna Binti Ainul Fikri
MAS
1846
54
CM
Lwanga Aguda
KEN
1844
55
Leong Ee Hern
MAS
1838
56
AIM
Lee Yun Rui
MAS
1834
57
Kartikeyan A /L Rajendran
MAS
1827
58
Wong Rui Yang
MAS
1815
59
CM
Mukabi John
KEN
1810
60
AFM
Muhammad Emir Rasyid Bin Emran
MAS
1806
61
ACM
Naidoo Kirthan
RSA
1790
62
FM
Ismail Ahmad
MAS
1787
63
AFM
Pitigala Chandra Sudarman S.
SRI
1787
64
Ian Yong Je Pin
MAS
1786
65
Nik Muhamad Haziq Bin Nik Norhisha
MAS
1780
66
Mujahid Bin Yazeed
MDV
1778
67
Andika Jeyaram
MAS
1776
68
AFM
Lam Kin Cheung Stephane
MRI
1758
69
Abdul Hamid Ahmad Abid
MAS
1755
70
Severin Martin
RSA
1755
71
Yap Ray Jin
MAS
1753
72
Liew Tze Chi
SGP
1741
73
Parenzee Ethan
RSA
1737
74
Budge Daniel
RSA
1735
75
Lim Kian Hwa
MAS
1715
76
Cherono Mercy
KEN
1709
77
Ingado Mercy
KEN
1663
78
Ng Yong Rui Benjamin
SGP
1657
79
Kok Jun Yi
MAS
1651
80
Burbach Bruno
MRI
1649
81
Agnes Mary
KEN
1638
82
Gan Wei En Justin
SGP
1628
83
Sue Anne Tan
MAS
1616
84
WCM
Nihaya Ahmed
MDV
1614
85
Muhammad Iqtedar Uddin
PAK
1609
86
WCM
Andhin Chethanah
MRI
1602
87
Mohamed Rayyan Adam Shakir
MDV
1602
88
AGM
Teoh Ban Tat
MAS
1599
89
AFM
Firast Haiqal Bin Mohd Firdaus
MAS
1574
90
Yap Chee Khean
SGP
1530
91
WFM
Nuha Rilwan
MDV
1506
92
Reetoo Dinay
MRI
1455
93
Ramli Bin Bahari
MAS
1443
94
Petlele Motheo
RSA
1416
95
Mohamed Yoosuf
MDV
1409
96
Ng Jin Jie
MAS
0
97
Daniel Ruepp
MRI
0
98
Hassan Ibthihaal Ali
MDV
0