The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025 will take place from November 09 to November 16 in Malaysia. 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 U12 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 CM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2229), CM Wijerathna Vinuka Dihain (2040), CM Somaraju Sai Vivan Karthikeya (2031), Dharsh M (1990), Mutyalapati Modith Aaroh (1896), Safayat Kibria Azaan (1886), Kiringoda Thehas Rithmitha (1838), AFM Aaradhya Suyog Bagul (1819), Gauthm Jivan Rao (1732), Goh Ching Hayk (1700), Taylor Samuel (1696), Yang Hong Jie (1675), Ng Zheng He Sherman (1672), Keertieshvar A/L Saravanan (1670), Suze Zi Nan (1632). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open / U08 Open / U10 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 – U12 Open Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
CM
Madhvendra Pratap Sharma
IND
2229
2
CM
Wijerathna Vinuka Dihain
SRI
2040
3
CM
Somaraju Sai Vivan Karthikeya
NZL
2031
4
Dharsh M
IND
1990
5
Mutyalapati Modith Aaroh
CAN
1896
6
Safayat Kibria Azaan
BAN
1886
7
Kiringoda Thehas Rithmitha
SRI
1838
8
AFM
Aaradhya Suyog Bagul
SGP
1819
9
Gauthm Jivan Rao
MAS
1732
10
Goh Ching Hayk
SGP
1700
11
Taylor Samuel
RSA
1696
12
Yang Hong Jie
MAS
1675
13
Ng Zheng He Sherman
SGP
1672
14
Keertieshvar A/L Saravanan
MAS
1670
15
Suze Zi Nan
MAS
1632
16
Song Sichen
SGP
1600
17
Lin Yi Christopher
SGP
1588
18
Ho Rui Jie Jonathan
SGP
1577
19
Du Jingtian Daris
SGP
1570
20
Vijayan Logitan
MAS
1570
21
Yeap Jing Feng
SGP
1561
22
ACM
Kwan Alexander
SGP
1551
23
Edvard Por Yan Bin
MAS
1545
24
Chow Zheng Heng
MAS
1543
25
Buckas Abu
RSA
1526
26
Shivendra Raj Mohana Raj
MAS
1517
27
Neoh Cayson
MAS
1501
28
Murigu Kanuri
KEN
1494
29
Tan Guan Yi
MAS
1491
30
Ayden Mikail Bin Ab Halim
MAS
1472
31
Chow Jia Li Declan
SGP
1465
32
Denashkumar Shaveen Nambiar
MAS
1454
33
Peh Yi Zheng
MAS
1437
34
ACM
Harshankumar Athiswaran
MAS
0
35
Teo Hao Zhe
MAS
0
36
Firas Aldeef Bin Hasnul Nizam
MAS
0
37
Muhammad Irfan Zafri Bin Mohd Imran
MAS
0
38
Pradhyumna Rk
MAS
0
39
Gurayah Tharshey
RSA
0
40
Jadav Kabir
MRI
0
41
Looth Mohamed Asim
MDV
0
42
Motau Neelo
RSA
0
43
Yunus Izyan Jinah
MDV
0