The ECF English Open Championship 2025 is taking place July 18 – July 21 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. It is a 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from England, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top rated player is GM Nikita Vitiugov (2746), followed by GM Michael Adams (2726) and GM Gawain Maroroa Jones (2723). Top 20 is completed by Shreyas Royal (2617), IM Brandon Gi Clarke (2585), GM Ameet K Ghasi (2577), IM Matthew J Wadsworth (2575), IM Peter T Roberson (2499), IM Jonah B Willow (2490), IM Marcus R Harvey (2477), FM Stanley Badacsonyi (2455), IM James P Jackson (2437), GM John M Emms (2428), GM Mark L Hebden (2427), FM Borna Derakhshani (2420), IM Alan B Merry (2399), FM John R Richardson (2321), IM Richard A Bates (2317), CM Jude Shearsby (2314). Scroll down for the full participants list
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ECF English Open Championship 2025 participants
No.
Name
ФЕД
Rtg
1
GM
Vitiugov, Nikita
ENG
2746
2
GM
Adams, Michael
ENG
2726
3
GM
Maroroa Jones, Gawain
ENG
2723
4
Royal, Shreyas
ENG
2617
5
IM
Clarke, Brandon Gi
ENG
2585
6
GM
Ghasi, Ameet K
ENG
2577
7
IM
Wadsworth, Matthew J
ENG
2575
8
IM
Roberson, Peter T
ENG
2499
9
IM
Willow, Jonah B
ENG
2490
10
IM
Harvey, Marcus R
ENG
2477
11
FM
Badacsonyi, Stanley
ENG
2455
12
IM
Jackson, James P
ENG
2437
13
GM
Emms, John M
ENG
2428
14
GM
Hebden, Mark L
ENG
2427
15
FM
Derakhshani, Borna
ENG
2420
16
IM
Merry, Alan B
ENG
2399
17
FM
Richardson, John R
ENG
2321
18
IM
Bates, Richard A
ENG
2317
19
CM
Shearsby, Jude
ENG
2314
20
FM
Merriman, John
ENG
2308
21
Jones, Steven A
ENG
2289
22
CM
Fellowes, Billy
ENG
2287
23
FM
Dishman, Stephen
ENG
2284
24
Carroll, Thomas
ENG
2281
25
CM
Murawski, Jan
ENG
2269
26
Hanache, Kai
ENG
2258
27
Liu, Jack
ENG
2258
28
FM
Badacsonyi, Frankie
ENG
2257
29
Merriman, James
ENG
2250
30
Verma, Shlok
ENG
2235
31
CM
Khoury, Theo
ENG
2234
32
Vaidyanathan, Adithya
ENG
2226
33
Verma, Aditya
ENG
2220
34
CM
Villiers, Thomas
ENG
2215
35
CM
Zhao, George
ENG
2212
36
Pereslavtsev, Alexandr
ENG
2212
37
Saunders, Aron
ENG
2207
38
Cont, Arya
ENG
2204
39
Salmons, Calum
ENG
2203
40
Elgar, Tim
ENG
2201
41
Larkin, Benjamin
ENG
2199
42
Manley, Jon P
ENG
2198
43
Savidge, Daniel
ENG
2197
44
Lebedev, Lion
ENG
2195
45
AIM
Norris, Zack
ENG
2188
46
Verbytski, Oleg
ENG
2183
47
Okhai, Shabir
ENG
2178
48
Burrows, Martin P
ENG
2175
49
James, Russell A
ENG
2173
50
Yu, Rock
ENG
2173
51
FM
Martin, Lewis
ENG
2168
52
Clarke, James
ENG
2157
53
Sasikumar, Srivathsan
ENG
2157
54
Sachdeva, Ronit
ENG
2151
55
Varley, Joe
ENG
2147
56
Mason, Donald J
ENG
2144
57
Waller, Dan
ENG
2143
58
Schell, Finn
ENG
2134
59
Marsden, Samuel
ENG
2130
60
Sefton, Adam
ENG
2130
61
Byron, Alan M
ENG
2111
62
Pick, Freddie
ENG
2101
63
Welling, Zac
ENG
2086
64
Patel, Keatan
ENG
2082
65
Myall, Ivan J
ENG
2072
66
Mesropyan, Hayk
ENG
2064
67
Vaddhireddy, Sai
ENG
2061
68
AIM
Bevis, Noah
ENG
2041
69
Keerthi Kumar, Advait
ENG
2039
70
Gunarathne, Senith
ENG
2037
71
De Coverly, Roger D
ENG
2035
72
Anjulan, Ashwin
ENG
2028
73
Hertog, Alexander
ENG
2015
74
Rughani, Mahin
ENG
2009
75
Clark, Robert G
ENG
2007
76
Alldritt, Nigel Re
ENG
2004
77
Lapidus, Alexey M
ENG
2004
78
Watson, Jacob
ENG
1987
79
Shivakumar, Akshath
ENG
1981
80
Rastogi, Nayan Keats
ENG
1977
81
Kendall, Arthur
ENG
1969
82
Vaidyanathan, Sathya
ENG
1951
83
Bolt, Graham
ENG
1942
84
Collins, Jonathan L
ENG
1935
85
Ellson, Louie
ENG
1928
86
Gibson, Christopher A
ENG
1877