The European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships start in Skopje, North Macedonia, and will take place from 6-11 December at ****Hotel Continental. European Rapid Chess Championship 2024 will be the first event on the schedule, taking place on 7-8 December. The Championship will be played according to the Swiss system, in 11 rounds with the time control 15 minutes game + 10 seconds per move starting from the first move. The European Blitz Chess Championship 2024 will be played on 9th of December, with 13 rounds, swiss system, and time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment for each move, starting from the move one.
More than 400 players coming from 39 European federations registered for the event and the top seeds are GM David Navara (CZE, 2683) who defends the title of the European Blitz Champion, GM Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP, 2658), GM Alexey Sarana (SRB, 2654) defending the title of the European Rapid Champion, GM Jorden Van Foreest (NED, 2651), GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU, 2631), GM Alexander Motylev (ROU, 2627), and GM Baadur Jobava (GEO, 2624). Scroll down for the full list of participants.
The total prize fund of the Championships is 47.000 EUR plus 3.000 EUR in vouchers of Modern Chess. The prize fund of the European Blitz Chess Championship is 12.000 EUR + 1.000 EUR of vouchers for Modern Chess site. The prizes for European Rapid Chess Championship amount to 20.000 EUR + 1.000 EUR of vouchers for Modern Chess site.
The European Individual Fisher Random (chess 960) Chess Championship will be held on 10th of December and will be played according to the Swiss system, in 11 rounds with the time control 10 minutes game + 5 seconds per move starting from the move one. The prize fund for the European Fischer Random Championship will be 15.000 EUR + 1.000 EUR Modern Chess vouchers.
European rapid and blitz 2024 participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Fedoseev, Vladimir
SLO
2731
2
GM
Navara, David
CZE
2683
3
GM
Santos Latasa, Jaime
ESP
2655
4
GM
Sarana, Alexey
SRB
2654
5
GM
Van Foreest, Jorden
NED
2651
6
GM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
ROU
2635
7
GM
Motylev, Alexander
ROU
2627
8
GM
Jobava, Baadur
GEO
2624
9
GM
Ragger, Markus
AUT
2624
10
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
AZE
2611
11
GM
Korobov, Anton
UKR
2608
12
GM
Pultinevicius, Paulius
LTU
2608
13
GM
Sargissian, Gabriel
ARM
2608
14
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
AZE
2607
15
GM
Chigaev, Maksim
ESP
2605
16
GM
Fressinet, Laurent
FRA
2598
17
GM
Lagarde, Maxime
FRA
2592
18
GM
Pichot, Alan
ESP
2591
19
GM
Georgiev, Kiril
BUL
2590
20
GM
Djukic, Nikola
MNE
2588
21
GM
Kuzubov, Yuriy
UKR
2584
22
GM
Perunovic, Milos
SRB
2573
23
GM
Quparadze, Giga
GEO
2563
24
GM
Dardha, Daniel
BEL
2554
25
GM
Laurusas, Tomas
LTU
2549
26
GM
Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
UKR
2548
27
GM
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
GRE
2544
28
GM
Fridman, Daniel
GER
2531
29
GM
Smeets, Jan
NED
2531
30
GM
Grigoriants, Sergey
HUN
2529
31
GM
Grigorov, Grigor
BUL
2529
32
GM
Saric, Ante
CRO
2526
33
GM
Ivanisevic, Ivan
SRB
2525
34
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
GEO
2519
35
GM
Gavrilescu, David
ROU
2515
36
GM
Kadric, Denis
MNE
2513
37
GM
Cvitan, Ognjen
CRO
2511
38
GM
Zajic, Milan
SRB
2509
39
GM
Kozul, Zdenko
CRO
2499
40
IM
Boyer, Mahel
FRA
2496
41
GM
Livaic, Leon
CRO
2494
42
GM
Kazakouski, Valery
LTU
2493
43
GM
Alonso Rosell, Alvar
ESP
2491
44
GM
Guliyev, Namig
AZE
2488
45
IM
Stojanovski, Dejan
MKD
2486
46
GM
Bryakin, Mikhail
SRB
2483
47
IM
Baidetskyi, Valentin
AUT
2479
48
GM
Dragnev, Valentin
AUT
2473
49
GM
Beerdsen, Thomas
NED
2471
50
GM
Janik, Igor
POL
2470
51
GM
Subelj, Jan
SLO
2467
52
GM
Muradli, Mahammad
AZE
2464
53
IM
Larkin, Vladyslav
UKR
2462
54
IM
Peyrer, Konstantin
AUT
2456
55
GM
Paichadze, Luka
GEO
2452
56
IM
Kalezic, Blazo
MNE
2448
57
GM
Horvath, Dominik
AUT
2430
58
IM
Stankovic, Milos
SRB
2426
59
IM
Kilic, Eray
TUR
2425
60
GM
Samunenkov, Ihor
UKR
2423
61
IM
Alienkin, Aleksander
BEL
2421
62
IM
Saraci, Nderim
KOS
2419
63
FM
Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros
GRE
2417
64
IM
Savanovic, Aleksandar
BIH
2415
65
IM
Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei
ROU
2414
66
GM
Pacher, Milan
SVK
2409
67
IM
Aizenberg, Benny
ISR
2403
68
GM
Stefanova, Antoaneta
BUL
2401
69
IM
Costachi, Mihnea
ROU
2401
70
Vuckovic, Zarko
GER
2401
71
IM
Koelle, Tobias
GER
2399
72
IM
Pancevski, Filip
MKD
2396
73
GM
Arnaudov, G. Petar
BUL
2395
74
IM
Baskin, Robert
GER
2393
75
IM
Narva, Mai
EST
2384
76
GM
Stanojoski, Zvonko
MKD
2383
77
IM
Tsolakidou, Stavroula
GRE
2381
78
GM
Diermair, Andreas
AUT
2380
79
IM
Domingo Nunez, Ruben
ESP
2379
80
IM
Bulmaga, Irina
ROU
2378
81
GM
Hamitevici, Vladimir
MDA
2374
82
Danov, Lyubomir
BUL
2374
83
IM
Dobrikov, Marco
GER
2369
84
FM
Magold, Filip
ROU
2369
85
IM
Nikolovski, Nikola
MKD
2364
86
GM
Mohr, Georg
SLO
2356
87
IM
Brunner, Nicolas
FRA
2355
88
IM
Popovic, Milos T
SRB
2349
89
GM
Todorovic, Goran M
SRB
2343
90
IM
Gatineau, Yovann
FRA
2340
91
GM
Jacimovic, Dragoljub
MKD
2339
92
GM
Nevednichy, Vladislav
ROU
2327
93
FM
Djurovic, Peko
MNE
2326
94
FM
Zlatkov, Anton
MKD
2325
95
IM
Fromm, Marius
GER
2318
96
FM
Jotic, Vladimir
SRB
2314
97
FM
Vuckovic, Aleksandar
GER
2314
98
FM
Oliinyk, Serafym
SRB
2310
99
IM
Reprintsev, Alexander
UKR
2304
100
FM
Krallis, Christos
GRE
2297
101
Upleger, Martin
GER
2297
102
IM
Gaponenko, Inna
UKR
2291
103
IM
Garcia Martin, Marta
ESP
2291
104
FM
Veljanoski, Andrej
MKD
2290
105
Kusiak, Matej
SVK
2290
106
Trushko, Andrii
UKR
2286
107
IM
Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr
ISL
2284
108
IM
Danchevski, Orce
MKD
2279
109
IM
Manea, Alexandru
ROU
2278
110
FM
Denk, Adolf
AUT
2272
111
WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
POL
2271
112
IM
Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra
POL
2269
113
IM
Todorovic, Goran N
SRB
2269
114
FM
Makolli, Perparim
KOS
2254
115
IM
Maier, Christian
GER
2249
116
FM
Vyval, Volodymyr
UKR
2246
117
FM
Guid, Matej
SLO
2243
118
Kukk, Sander
EST
2236
119
IM
Kukov, Velislav
BUL
2235
120
FM
Bogoevski, Jani
MKD
2235
121
FM
Ribeiro, Gustavo
POR
2232
122
FM
Dinev, Dejan
MKD
2228
123
FM
Tudor, Henry Edward
ROU
2228
124
Pezelj, Sinisa
CRO
2222
125
IM
Podlesnik, Bogdan
MNE
2217
126
FM
Meyer, Falko
GER
2210
127
FM
Dragicevic, Drazen
SWE
2207
128
FM
Druckenthaner, Andreas
AUT
2200
129
FM
Rodriguez Fontecha, Marcos
ESP
2200
130
IM
Sadiku, Bedri
KOS
2199
131
FM
Wyss, Jonas
SUI
2197
132
WIM
Muetsch, Annmarie
BEL
2196
133
CM
Aymerich Verdaguer, Eduard
ESP
2193
134
FM
Ciric, Pavle
SRB
2190
135
FM
Avramidou, Anastasia
GRE
2186
136
WIM
Srdanovic, Jovana
SRB
2182
137
FM
Biljanic, Ljubomir
SRB
2181
138
Mihov, Filip
MKD
2181
139
CM
Triadu Cassa, Jordi
ESP
2174
140
FM
Promyshlyanskiy, Vitaliy
UKR
2172
141
Tweedie, Steven
SCO
2172
142
Nakonechnyi, Oleksii
UKR
2163
143
Zygouris, Hristos
GRE
2155
144
FM
Kralevski, Aleksander
MKD
2154
145
Trapp, Maximilian
GER
2151
146
Kesidis, Odyseas
GRE
2150
147
FM
Veleski, Robert
MKD
2149
148
CM
Molina Carretero, Daniel
ESP
2148
149
FM
Andonovski, Ljubisa
MKD
2147
150
Muter, Donny
ENG
2147
151
Kiratzopoulos, Efthimios
GRE
2145
152
Hristovski, Srdzan
MKD
2143
153
Balinski, Damian
POL
2141
154
Mikluc, Davorin
SRB
2141
155
IM
Sivan, Yaacov
ISR
2137
156
WGM
Radeva, Viktoria
BUL
2137
157
FM
Sramek, Vojtech
CZE
2135
158
Galuszka, Tomasz
POL
2134
159
Stoinev, Metodi
BUL
2134
160
WCM
Goraj, Barbara
POL
2133
161
CM
Aliyev, Elnur
AZE
2130
162
WIM
Pavlidou, Ekaterini
GRE
2129
163
Nikolaev, Georgi
BUL
2126
164
CM
Lauda, Alexandr
MDA
2122
165
Trajkovski, Mile
MKD
2119
166
CM
Tisma, Ivan
SRB
2114
167
Iskos, Alexandros
GRE
2109
168
FM
Zivkovic, Marko
SRB
2107
169
FM
Redzisz, Michal
POL
2104
170
WGM
Malicka, Maria
POL
2103
171
Mcgowan, Daniel
SCO
2096
172
WIM
Djukic, Sandra
SRB
2095
173
WFM
Kucharska, Honorata
POL
2094
174
Kukov, Tode
MKD
2093
175
Spirliadis, Achileas
GRE
2093
176
CM
Herega, Nejc
SLO
2092
177
FM
Pipiras, Filipa Fortuna
POR
2091
178
WFM
Narva, Triin
EST
2086
179
Sutbas, Batuhan
TUR
2084
180
Stankovic, Miljan
SRB
2082
181
FM
Mohammad, Fahim
FRA
2080
182
Eftovski, Mateo
MKD
2080
183
Garcia Perez, Javier
ESP
2078
184
FM
Sirigos, Nikolaos
GRE
2077
185
IM
Sekulic, Dusan
SRB
2070
186
FM
Ochedzan, Tymon
POL
2069
187
Hrisomalis, Theodoros
GRE
2066
188
Kues, Hendrik
GER
2061
189
Yuste Valenzuela, Alejandro
ESP
2061
190
CM
Mueller, Magnus
GER
2056
191
Vardakas, Grigorios
GRE
2056
192
Rigopoulos-Tsigkos, Alexandros
GRE
2053
193
Sadiki, Nedzmedin
MKD
2053
194
Goncalves, Lucas Jordao
POR
2047
195
Homatidis, Panagiotis
GRE
2046
196
FM
Bognar, Csaba Dr.
HUN
2044
197
Sejdiu, Bekim
KOS
2043
198
Sarabando, Rodrigo Andias
POR
2040
199
Skreno, Vladimir
SVK
2040
200
FM
Martinkus, Rolandas
LTU
2038
201
Baliasnyj, Timur
LTU
2037
202
WFM
Siekanska, Maria
POL
2034
203
Djukanovic, Mitar
MNE
2033
204
Minas, Ioannis
GRE
2031
205
AIM
Martins, Diogo Faria Oliveira
POR
2030
206
Jovanovski, Teodor
MKD
2030
207
Horvath, Tomas
CZE
2029
208
CM
Zhukovskyi, Myhaylo
UKR
2027
209
WIM
Velickovski-Nejkovic, Maja
SRB
2026
210
Gulin, Zoran J
SRB
2025
211
Rakulj, Stanislav
SRB
2025
212
Tomasi, Elise
FRA
2025
213
CM
Quilter, Thomas A
ENG
2022
214
Skurniak, Szymon
POL
2021
215
Chaerle, Josse
BEL
2020
216
Nikolovski, Kiril
MKD
2019
217
FM
Viskelis, Darius
LTU
2018
218
WIM
Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela
ROU
2016
219
WFM
Froewis, Annika
AUT
2015
220
AIM
Chuchukova, Stefani
BUL
2012
221
WFM
Pirvulescu, Ekaterina
ROU
2011
222
Aliu, Besnik
KOS
2011
223
Babrauskas, Darius
LTU
2006
224
Frutuoso, Tiago
POR
2006
225
WFM
Karaivanova, Petya
BUL
2001
226
Viliamas, Dovydas
LTU
1999
227
Kosmidis, Ioannis
GRE
1998
228
Sahiti, Jahjush
KOS
1998
229
FM
Ribeiro, Rodrigo
POR
1997
230
WFM
Stojkovska, Monika
MKD
1995
231
Nadj, Vanja
SRB
1994
232
Papadimitriou, Athanasios
GRE
1992
233
Vanden Bussche, Steven
BEL
1992
234
Aslani, Emrush
MKD
1990
235
Olcina Monells, Jordi
ESP
1990
236
Zilakauskis, Steponas
LTU
1990
237
Nicholas, Koichi B
ENG
1985
238
George, Matthew P
ENG
1982
239
Grodotzki, Kenneth
GER
1981
240
Stojkoski, Acko
MKD
1979
241
FM
Nahkur, Madis
EST
1977
242
Afonso, Joao Pedro
POR
1972
243
Zhukovskyi, Oleksandr
UKR
1972
244
Shapkaroski, Goce
MKD
1970
245
Bogdanovic, Vesna
SRB
1969
246
Sramek, Ondrej
CZE
1969
247
Zubic, Aleksandar
SRB
1966
248
Markovski, Velo
MKD
1962
249
Stamenkovic, Lazar
SRB
1962
250
Masha, Rexhep
ALB
1961
251
Marzakov, Mihail
BUL
1960
252
Sumskis, Rimvydas
LTU
1959
253
AIM
Hlebec, Darko
SRB
1956
254
Dilji, Emell
KOS
1952
255
Pavleski, Nikola
MKD
1952
256
Vuckovic, Robert
GER
1952
257
Ostojic, Milos R
SRB
1951
258
Lohaj, Bedri
KOS
1947
259
Mena, Rilind
MKD
1946
260
Nikolovski, David
MKD
1944
261
Robis, Dimitrios
GRE
1944
262
Toncic, Danilo
SRB
1939
263
WFM
Stangl, Anita Dr.
GER
1938
264
Osmani, Faredin
MKD
1937
265
Destic, Elena
FRA
1933
266
Petrovski, Ivan
MKD
1932
267
Vardaka, Sofia
GRE
1929
268
Lachinov, Eldar
AZE
1922
269
Almeida, Andre
POR
1921
270
Trapp, Robert
GER
1917
271
AIM
Tomazin, James Marijan
SLO
1916
272
Randjelovic, Nenad
SRB
1915
273
Kotnik, Simon
SLO
1912
274
Siddharth, Gopakumar
ENG
1910
275
IM
Smolin, Sergey
UKR
1907
276
Xheladini, Valton
MKD
1897
277
Andreev, Simeon
BUL
1896
278
Stankovic, Srdjan
MKD
1887
279
AFM
Marttinen, Jussi
FIN
1885
280
Tutinas, Romualdas
LTU
1885
281
Jonuzi, Arlind
MKD
1883
282
WCM
Valente, Sofia
POR
1882
283
Wyss, Peter
SUI
1879
284
Zurnaxhiu, Xheladin
KOS
1878
285
Svensek, Marjan
SLO
1875
286
Zhezhovska, Monika
MKD
1874
287
Veldeman, Sieben
BEL
1873
288
Hematyar, Fardin
NED
1872
289
Manova, Ivana
MKD
1871
290
Burns, Michael
MKD
1870
291
Voinas, Marios
GRE
1868
292
Vidikjevski, Vancho
MKD
1865
293
Vardakas, Stefanos
GRE
1861
294
Cros Garcia, Marc
ESP
1860
295
Nedev, Trajche
MKD
1859
296
Perez Garcia, Saul
ESP
1859
297
Krize, Ales
SLO
1852
298
Krstevski, Pavel
MKD
1852
299
Shakirovski, Fazli
MKD
1850
300
AFM
Giblin, Martin
FRA
1846
301
Rama, Adem
KOS
1846
302
Shapkaroski, Jane
MKD
1846
303
Spasov, Aleksandar
MKD
1845
304
Gjorgjevski, Janco
MKD
1843
305
Sopjan, Agim
FIN
1843
306
Petrovska, Katerina
MKD
1841
307
Simonovski, Dimitar
MKD
1841
308
Masa, Alexandros
GRE
1838
309
WCM
Siekanska, Zuzanna
POL
1837
310
Radonjanin, Nikola
MKD
1837
311
Shumanov, Blagoj
MKD
1830
312
Mohr, Pablo
SLO
1829
313
Pirvulescu, Adrian
ROU
1827
314
Kostic, Zivojin
SRB
1824
315
Antoniadou, Paraskevi
GRE
1823
316
Osmani, Nimetulla
MKD
1818
317
Craciun, Ovidiu
ROU
1817
318
Costa, Tomas Pereira
POR
1812
319
Psomiadis, Haralampos
GRE
1810
320
Stojcheski, Aleksandar
MKD
1799
321
Tabakovski, Dino
MKD
1799
322
Stefanoski, Daniel
MKD
1797
323
Smolikj, Momchilo
MKD
1794
324
Sallmani, Ahmet
MKD
1793
325
AFM
Tasevski, Daniel
MKD
1792
326
ACM
Zhezhov, Emil
MKD
1792
327
Popagjoski, Ljupco
MKD
1792
328
Ibrahimi, Besnik
MKD
1791
329
Midem, Ismail Eren
TUR
1791
330
Besbudak, Ozgur
TUR
1787
331
Zumaquero Mairena, David
ESP
1785
332
Neuwald, Johannes
GER
1782
333
AFM
Aleksovski, Aleksandar
MKD
1780
334
Golubovic, Tomislav
MKD
1775
335
Marques, Ricardo
POR
1772
336
Stoilkovski, Jordan
MKD
1771
337
Tenreiro, Manuel
POR
1766
338
Montenegro, Matias
POR
1760
339
Pisarek, Elzbieta
POL
1758
340
Besnard, Lois
NOR
1756
341
Vojinovic, Anastasija
SRB
1749
342
Gierech, Pawel
POL
1748
343
Almeida, Marta Dias
POR
1745
344
Filiz, Enes Kayra
TUR
1744
345
Farkas, Virag
HUN
1740
346
Ajradinoska, Indzi
MKD
1736
347
Freitas, Ruben Manuel
POR
1736
348
Denk, Wolfgang
AUT
1732
349
Gjorgjevski, Mosha
MKD
1732
350
Velkov, Ilija
MKD
1731
351
Zhezhovski, Marjan
MKD
1720
352
Kuzmanoski, Oliver
MKD
1719
353
Markovski, Misho
MKD
1712
354
Samopoulos, Georgios
GRE
1690
355
Rama, Merlin
KOS
1681
356
Stankovic, Sanja
MKD
1679
357
Angelov, Done
MKD
1673
358
Vidichek, Filip
MKD
1673
359
Silva, Gabriel Joao
POR
1668
360
Kaplingat, Anand
GER
1661
361
Nasev, Emil
MKD
1659
362
Burns, Elisaveta
MKD
1654
363
Bubnys, Marius
LTU
1638
364
Josevski, Konstantin
MKD
1636
365
Loshkov, Konstantin
MKD
1636
366
Nastas, Evgheni
MDA
1629
367
Atalko, Berat
MKD
1624
368
Veleva, Ilijana
MKD
1624
369
Ribeiro, Pedro Miguel Paiva
POR
1606
370
AFM
Novevski, Bojan
MKD
1599
371
Pavlovski, Dimitrij
MKD
1598
372
Almeida, Tomas Ccm
POR
1596
373
Usovic, Goran
MKD
1591
374
Jovanovska, Tamara
MKD
1590
375
Ozdogan, Deniz
TUR
1587
376
Beijoco, Bernardo
POR
1586
377
Ribeiro, Margarida
POR
1582
378
Kirov, Antonio
MKD
1575
379
Charalampidou, Sofia
GRE
1565
380
Matos, Maria Rita
POR
1542
381
Midem, Ali Canel
TUR
1528
382
Ivanovski, Jovan
MKD
1524
383
Oliveira, Afonso Vieira Soares
POR
1504
384
Sivan, Guy
ISR
1499
385
Spaskovski, Kiril
MKD
1497
386
Costa, Nuno Pereira
POR
1482
387
Samopoulos, Nikolaos
GRE
1461
388
Trajkovski, Vasilij
MKD
1461
389
Nieland, Henry
GER
1460
390
Markovski, Gabriel
MKD
1458
391
Burns, Joshua Benjamin
MKD
1451
392
Samopoulos, Spyridon
GRE
1444
393
Burns, Kayla
MKD
1433
394
Petrushevski, Sergej
MKD
1416
395
Christou, Aikaterini
GRE
0
396
Crisavitchi, Mihail
MDA
0
397
Dragevska, Lusija
MKD
0
398
Gerov, Emil
GER
0
399
Hristodoulou, Danai
GRE
0
400
Jovanovski, Jovan
MKD
0
401
Kamberi, Belora
MKD
0
402
Karipidis, Agisilaos
GRE
0
403
Karipidis, Aristeidis
GRE
0
404
Milanovski, Mihail
MKD
0
405
Mishevska, Magdalena
MKD
0
406
Pavlovski, Gligorij
MKD
0
407
Sopjan, Arber
FIN
0