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European Team Chess Championship 2025, round 1 board pairings

05 Oct, 2025by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The European Team Chess Championship 2025 will be held in Batumi, Georgia, from 4 to 15 October 2025. The event is the most important team competition in the European Chess Calendar, part of The Chess Calendar

After the technical meeting, the team pairings were published. In the open section the top seeded team of Germany starts against Denmark. The Netherlands will play vs Bulgaria, while Hungary will meet the host Georgia. Most top guns are in action as Vincent Keymer, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Nikita Vitiugov, Alexandr Predke, Nikolas Theodorou, and Vladimir Fedoseev will be in action in round 1.

Scroll down for all board pairings of round 1 and join us for the live action at 15:00 local time, 13:00 CEST

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European Team Chess Championship round 1 board pairings


Round 1 on 2025/10/05 at 15:00
Bo. 1 Germany Rtg – 21 Denmark Rtg
1/1 GM Keymer, Vincent (w) 2755 – GM Bjerre, Jonas Buhl (b) 2629
1/2 GM Svane, Rasmus (b) 2614 – GM Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard (w) 2578
1/3 GM Kollars, Dmitrij (w) 2642 – GM Andersen, Mads (b) 2556
1/4 GM Svane, Frederik (b) 2638 – GM Ochsner, Bjorn Moller (w) 2461
Bo. 22 Bulgaria Rtg – 2 Netherlands Rtg
2/1 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij (w) 2587 – GM Giri, Anish (b) 2759
2/2 GM Petrov, Martin (b) 2540 – GM Van Foreest, Jorden (w) 2697
2/3 GM Petkov, Momchil (w) 2509 – GM Warmerdam, Max (b) 2582
2/4 GM Dimitrov, Radoslav (b) 2496 – GM L’Ami, Erwin (w) 2615
Bo. 3 Hungary Rtg – 23 Georgia 1 Rtg
3/1 GM Leko, Peter (w) 2666 – GM Mchedlishvili, Mikheil (b) 2562
3/2 GM Banusz, Tamas (b) 2588 – GM Kacharava, Nikolozi (w) 2486
3/3 GM Sjugirov, Sanan (w) 2632 – GM Jobava, Baadur (b) 2573
3/4 GM Gledura, Benjamin (b) 2643 – GM Paichadze, Luka (w) 2502
Bo. 24 Slovakia Rtg – 4 Azerbaijan Rtg
4/1 GM Pechac, Jergus (w) 2539 – GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (b) 2742
4/2 GM Gazik, Viktor (b) 2556 – GM Mamedov, Rauf (w) 2655
4/3 IM Sahidi, Samir (w) 2490 – GM Safarli, Eltaj (b) 2630
4/4 IM Haring, Filip (b) 2479 – GM Suleymanli, Aydin (w) 2614
Bo. 5 England Rtg – 25 Sweden Rtg
5/1 GM Vitiugov, Nikita (w) 2654 – GM Grandelius, Nils (b) 2645
5/2 GM Adams, Michael (b) 2646 – IM Seo, Jung Min (w) 2483
5/3 GM Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B (w) 2643 – IM Trost, Edvin (b) 2457
5/4 GM Royal, Shreyas (b) 2501 – IM Pantzar, Milton (w) 2433
Bo. 26 Lithuania Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg
6/1 GM Kazakouski, Valery (w) 2581 – GM Sargsyan, Shant (b) 2667
6/2 GM Stremavicius, Titas (b) 2531 – GM Martirosyan, Haik M. (w) 2626
6/3 GM Pultinevicius, Paulius (w) 2532 – GM Sargissian, Gabriel (b) 2624
6/4 FM Morkunas, Gustas (b) 2324 – GM Hakobyan, Aram (w) 2624
Bo. 7 Serbia Rtg – 27 Montenegro Rtg
7/1 GM Predke, Alexandr (w) 2634 – GM Kadric, Denis (b) 2533
7/2 GM Sarana, Alexey (b) 2661 – GM Petrov, Nikita (w) 2576
7/3 GM Ivic, Velimir (w) 2628 – GM Draskovic, Luka (b) 2486
7/4 GM Markus, Robert (b) 2535 – FM Vukcevic, Nemanja (w) 2349
Bo. 28 Switzerland Rtg – 8 Spain Rtg
8/1 GM Bogner, Sebastian (w) 2555 – GM Shirov, Alexei (b) 2636
8/2 GM Peng, Li Min (b) 2498 – GM Chigaev, Maksim (w) 2634
8/3 IM Baenziger, Fabian (w) 2439 – GM Yuffa, Daniil (b) 2621
8/4 IM Kurmann, Oliver (b) 2409 – GM Santos Latasa, Jaime (w) 2609
Bo. 9 Ukraine Rtg – 29 Georgia 2 Rtg
9/1 GM Volokitin, Andrei (w) 2617 – IM Petriashvili, Nikoloz (b) 2489
9/2 GM Korobov, Anton (b) 2596 – GM Quparadze, Giga (w) 2493
9/3 GM Kovalenko, Igor (w) 2669 – GM Sanikidze, Tornike (b) 2409
9/4 GM Samunenkov, Ihor (b) 2568 – IM Akhvlediani, Irakli (w) 2436
Bo. 30 Moldova Rtg – 10 Greece Rtg
10/1 IM Lashkin, Jegor (w) 2497 – GM Theodorou, Nikolas (b) 2652
10/2 GM Schitco, Ivan (b) 2483 – GM Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis (w) 2583
10/3 GM Hamitevici, Vladimir (w) 2445 – GM Papaioannou, Ioannis (b) 2623
10/4 IM Baltag, Iulian (b) 2394 – GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (w) 2522
Bo. 11 France Rtg – 31 Belgium Rtg
11/1 GM Maurizzi, Marcandria (w) 2624 – GM Dardha, Daniel (b) 2605
11/2 GM Fressinet, Laurent (b) 2602 – IM Maerevoet, Sim (w) 2426
11/3 GM Laurent-Paoli, Pierre (w) 2570 – GM Glek, Igor (b) 2432
11/4 GM Lagarde, Maxime (b) 2617 – FM De Waele, Warre (w) 2326
Bo. 32 Finland Rtg – 12 Slovenia Rtg
12/1 IM Keinanen, Toivo (w) 2503 – GM Fedoseev, Vladimir (b) 2720
12/2 IM Sipila, Vilka (b) 2487 – GM Demchenko, Anton (w) 2628
12/3 IM Sklyarov, Dmitry V. (w) 2428 – IM Lavrencic, Matic (b) 2479
12/4 FM Wartiovaara, Oliver (b) 2309 – GM Sebenik, Matej (w) 2505
Bo. 13 Poland Rtg – 33 Iceland Rtg
13/1 GM Gumularz, Szymon (w) 2592 – GM Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar (b) 2506
13/2 GM Teclaf, Pawel (b) 2563 – IM Ragnarsson, Dagur (w) 2385
13/3 GM Kosakowski, Jakub (w) 2550 – GM Stefansson, Hannes (b) 2408
13/4 GM Malek, Jan (b) 2508 – IM Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr (w) 2373
Bo. 34 Portugal Rtg – 14 Czech Republic Rtg
14/1 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura (w) 2433 – GM Navara, David (b) 2656
14/2 FM Barria, Jose (b) 2376 – IM Finek, Vaclav (w) 2518
14/3 FM Martins, Bruno Andre Leite (w) 2363 – IM Vykouk, Jan (b) 2516
14/4 FM Ribeiro, Gustavo (b) 2245 – IM Stalmach, Richard (w) 2410
Bo. 15 Romania Rtg – 35 Georgia 3 Rtg
15/1 GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (w) 2655 – FM Kiladze, Luka (b) 2370
15/2 GM Lupulescu, Constantin (b) 2577 – FM Nemsadze, Daviti (w) 2348
15/3 GM Gavrilescu, David (w) 2535 – FM Qalichava, Akaki (b) 2333
15/4 IM Magold, Filip (b) 2459 – FM Shamatava, Nikolozi (w) 2296
Bo. 36 Faroe Islands Rtg – 16 Croatia Rtg
16/1 IM Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft (w) 2389 – GM Brkic, Ante (b) 2578
16/2 FM Apol, Luitjen Akselsson (b) 2318 – GM Livaic, Leon (w) 2551
16/3 FM Egilstoft, Rogvi (w) 2304 – GM Martinovic, Sasa (b) 2553
16/4 FM Poulsen, Martin (b) 2276 – GM Stevic, Hrvoje (w) 2522
Bo. 17 Austria Rtg – 37 Kosovo Rtg
17/1 GM Horvath, Dominik (w) 2558 – IM Saraci, Nderim (b) 2445
17/2 GM Dragnev, Valentin (b) 2539 – FM Uruci, Endrit (w) 2347
17/3 GM Ragger, Markus (w) 2567 – CM Asllani, Muhamet (b) 2251
17/4 GM Blohberger, Felix (b) 2513 – CM Saraci, Korab (w) 2197
Bo. 38 Georgia 4 Rtg – 18 Turkiye Rtg
18/1 IM Lortkipanidze, Nodar (w) 2371 – GM Gurel, Ediz (b) 2634
18/2 Makharadze, Jambul (b) 2291 – GM Yilmaz, Mustafa (w) 2591
18/3 Didmanidze, Tengiz (w) 1995 – GM Can, Emre (b) 2552
18/4 Diasamidze, Lulu (b) 1839 – GM Sanal, Vahap (w) 2538
Bo. 19 Israel Rtg – 39 Scotland Rtg
19/1 GM Gorshtein, Ido (w) 2537 – FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick (b) 2389
19/2 GM Sokolovsky, Yahli (b) 2539 – IM Muir, Andrew J (w) 2157
19/3 GM Boruchovsky, Avital (w) 2509 – Grant, Jonathan I M (b) 2134
19/4 GM Parkhov, Yair (b) 2503 – Morrison, Chris (w) 2174
Bo. 40 Ireland Rtg – 20 Italy Rtg
20/1 FM Nemeth, Zalan (w) 2212 – GM Moroni, Luca Jr (b) 2544
20/2 CM Melaugh, Shane (b) 2192 – GM Brunello, Sabino (w) 2493
20/3 CM Tureshbayev, Anuar (w) 2285 – GM Lodici, Lorenzo (b) 2560
20/4 O`Gorman, Alice (b) 1960 – GM Sonis, Francesco (w) 2561