The FIDE World Youth U14, U16 & U18 Championships 2025 will take place from October 03 to October 16 in Durres, Albania. The tournament is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Albania, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players in the Open U14 category are IM Haochen Jiang (2457), IM Khagan Ahmad (2455), IM Sathvik Adiga (2396), FM Mark Smirnov (2359), FM David George Samir (2357), FM Antoni Radzimski (2356), FM Adam Gibala (2355), FM Tyhran Ambartsumian (2351), FM Manvel Arakelyan (2347), FM Martin Krauchi Romero (2346), FM Andrei Negrean (2343), Siddharth Singh (2338), FM David Lacan Rus (2335), FM Nikolay Vasilkov (2334), FM Pau Marin Ferragut (2333), FM Jain Rosh (2332), FM Aldiyar Zhauynbay (2332), FM Piotr Brzezina (2330), FM Andrew Jing (2325), FM Md. Reyan (2322), FM Felix Borne (2315), FM Taimaz Temirbekov (2301), FM Colin Federer (2300). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open U18 / Open U16 / Girls U18 / Girls U16 / Girls U14
More FIDE events: FIDE World Cadet Championships 2025 / FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025 / Women’s Grand Swiss Chess 2025 / World Chess Cup 2025 / Candidates Chess 2026
FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2025 – Open U14 Participants
Name
FED
Rtg
IM
Jiang, Haochen
CHN
2457
IM
Ahmad, Khagan
AZE
2455
IM
Sathvik, Adiga
IND
2396
FM
Smirnov, Mark
KAZ
2359
FM
George Samir, David
EGY
2357
FM
Radzimski, Antoni
POL
2356
FM
Gibala, Adam
POL
2355
FM
Ambartsumian, Tyhran
ARM
2351
FM
Arakelyan, Manvel
ARM
2347
FM
Krauchi Romero, Martin
ESP
2346
FM
Negrean, Andrei
ROU
2343
Singh, Siddharth
USA
2338
FM
Lacan Rus, David
FRA
2335
FM
Vasilkov, Nikolay
FID
2334
FM
Marin Ferragut, Pau
ESP
2333
FM
Rosh, Jain
IND
2332
FM
Zhauynbay, Aldiyar
KAZ
2332
FM
Brzezina, Piotr
POL
2330
FM
Jing, Andrew
USA
2325
FM
Reyan, Md.
IND
2322
FM
Borne, Felix
FRA
2315
FM
Temirbekov, Taimaz
FID
2301
FM
Federer, Colin
SUI
2300
FM
Golis, Wiktor
POL
2300
FM
Nemitz, Alfred
GER
2296
Saminskij, Jan
SUI
2283
FM
Ritzerveld, Noah
NED
2270
FM
Fedosov, Alexander
FID
2266
FM
Breuil, Virgile
FRA
2263
Landolsi, Iyad
FRA
2254
FM
Das, Aditeya
USA
2248
CM
Islamov, Shakhzod
UZB
2245
CM
Dogan, Umut Anil
TUR
2238
Meirkhanuly, Akylzhan
KAZ
2234
CM
Lebedev, Artem S.
FID
2224
CM
Ivancic, Ivan
CRO
2216
FM
Yilmaz, Baver
TUR
2213
CM
Karthi, Jashith
USA
2206
Boulos, Paul
FRA
2202
Stickler, Florentin
AUT
2200
CM
Abdsattar, Alisher
KAZ
2197
Albrecht, Neil
GER
2194
CM
Sherla, Prathamesh
IND
2193
FM
Sandmann, Villads Majvang
DEN
2191
Alizada, Pasham
AZE
2182
FM
Tulendinov, Dinmukhammed
KAZ
2174
CM
Buyuk, Eymen Eren
TUR
2163
Stephanblome, Felix
GER
2154
Merkouropoulos, Dionysios
GRE
2136
CM
Momunaliev, Ruslan
KGZ
2126
Kulich, Filip
SVK
2123
Casiguran, Phil Martin
PHI
2105
Costantino, Claudio Emanuele
ITA
2100
Platonovs, Nikolajs
LAT
2100
CM
Diaz Guerrero, Jesus Daniel
MEX
2099
Steiners, Emils
LAT
2096
Zecha, Oscar
NED
2094
Kroulik, Vaclav
CZE
2093
FM
Demchenko, Maksim Dm
FID
2084
CM
Ivanov, Andrey A.
IRL
2083
Wallinger, Nikolaus
AUT
2082
CM
Moses, Neil
CAN
2076
Dijokas, Jokubas
LTU
2071
Chiari, Cosimo
ITA
2070
Bod, Marton
HUN
2067
Faryma, Maksym
POR
2066
CM
Ordonez Bonilla, Ricardo Andres
GUA
2065
Gorkov, Kirill
EST
2061
Palomino Quispe, Mateo Henry
PER
2061
AIM
Guo, Felix
USA
2055
Sidorenja, Radion
FID
2053
Omarsson, Josef
ISL
2047
Bjornstad, Hallvard Foss
NOR
2043
Dhooge, Servaas
BEL
2041
Soghomonyan, Tigran
ARM
2040
Savelev, Matvei
FID
2027
CM
Balavignan, Ashvin
AUS
2023
FM
Duarte Fernandez, Agustin
ARG
2022
Berdashkevich, Makar
FID
2015
Elsness, Fredrik Valstad
NOR
2011
Sibincic, Nikola
BIH
2011
Timonteev, Aleksandr
FID
2010
Pranav, Sai Ram R S
IND
2008
CM
Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav
FID
2003
AFM
Velychko, Semen
UKR
1998
Wickramasinghe, V W A Vinuda Vidm
SRI
1997
FM
Bokhodirov, Abdulkodir
UZB
1991
CM
Dauren, Darmen
KAZ
1982
Myny, Sigur H
NOR
1981
Dzhumakanov, Kuanysh
KAZ
1971
Kodiri, Pairavi
TJK
1965
AIM
Amankos, Zhanbolat
KAZ
1953
Vuckovic, Uros
SRB
1947
Kelbl, Jakob
SLO
1940
Sung, Tze Shyan Evin
SGP
1936
CM
Akhmet, Suleyman
KAZ
1934
Gvasalia, Gaga
GEO
1926
Mazanik, Mikita
FID
1924
AIM
Krbacevic, Mateja
NOR
1917
Rabarison, Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah
MAD
1914
Hanachi, Abderahmane
ALG
1901
Wu, Chen- Hao
TPE
1898
AFM
Schwartz, Michael
RSA
1895
Lee, Daniel Joshua
CAN
1895
ACM
Ejsymont, Eryk
POL
1893
AFM
Rantala, Tuomas
FIN
1871
Pallini, Tommaso
ITA
1861
Duabek, Abylaikhan
KAZ
1859
Kuzmin, Sevastian
FID
1859
Tutekov, Teodor
BUL
1843
Stefanoski, Daniel
MKD
1833
Ait Atmane, Samy Younes
ALG
1825
Aichinger, Johannes
AUT
1803
Mugambi, Christian Mwamba
KEN
1797
Jaikaran, Aaron
BAR
1795
Alsayer, Bader
KUW
1793
Tojomalala, Aiko
MAD
1761
Chendighilean, Vladislav
MDA
1760
Endo, Shuma
JPN
1758
Voskolovich, Bogdan
TJK
1754
AFM
Tsolmon, Battur
MGL
1751
Pu, Jing
TPE
1717
Recica, Rron
KOS
1688
Vlach, Ludwig
LUX
1683
Qudsi, Mohammad
LBN
1680
Karaolis, Andreas
CYP
1670
To, Nam Long
MNC
1659
Cheng, Yu Chen (Ethan)
TPE
1646
Chitta, Adithya
USA
1644
Peric, Toman
MNE
1643
Yen, Yu-En
TPE
1614
Wei, Yi-Chen
TPE
1612
Vokhidov, Saidkhuja
UZB
1600
Mintz, Nathan
USA
1586
Tsai, Nien-Yu
TPE
1577
Muhammad, Chaudhry
PAK
1568
Sivakumar, Nirvan
USA
1550
Mubarak, Yerassyl
KAZ
1541
Shtiza, Ted
ALB
1538
Alhabeeb, Abdulaziz
KUW
1434
Aleksi, Ralf
ALB
0
Alkhadher, Abdulwahab
KUW
0
Alrefaei, Hashem
KUW
0
Bajraktari, Alis
ALB
0
Cheng Jr., Richard Ming
USA
0
Hardie-Brown, Shiloh
USA
0
Pataridze, Alexander
USA
0
Xhemali, Joan
ALB
0