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 U18 category are GM Jan Klimkowski (2524), IM Read Samadov (2523), IM Diego Macias Pino (2501), IM Jakub Seemann (2500), IM Marius Deuer (2487), IM Krzysztof Raczek (2487), IM Artiom Stribuk (2486), GM Vuppala Prraneeth (2485), IM Javier Habans Aguerrea (2475), IM Aldiyar Ansat (2470), GM Jagadeesh Siddharth (2467), IM Diego Vergara Anton (2467), IM Robert Piliposyan (2451), FM Vahe A. Sukiasyan (2446), IM Daniyal Sapenov (2445), IM Adarsh Uppala Sriram (2438), IM Adar Tarhan (2432), FM Serdar Murat Yildiz (2426), IM Nikola Kanov (2420), FM Ergali Suleimen (2417), IM Adelard Bai (2416), FM Shahin Valiyev (2413), Johannes Von Mettenheim (2404). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open U16 / Open U14 / 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 U18 Participants
Name
FED
Rtg
GM
Klimkowski, Jan
POL
2524
IM
Samadov, Read
AZE
2523
IM
Macias Pino, Diego
ESP
2501
IM
Seemann, Jakub
POL
2500
IM
Deuer, Marius
GER
2487
IM
Raczek, Krzysztof
POL
2487
IM
Stribuk, Artiom
FID
2486
GM
Prraneeth, Vuppala
IND
2485
IM
Habans Aguerrea, Javier
ESP
2475
IM
Ansat, Aldiyar
KAZ
2470
GM
Siddharth, Jagadeesh
SGP
2467
IM
Vergara Anton, Diego
ESP
2467
IM
Piliposyan, Robert
ARM
2451
FM
Sukiasyan, Vahe A.
ARM
2446
IM
Sapenov, Daniyal
KAZ
2445
IM
Sriram, Adarsh Uppala
IND
2438
IM
Tarhan, Adar
TUR
2432
FM
Yildiz, Serdar Murat
TUR
2426
IM
Kanov, Nikola
BUL
2420
FM
Suleimen, Ergali
KAZ
2417
IM
Bai, Adelard
TPE
2416
FM
Valiyev, Shahin
AZE
2413
Von Mettenheim, Johannes
GER
2404
IM
Chen, Ryo
USA
2401
FM
Assylov, Miras
KAZ
2395
IM
Milikow, Elie
ISR
2390
FM
Perea Fruet, Lorenzo
ESP
2386
IM
Makkar, Rajat
FRA
2382
FM
Akhilbay, Imangali
KAZ
2377
IM
Khripachenko, Alexander
FID
2376
IM
Zhakshylykov, Erzhan
KGZ
2362
IM
Campos Gomez, Manuel
COL
2359
FM
Zlatkov, Anton
MKD
2351
IM
Wafa, Hamed
EGY
2350
FM
Pashikyan, Rudolf
ARM
2349
FM
Kejna, Piotr
POL
2348
FM
Heinrich, John
GER
2344
FM
Turcsanyi, Vince Gergo
HUN
2342
FM
Zouaghi, Amir
BEL
2342
FM
Filip, Andrei
ROU
2337
FM
Kandil, Ahmed
EGY
2334
Sharon, Rafael
ZAM
2333
FM
Sachilaru, Alexandru
ROU
2329
FM
Breuil, Tristan
FRA
2326
FM
Tleukhanov, Yerlan
KAZ
2324
FM
Urbani, Gabriel
ITA
2320
FM
Oksendal, Martin
NOR
2319
FM
Montes Orozco, Miguel Angel
MEX
2312
FM
Ulziikhishig, Khishigbat
MGL
2312
FM
Craciun, Sasha-Matei
ROU
2309
FM
Mesic, Ismet
BIH
2307
Giammona, Federico
ITA
2307
IM
Mendes, Aaron Reeve
CAN
2301
FM
Soucek, Jan
CZE
2301
FM
Dyachuk, Artem
UKR
2298
FM
Ughuzov, Ravan
AZE
2298
FM
Ciric, Pavle
SRB
2291
FM
Ribera Veganzones, Serni
AND
2291
FM
Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin
TJK
2289
FM
Olenik Campa, Rudi
SLO
2288
FM
Fu, Yihe
AUS
2280
FM
Jaiveer, Mahendru
IND
2272
FM
Elias, David
SVK
2266
Janeczko, Jakub
POL
2258
FM
Amangeldy, Ernur
KAZ
2255
CM
Bulgak, Damir
FID
2254
FM
Hald Falkesgaard, Jeppe
DEN
2241
CM
Papaioannou, Dimitrios
GRE
2239
FM
Sundac, Ivano
CRO
2236
CM
Kishiev, Famil
FID
2233
Zhou, Runyi
CHN
2232
Gasparyan, David
USA
2212
Adamovics, Aleksejs
LAT
2204
FM
Rempe, Jonas
GER
2203
FM
Rappazzo, Johannes
SUI
2189
CM
Silwal, Purushottam
NEP
2129
Ramaj, Ergit
ALB
2124
Kaewpitakkun, Pantham
NOR
2111
CM
Suslov, Dmitrii
FID
2103
Maglioni, Leonardo
ITA
2103
Petersen, Elias
FAI
2100
Gold, Theodor
AUT
2099
CM
Heron, Andrew
LIE
2097
Miron, Iurii
MDA
2074
Gavenavicius, Karolis
LTU
2073
Hakkinen, Aleksandr
FIN
2071
Kosta, Kelvin
ALB
2070
Tokbayev, Anuar
KAZ
2065
Lang, Simon
CZE
2052
Guia, Artur Solovyov Eloy
POR
2049
Trendafilov, Simeon
BUL
2048
Lin, Chenyi
RSA
2039
Arpith, S Bijoy
IND
2038
Moisio, Miska
FIN
2028
CM
Peter, Neathan
RSA
2013
CM
Amrane, Abdellah
ALG
2011
Wang, Yu Sen
TPE
1956
Kaloki, Hawi
KEN
1955
Lappalainen, Eemi
FIN
1875
Shtavica, Alaudin
KOS
1868
Naziraliev, Kilichbek
UZB
1849
Jogi, Henry
EST
1841
Huerta Lichtenberg De Mindszent, Santiago
MEX
1741
Haipinge, Tuhafifa Pomwene
NAM
1734
Chrysostomou, Pavlos
CYP
1715
CM
Alhejab, Meshal
KUW
1713
Zuniga Samano, Jose Andres
MEX
1713
Leung, Ian Kei
MAC
1690
Lin, Benjamin
TPE
1679
Milovic, Radovan
MNE
1679
Facio Palos, Carlos Daniel
MEX
1636
Wei, Yi-Chen
TPE
1612
Diab, Majd
LBN
1585
Pu, Yu
TPE
1584
Wanjala, Samuel
KEN
1557
Wu, Yi-Hsuan
TPE
0