The Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 will take place from December 23 to December 29 in Wan Chai Stadium, Hong Kong. This tournament has 2 categories – Open and Challengers. The Open section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Hong Kong, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Maxim Vavulin (2542), GM N R Visakh (2526), GM Xiongjian Peng (2521), IM A R Ilamparthi (2520), GM Abhijeet Gupta (2507), IM Vilka Sipila (2478), IM Haochen Jiang (2459), GM Hagen Poetsch (2457), IM Alexandr Triapishko (2451), GM Tao Pang (2445), GM Zong-Yuan Zhao (2442), IM Ganzorig Amartuvshin (2415), IM Chen Zou (2414), IM Xinyang Nie (2391), IM Michael Concio Jr. (2388), IM Zhaoqi Liu (2364), GM Jacek Stopa (2335), WIM Tianqi Yan (2334), FM Hungi Yun (2310), FM Sehyun Kwon (2298). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Challengers
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Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 – Open Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
GM
Vavulin, Maxim
GER
2542
2
GM
Visakh, N R
IND
2526
3
GM
Peng, Xiongjian
CHN
2521
4
IM
Ilamparthi, A R
IND
2520
5
GM
Gupta, Abhijeet
IND
2507
6
IM
Sipila, Vilka
FIN
2478
7
IM
Jiang, Haochen
CHN
2459
8
GM
Poetsch, Hagen
GER
2457
9
IM
Triapishko, Alexandr
FID
2451
10
GM
Pang, Tao
CHN
2445
11
GM
Zhao, Zong-Yuan
AUS
2442
12
IM
Amartuvshin, Ganzorig
MGL
2415
13
IM
Zou, Chen
CHN
2414
14
IM
Nie, Xinyang
CHN
2391
15
IM
Concio, Michael Jr.
PHI
2388
16
IM
Liu, Zhaoqi
CHN
2364
17
GM
Stopa, Jacek
POL
2335
18
WIM
Yan, Tianqi
CHN
2334
19
FM
Yun, Hungi
KOR
2310
20
FM
Kwon, Sehyun
KOR
2298
21
GM
Villamayor, Buenaventura
SGP
2293
22
Chen, Zhen
CHN
2281
23
IM
Nolte, Rolando
PHI
2278
24
WIM
Gao, Muziyan
CHN
2275
25
IM
Lu, Ming
USA
2273
26
FM
Cong, Dingzhou
CHN
2244
27
WIM
Aakanksha, Hagawane
IND
2242
28
Zhu, Harvey (Hanchen)
AUS
2208
29
Jiang, Liu
CHN
2207
30
CM
Wen, Gehua
CHN
2197
31
Asaka, Samuel
AUS
2195
32
Shen, Fuyan
CHN
2190
33
Hong, Mingren
CHN
2176
34
Lundberg, Bjorn
SWE
2173
35
Kim, Yubin
KOR
2166
36
Jin, Ruijun
CHN
2164
37
Gong, Changda
CHN
2158
38
Casiguran, Phil Martin
PHI
2157
39
Goh, Jinghan Cameron
SGP
2154
40
FM
Hu, Yifei
AUS
2151
41
WIM
Zhang, Xiao
CHN
2148
42
IM
Bancod, Ronald
PHI
2135
43
WFM
Buyankhishig, Batpelden
MGL
2134
44
CM
Kao, Jamison Edrich
HKG
2127
45
FM
Tenguundalai, Ganbat
MGL
2116
46
CM
Huh, Isaak
KOR
2110
47
Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth
IND
2107
48
FM
Munkhbayar, Gijir
MGL
2105
49
CM
Ulan, Rizat
KAZ
2086
50
Wu, Haoyan
CHN
2086
51
Xie, Chujun
CHN
2083
52
Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari
IND
2082
53
Scherer, Frank
GER
2073
54
Harshit, Amarnani
IND
2071
55
Yang, Lanqin
CHN
2069
56
FM
Lam, Chun Yung Samuel
HKG
2064
57
WIM
Ivana Maria, Furtado
IND
2063
58
Papantoniou, John
AUS
2063
59
Tang, Yiheng
SGP
2063
60
Liu, Haoling
CHN
2042
61
Tabernilla, Tyrhone James
PHI
2040
62
Zuo, Junyu
CHN
2035
63
Mohit, S
IND
2034
64
Xu, Wei
CHN
2023
65
Wu, Yinan
CHN
2022
66
Huang, Yuan
AUS
2014
67
CM
Anderson, Brendan
AUS
2010
68
CM
Li, Yiheng
HKG
2008
69
Cheng, Gongpu
CHN
2004
70
CM
Ni, Lucas
AUS
2003
71
Chon, Yongjoon
KOR
2003
72
Dryglas, Maciej
JPN
1997
73
Kwong, Wing Ki
HKG
1996
74
WCM
Naransolongo, Zorigoo
MGL
1982
75
Zhong, Taoyu
CHN
1976
76
Ruan, Harry
AUS
1972
77
WFM
Urangoo, Gurvanbaatar
MGL
1959
78
Stalker, Ian
AUS
1959
79
Marin, Sam
CAN
1958
80
CM
Chan, Wang Ip Boris
HKG
1950
81
Haresh, Venkata Narayanaswamy
SGP
1947
82
Tisado, Janmyl Dilan
PHI
1937
83
Chan, Lok Yee Lewis
HKG
1936
84
Song, Yihang
CHN
1933
85
Fang, Brandon Jun Qiao
HKG
1932
86
Kim, Taewoo A
KOR
1921
87
Muhammad, Gunawan Wibisono
INA
1920
88
Shao, Qiyu
CHN
1916
89
Feng, Kuixiu
CHN
1915
90
Suman, Saideep
IND
1912
91
Chen, Dean
AUS
1908
92
Park, Inchan
KOR
1907
93
Lee, Woosung
KOR
1906
94
CM
Chan, Pui Yin Brandon
HKG
1891
95
Hindol, Ghosh
IND
1890
96
Lee, Gerent Chak Yan
HKG
1888
97
Batbileg, Boldbaatar
MGL
1884
98
Wang, Jiyan
CHN
1880
99
Sainbuyan, Batsuuri
MGL
1879
100
Eugen, Mehul Shah
IND
1869
101
Shravan, Sriram
IND
1868
102
Baidar, Buyandelger
MGL
1867
103
Leong, Ee Hern
MAS
1866
104
Chen, Yunqi
CHN
1865
105
Sun, Chang-Jyu
TPE
1862
106
Romanov, Vasily
FID
1857
107
Wee, Yin Lin
MAS
1855
108
Li, Yucheng Robinson
HKG
1854
109
CM
Nisban, Cyrus
SGP
1849
110
Komekbayev, Ramazan
KAZ
1843
111
Li, Shing Hei
HKG
1840
112
Lim, Xiao Xian Tobias
SGP
1838
113
Zhou, Tony
HKG
1838
114
Wang, Yi(Bj)
CHN
1837
115
Naranzaya, Zorigoo
MGL
1835
116
Yeo, Klaus Lucas
SGP
1832
117
WCM
Park, Haneul
KOR
1831
118
Burman, Ray Pritish
SGP
1825
119
Yuen, Leung
HKG
1824
120
Zhao, Liming
CHN
1823
121
Chen, Yung-Hao
TPE
1822
122
Hon, Zig Zeth
HKG
1816
123
WCM
Aadya, Ranganath
IND
1809
124
Emran, Muhammad Emir Rasyid
MAS
1807
125
Tenuun, Tseesuren
MGL
1807
126
Yu, Tianxiang Carlos
CHN
1807
127
Shah, Krishiv
HKG
1801
128
Nguyen, Paul Ashton
HKG
1800
129
Jia, Zining (Matthew)
AUS
1774