The Sunway Sitges 2025 will take place from December 12 to December 22 in Sitges, Spain. This tournament has 2 categories – Group A and Group B. The Group A section is a 10-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Spain, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
More than 220 players will participate in the Group A section of the tournament, and the top-rated among them are GM S L Narayanan (2616), GM Xiangyu Xu (2601), GM Jules Moussard (2600), GM Changren Dai (2551), GM Di Li (2549), GM Brewington Hardaway (2544), GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2515), GM Joseph Girel (2503), GM Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez (2490), IM Ernesto J. Fernandez Guillen (2488), IM Timothe Razafindratsima (2485), Di Zhang (2445), IM Khuyagtsogt Itgelt (2437), IM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2429), IM Kaifan Xie (2426), IM Garg Aradhya (2412), FM Johannes Florstedt (2411), IM Jun Ying Tan (2410), IM Carlos Sandoval Mercado (2409), IM Sumiya Chinguun (2407). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Group B
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Sunway Sitges 2025 – Group A Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Narayanan, S L
IND
2616
2
GM
Xu, Xiangyu
CHN
2601
3
GM
Moussard, Jules
FRA
2600
4
GM
Dai, Changren
CHN
2551
5
GM
Li, Di
CHN
2549
6
GM
Hardaway, Brewington
USA
2544
7
GM
Gholami Orimi, Mahdi
IRI
2515
8
GM
Girel, Joseph
FRA
2503
9
GM
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel
ESP
2490
10
IM
Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J.
CUB
2488
11
IM
Razafindratsima, Timothe
FRA
2485
12
Zhang, Di
CHN
2445
13
IM
Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt
MGL
2437
14
IM
Ilinca, Felix-Antonio
ROU
2429
15
IM
Xie, Kaifan
CHN
2426
16
IM
Aradhya, Garg
IND
2412
17
FM
Florstedt, Johannes
GER
2411
18
IM
Tan, Jun Ying
MAS
2410
19
IM
Sandoval Mercado, Carlos
MEX
2409
20
IM
Chinguun, Sumiya
MGL
2407
21
IM
Decuigniere, Tom
FRA
2407
22
IM
Shogdzhiev, Roman
FID
2403
23
IM
Nazari, Arad
IRI
2400
24
GM
Gormally, Daniel W
ENG
2396
25
IM
Jain, Kashish Manoj
IND
2396
26
FM
Yang, Zilong
CHN
2386
27
FM
Baasansuren, Erdene
MGL
2378
28
IM
Gong, Sunle
CHN
2375
29
FM
Domene Mulyukov, Alexander
ESP
2375
30
CM
Kuandykuly, Danis
KAZ
2372
31
FM
Kiladze, Luka
GEO
2371
32
IM
Aloma Vidal, Robert
ESP
2370
33
FM
Goh, Zi Han
SGP
2370
34
IM
Ritviz, Parab
IND
2369
35
FM
Pranav, K P
IND
2369
36
GM
Arkell, Keith C
ENG
2363
37
GM
Venkatesh, M.R.
IND
2363
38
IM
Hari, Madhavan N B
IND
2363
39
FM
Brzezina, Piotr
POL
2361
40
IM
Leiva, Gianmarco
PER
2358
41
FM
Holtel, Jasper
GER
2358
42
IM
Dudognon, Thibault
FRA
2354
43
IM
Kavutskiy, Kostya
USA
2354
44
FM
Adharsh, K
IND
2350
45
FM
Belkaid, Sohan
FRA
2343
46
IM
Minero Pineda, Sergio
CRC
2342
47
FM
Shamatava, Nikolozi
GEO
2339
48
FM
Loftgaard, Mikkel Vinh
DEN
2337
49
FM
Nemsadze, Daviti
GEO
2336
50
IM
Savitha, Shri B
IND
2334
51
IM
Lacasa Diaz, Josep Anton
ESP
2326
52
FM
Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri
DEN
2295
53
FM
Hauchamps, Maxime
BEL
2290
54
GM
Karthikeyan, P.
IND
2285
55
CM
Marie, Maxime
FRA
2283
56
WGM
Alinasab, Mobina
IRI
2277
57
WGM
Yu, Jennifer
USA
2276
58
FM
Daakshin, Arun
IND
2274
59
FM
Vergara Jofre, Felipe
CHI
2273
60
GM
Pogorelov, Ruslan
ESP
2272
61
Vu Dinh, Adrien
FRA
2270
62
FM
Safarov, Deniel
GEO
2267
63
CM
Harshit, Ranjan Sahu
IND
2265
64
GM
Romanishin, Oleg M
UKR
2262
65
Herman Gamazo, Isaac
ESP
2254
66
FM
Sourath, Biswas
IND
2251
67
WGM
Benmesbah, Natacha
FRA
2237
68
Lever, Erwan
FRA
2232
69
FM
Real, Thibault
BEL
2231
70
WGM
Yakubbaeva, Nilufar
UZB
2229
71
CM
Grebennikov, Nikolai A.
FID
2214
72
IM
Damia, Angelo
ITA
2212
73
Sanglas Clariana, Josep
ESP
2211
74
CM
Sarveshwaran, V
IND
2209
75
GM
Perez Mitjans, Orelvis
ESP
2208
76
FM
Van Zyl-Rudd, Jack
RSA
2206
77
CM
Jyotshnav, Talukdar
IND
2205
78
FM
Ammar, Sedrani
UAE
2203
79
Saad, Gabriel
FRA
2196
80
Shah, Jeet
IND
2195
81
Montes Molina, Ivan
ESP
2187
82
FM
Orujov, Farid
AZE
2185
83
FM
Lopez Del Alamo, Antonio
ESP
2183
84
FM
Webb, Laurence E
ENG
2183
85
Ezquerro Luque, Albert
ESP
2182
86
Kulic, Sasa
CAN
2182
87
FM
Ryan, Joseph
IRL
2181
88
CM
Sason, Noam
ISR
2177
89
Midoux, Sebastien
FRA
2172
90
IM
Mannion, Stephen R
SCO
2169
91
WGM
Ptacnikova, Lenka
ISL
2162
92
FM
Fu, Yihe
AUS
2160
93
Van Der Valk, Niklas
GER
2160
94
FM
Sole Pijuan, Ferran
ESP
2155
95
Tan, Yi Rui Ray
SGP
2151
96
WFM
Salimova, Asal
UZB
2139
97
Rotunno, Flavio
SUI
2139
98
Midilesh, Ms
IND
2132
99
Lemonnier, Remi
FRA
2130
100
Marzano, Carlo
ITA
2129
101
Osmonbekov, Talaibek
USA
2129
102
Praveen, K B
IND
2128
103
Shao, Wenbin
CHN
2128
104
CM
Fellowes, Billy
ENG
2118
105
CM
Bartakke, Amardeep S.
IND
2116
106
Thuesen, Mogens
DEN
2113
107
CM
Akshit, Kumar J
IND
2109
108
WFM
Nguyen, Thu Giang
AUS
2108
109
CM
Brzezina, Pawel
POL
2107
110
WFM
Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon
UZB
2104
111
Andries, Alf
DEN
2103
112
Van Der Merwe, Alexander
RSA
2103
113
Savchenko, Kirill
UKR
2097
114
Rachit, H Gurnani
IND
2094
115
CM
Harish, Neeraj
USA
2084
116
Hijarrubia Alvarez-Cuevas, Gonzalo
ESP
2084
117
Herms Agullo, Jordi
ESP
2082
118
Hirth, Julien
FRA
2079
119
Saine, Zachary
CAN
2079
120
Comellas Blanchart, Jordi
ESP
2078
121
WFM
Janiashvili, Mariami
GEO
2077
122
Campos Cayuelas, Adria
ESP
2073
123
Python, Noe
SUI
2069
124
FM
Lacrosse, Marc
BEL
2066
125
Asensio Linan, Teodoro
ESP
2064
126
Fichtner, Ewald
GER
2062
127
Hoffmann, Max
GER
2062
128
Leah, Tom
ENG
2061
129
CM
Safin, Safarullakhan
UAE
2059
130
WFM
Lomaia, Diana
GEO
2059
131
Patel, Zain
ENG
2058
132
Mizicka, Matus
SVK
2057
133
Eche, Sylvain
FRA
2056
134
FM
Sanchez Negreiros, Jose Alberto
PER
2055
135
WGM
Rouda Essa, Alserkal
UAE
2052
136
Nguyen, Phuc Nhat
GER
2052
137
Omarsson, Josef
ISL
2052
138
WIM
Malikova, Marjona
UZB
2051
139
Herzwurm, Robert
GER
2047
140
Heppert, Lars
GER
2041
141
WFM
Marchadour, Emilie
FRA
2038
142
Moracchini, Margaux
FRA
2034
143
Stevens, Christian
FRA
2032
144
Lavyaajyoti, Routray
IND
2031
145
CM
Arnott, Jonathan W
ENG
2023
146
CM
Young, Micah
AUS
2019
147
CM
Omarsson, Adam
ISL
2018
148
Legrand, Stephane
FRA
2017
149
Spiler, Angelo
NED
2017
150
WIM
Caballero Quijano, Mitzy Mishell
PER
2016
151
Picard, Remi
FRA
2015
152
Van Ommeren, Jos
NED
2008
153
Zhu, Pengxiao
ENG
2008
154
CM
Vihaan, Dumir
IND
2007
155
Anshuman, K
IND
2007
156
Fernandez Vazquez, Jorge
ESP
2005
157
Eichschmied, Patrick
GER
1998
158
Baitleu, Syrym
KAZ
1994
159
Bartakke, Aditya
IND
1994
160
Silva, Lourenco Santa Clara
POR
1992
161
Wen, Yili
CHN
1992
162
Shakhzodova, Ozoda
UZB
1984
163
Weber, Jannis
GER
1982
164
WCM
Sharvaanica, A S
IND
1979
165
Caballero Mogilnikov, Liam
ESP
1977
166
CM
Den Roover, Nikolay Jorgensen
NOR
1975
167
Gayon, Benoit
FRA
1974
168
Heyl, Thomas
GER
1974
169
WCM
Yasaswi, Krishna Bommi
IND
1969
170
WIM
Bobomurodova, Maftuna
UZB
1966
171
Barrera Baucells, Grau
ESP
1965
172
WFM
Aktamova, Zilola
UZB
1963
173
Cohen, Israel
ISR
1963
174
Colomer Gomez, Jordi
ESP
1963
175
Hartmann, Wolfgang Dr.
GER
1961
176
Sadbhav, Rautela
IND
1959
177
Birk, Robin
AUT
1956
178
Tirziman, Rudolf
IRL
1954
179
Aryan, Goyal
IND
1951
180
WCM
Akhmedova, Shohina
UZB
1947
181
Spaargaren, Rene
FRA
1946
182
Aryan, Mehta
IND
1944
183
WCM
Mansurova, Mumtozbegim
UZB
1942
184
Hamm, Rodrigue
FRA
1941
185
WIM
Van Zyl, Charlize
RSA
1940
186
Guez, Fabien
FRA
1940
187
Prajit, Ravishankar
IND
1940
188
Marciano, Orry M
USA
1937
189
Weber, Madeline
USA
1935
190
WFM
Samaganova, Aleksandra
KGZ
1934
191
Spencer, Aaron
USA
1933
192
Bricard, Herve
FRA
1931
193
Dizdar, Orkun
TUR
1931
194
Ragavan, Samarth Rajesh
USA
1930
195
Khandhar, Kaushal
MAS
1928
196
Pla Rofes, Aleix
ESP
1928
197
WFM
Altynbek, Aiaru
KAZ
1924
198
Khassenov, Mansur
KAZ
1924
199
Shakhmatov, Roman
KAZ
1924
200
Muthukumaran, Gurru
USA
1919
201
Bevis, Noah
ENG
1916
202
Leelajai, Krishna N
IND
1916
203
Prats Rodriguez, Juan Bosco
ESP
1916
204
Wang, Lachlan
AUS
1915
205
Staromiejski Llorente, Albert
ESP
1911
206
Cemborain Oricain, Alfonso
ESP
1909
207
Ashwath, Narayanan P
IND
1904
208
WCM
Bibilashvili, Lali
GEO
1902
209
Zelner, Zoe
USA
1901
210
Boudey, Simon
FRA
1900
211
WCM
Gao, Ruoya
CHN
1887
212
Swapna, C N
IND
1887
213
Karpukhin, Andrei
ESP
1881
214
Siddhi, Rao
IND
1878
215
Ding, Yiwen
ENG
1877
216
Roques, Pascal
FRA
1876
217
Pellicer Roncero, Nestor
ESP
1874
218
Lau, Sau Ching
MAS
1873
219
Ramakrishnan, Yoggenraj
MAS
1868
220
Gada, Om
IND
1864
221
Prieto, Alberto
USA
1864
222
Fabregas Fontanet, Antonio
ESP
1857
223
Alcaraz Lopez, Francesc
ESP
1854
224
Izagirre Alsua, Aritz
ESP
1848
225
Escoriza Pons, Xavier
ESP
1841
226
Serradell Munoz, Silvia
ESP
1841
227
Adamski, Adam
POL
1831
228
Yee, Hao Loong
MAS
1823
229
Pujol Zoilo, Eudald
ESP
1811
230
Muthu, Kamatchi
USA
1806
231
Devos, Herve
FRA
1804
232
Bakhare, Atharva
IND
1803
233
Woozeer, Seth
ENG
1800
234
Yu, Bei Hao
SGP
1785
235
Popov, Aleksandr And
FID
1782
236
Vedant, Nayudu
SGP
1776
237
Vidur, Rajagopal
IND
1755
238
Ding, Yicheng
ENG
1752
239
Lim, Kian Guan
MAS
1745
240
Lutz, Christian
GER
1734
241
Rashmika, Maringanti
IND
1721
242
Ghezzali, Leana
FRA
1711