The V Mindsports International 2025 is taking place August 13 – August 18 in London, England. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 15 min + 30 sec /move. For more events fromEngland, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top seeded players are GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal (2558), GM Igor Janik (2519), GM Thomas Beerdsen (2513), IM Brandon G I Clarke (2491), GM Eldar Gasanov (2471), IM Balazs Csonka (2467), IM Guy Levin (2464), GM Lars Oskar Hauge (2460), IM Jonah B Willow (2459), IM Isak Storme (2452), GM Alexander Kovchan (2450), IM Aljoscha Feuerstack (2449), IM Sven Tica (2442), IM Maciej Czopor (2434), IM Yichen Han (2430), IM Yang-Fan Zhou (2406), IM Thibaut Vandenbussche (2402), Wenxiang Li (2395), IM Aaravamudhan Balaji (2394), FM Sohum Lohia (2387). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More : 2025 British Chess Championships – Championship / 2025 British Chess Championships – Major Open / 22. RLP Senior Open 2025
V Mindsports International 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen
NOR
2558
2
GM
Janik, Igor
POL
2519
3
GM
Beerdsen, Thomas
NED
2513
4
IM
Clarke, Brandon G I
ENG
2491
5
GM
Gasanov, Eldar
UKR
2471
6
IM
Csonka, Balazs
HUN
2467
7
IM
Levin, Guy
ISR
2464
8
GM
Hauge, Lars Oskar
NOR
2460
9
IM
Willow, Jonah B
ENG
2459
10
IM
Storme, Isak
SWE
2452
11
GM
Kovchan, Alexander
UKR
2450
12
IM
Feuerstack, Aljoscha
GER
2449
13
IM
Tica, Sven
CRO
2442
14
IM
Czopor, Maciej
POL
2434
15
IM
Han, Yichen
NED
2430
16
IM
Zhou, Yang-Fan
ENG
2406
17
IM
Vandenbussche, Thibaut
BEL
2402
18
Li, Wenxiang
CHN
2395
19
IM
Balaji, Aaravamudhan
ENG
2394
20
FM
Lohia, Sohum
ENG
2387
21
FM
Golding, Alex
ENG
2377
22
IM
Sofronie, Iulian
ROU
2372
23
FM
Claridge-Hansen, William
ENG
2364
24
FM
Hobson, Kenneth
ENG
2361
25
FM
*Bhattacherjee, Aayush
IND
2360
26
FM
Safar, Sandro
CRO
2354
27
FM
Kalavannan, Koby
ENG
2323
28
WGM
Radeva, Viktoria
BUL
2317
29
FM
Gombocz, Ferenc Jr.
HUN
2315
30
FM
Sofronie, Vladimir
ROU
2313
31
FM
Badacsonyi, Stanley
ENG
2309
32
IM
Fitzsimons, David
IRL
2308
33
FM
San Emeterio Cabanes, Jose L.
ESP
2303
34
IM
Bracker, Frank
GER
2301
35
IM
Khamparia, Akshat
IND
2290
36
WGM
Antolak, Julia
POL
2280
37
FM
Kiremitciyan, Ari
TUR
2271
38
Li, Harry
ENG
2242
39
CM
Collins, Adam
IRL
2221
40
Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa
ITA
2217
41
FM
Badacsonyi, Frankie
ENG
2193
42
Zheng, Harry Z
ENG
2190
43
Gurevich, Artem
CAN
2183
44
Kovalskyi, Roman
UKR
2180
45
Bonn, Thomas
FRA
2173
46
FM
Carroll, Peter
IRL
2167
47
Dignam, Matthew
IRL
2164
48
FM
Lorscheid, Gerhard
GER
2162
49
Roe, Simon J
ENG
2160
50
Dasgupta, Avyukt
ENG
2158
51
WFM
Hng, Mei-En Emmanuelle
SGP
2132
52
FM
Harper, Ryan
TTO
2131
53
CM
Hoffman, Luc
USA
2123
54
Adams, Henry
ENG
2114
55
Lilliehook, Victor
SWE
2106
56
White, Stuart A
SCO
2095
57
Kovacs, Zoltan
HUN
2086
58
Pereslavtsev, Alexandr
ENG
2079
59
Zakarian, Dimitrios Levon
ENG
2079
60
Sachdeva, Ronit
ENG
2058
61
WFM
Hng, Mei-Xian Eunice
SGP
2052
62
Bharat Kumar, Balahari
ENG
2052
63
Avadhoot, Lokesh Bhakti Brahme
IND
2049
64
Patel, Zain
ENG
2048
65
Allorant, Adrien
FRA
2042
66
Larchikov, Maksym
UKR
2037
67
Lee, Kah Meng Elgin
MAS
2036
68
Shidlagatta, Anirudh
ENG
2036
69
AIM
Sanitt, Ethan
ENG
2033
70
Lochte, Thomas
GER
2023
71
Verbytski, Oleg
ENG
2001
72
Akkus, Muhammed Ali
TUR
1991
73
Deepak Ambattu, Rithvik
SCO
1990
74
Kapechun, Mikhailo
UKR
1985
75
Vashisht-Pigem, Raman
ENG
1981
76
Wastney, Dylan
ENG
1981
77
Bansal, Saahil
ENG
1979
78
Mesropyan, Hayk
ENG
1972
79
Hafstad, Leif
ENG
1969
80
Pichugov, Andrey
ENG
1968
81
Oupindrin, Timothy
FRA
1967
82
AFM
Bevis, Noah
ENG
1966
83
Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian
ENG
1962
84
Wang, Luoke
ENG
1944
85
Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay
ENG
1936
86
Golub, Nikolina
CRO
1933
87
Zadvorny, Roman
ENG
1931
88
Mittal, Aditya
ENG
1927
89
Rahman, K Azizur
ENG
1921
90
Pal, Rohan
ENG
1909
91
Fil, Alkim Alper
TUR
1900
92
Aleksenko, Maksim
ENG
1893
93
Sajanani, Vikas
ENG
1892
94
Oupindrin, Narayanin
FRA
1875
95
Li, Harvey
ENG
1870
96
Udovenko, Daniel
ENG
1870
97
Oleszczuk, Artur
POL
1868
98
Richards, Alexander
ENG
1860
99
Choong, Han-Sen
ENG
1836
100
White, Chris
ENG
1817
101
Steenfatt, Niklas
GER
1810