The 24th IPCA World Chess Championship 2025 is taking place July 22 – July 30 in Goa, India. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from India, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top seeded players are IM Marcin Molenda (2376), IM Andrei Gurbanov (2291), FM Sargis Sargissyan (2206), FM Serik Soltanov (2203), IM Andrei Obodchuk (2185), FM Ilia Lipilin (2161), Domagoj Glazar (2060), FM Vit Vaclav Valenta (2016), Chamal Gedgafov (2016), WIM Liliana Leszner (2005), Alimzhan Ayapov (1994), IM Eugenio Campos (1992), James Infiesto (1978), Evgeniya Zakharova (1962), Mikhail Dzenisenia (1961), Kumar A. Naveen (1958), Artem Anfinogenov (1954), AIM Sonom Sundui (1952), Juraj Zavarsky (1942), Jiri Novak (1936). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More events from Asia : All India Below 1600 IInd Narendraji Firodiya Chashak Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament / 3rd CHESS HUB U1800 CLASSICAL 2025 / 9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship 2025 / Liaocheng Dongchangfu Cup Rising Stars Tournament 2025
24th IPCA World Chess Championship 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
IM
Molenda, Marcin
POL
2376
2
IM
Gurbanov, Andrei
ISR
2291
3
FM
Sargissyan, Sargis
ARM
2206
4
FM
Soltanov, Serik
KAZ
2203
5
IM
Obodchuk, Andrei
FID
2185
6
FM
Lipilin, Ilia
FID
2161
7
Glazar, Domagoj
CRO
2060
8
FM
Valenta, Vit Vaclav
CZE
2016
9
Gedgafov, Chamal
FID
2016
10
WIM
Leszner, Liliana
POL
2005
11
Ayapov, Alimzhan
KAZ
1994
12
IM
Campos, Eugenio
ANG
1992
13
Infiesto, James
PHI
1978
14
Zakharova, Evgeniya
FID
1962
15
Dzenisenia, Mikhail.
FID
1961
16
Naveen, Kumar A.
IND
1958
17
Anfinogenov, Artem
FID
1954
18
AIM
Sundui, Sonom
MGL
1952
19
Zavarsky, Juraj
SVK
1942
20
Novak, Jiri
CZE
1936
21
Alekseev, Mikhail
FID
1916
22
FM
Venkata, Krishna Karthik K
IND
1905
23
Maikenov, Bakytzhan
KAZ
1899
24
Denisov, Denis
FID
1895
25
WFM
Gerasimova, Svetlana
FID
1884
26
Gayimnazarov, Bahadir
UZB
1884
27
CM
Samarth, J Rao
IND
1873
28
Khlypovka, Lada
FID
1872
29
Khishigbayar, Mijgee
MGL
1869
30
Perez, Gilbert
CAN
1866
31
Safronov, Grigoriy
FID
1842
32
Babanov, Aleksandr
FID
1826
33
Tsapalin, Sergey
FID
1822
34
Rakhatbekov, Tilegen
KGZ
1803
35
Ghimire, Bishwo Bijay
NEP
1775
36
Doan, Thu Huyen
VIE
1734
37
Serebriakov, Sergei
FID
1728
38
Ergashev, Ilkhom
UZB
1724
39
Ibraimov, Kubanychbek
KGZ
1719
40
Huszar, Katalin
SVK
1707
41
Shankar, Ramakrishnan
IND
1707
42
Pamarthi, Audietya Aazadh
IND
1704
43
Vaibhav, Gautam
IND
1674
44
Nikitskaya, Varvara
FID
1653
45
Kannan.V,
IND
1652
46
Ezhilarasi, G
IND
1649
47
Ashwin, R
IND
1645
48
Tran, Thi Bich Thuy
VIE
1607
49
Eshmuratov, Abbas
UZB
1599
50
Pratham, Poddar
IND
1596
51
Yesu, Babuk
IND
1593
52
Nabhneel, Das
IND
1584
53
Rama Rajasekhara, Reddi
IND
1577
54
Neha, Verma
IND
1569
55
ACM
Suresh, Agarwal
IND
1553
56
Uday, Kumar Tummagunta
IND
1548
57
AIM
Prakash, Banskar
IND
1539
58
Amandu, Jignesh
IND
1539
59
Kulkarni, Shreesh
IND
1529
60
Ramesh, Majji
IND
1527
61
Klein, Djimmy
FRA
1512
62
Nikhil, G
IND
1493
63
Khadeeja, Fatima
IND
1491
64
Jinay, Ankitbhai Shah
IND
1487
65
AFM
Praveen, Kumar D
IND
1485
66
Boldis, Norbert
SVK
1485
67
Azimjonov, Abdurahmon
UZB
1482
68
Aditya, Asaram Ghule
IND
1476
69
Sharon, Rachel Aby
IND
1476
70
Kanishri, R P
IND
1467
71
Venkatesan, J
IND
1467
72
Iniyan, Gopinathen
IND
1461
73
Adam, T
IND
1457
74
ACM
Mehta, Charvi
IND
1451
75
Sonu, Bist
IND
1447
76
Dushyant, Pal
IND
1444
77
Kumratova, Amina
FID
1428
78
Nidhi, Kesavarao Baipotu
IND
1427
79
Sreenivas, S Krishnan
IND
1426
80
Praneeth, K S S R A
IND
1423
81
Keerthana, A
IND
1419
82
Dinesh, Kumar
IND
1415
83
Aralov, Anvar
UZB
0
84
Boldisova, Katarina
SVK
0
85
Budragchaa, Serdamba
MGL
0
86
Burada, Siva Babu
IND
0
87
Dhanusya, S G
IND
0
88
Durkasri, M
IND
0
89
Ergashov, Nurmuhammad
UZB
0
90
Kambarova, Aiganym
KAZ
0
91
Normuminov, Uralbek
UZB
0
92
Priyanka, Kumari
IND
0
93
Sarat, Kumar Parida
IND
0
94
Sobethaa, V S
IND
0
95
Tharunsaai, M K
IND
0
96
Vanek, Bohumil
CZE
0
97
Vikas, Chandra
IND
0