The Maia Chess Festival 2025 is taking place August 22 – August 30 in Maia, Portugal. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Portugal check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The tournament is separated in 2 categories – Masters and U2000. In Masters section of the tournament the top rated player is GM Pouya Idani (2593), followed by GM Manuel Perez Candelario (2572) and GM Mikhail Gurevich (2570). Top is completed by GM Ilia Smirin (2564), GM Sergey A. Fedorchuk (2558), GM Carlos Albornoz Cabrera (2544), GM Evgeny Postny (2530), IM Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina (2494), FM Imran Md (2480), GM Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez (2477), GM Pierre Bailet (2451), GM Kevin Barry Spraggett (2426), GM Zaur Mammadov (2421), IM Yuval Yaniv (2420), IM Fabrizio Bellia (2397), IM André Miguel Vale Ventura Sousa (2395), IM Kevin Terrieux (2394), IM Cristian Vasquez Toledo (2391), IM V S Raahul (2378), GM Aleksa Strikovic Ugrenovic (2375). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Maia Chess Festival 2025 – Masters Participants
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Idani, Pouya
IRI
2593
2
GM
Perez Candelario, Manuel
ESP
2572
3
GM
Gurevich, Mikhail
BEL
2570
4
GM
Smirin, Ilia
ISR
2564
5
GM
Fedorchuk, Sergey A.
UKR
2558
6
GM
Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos
CUB
2544
7
GM
Postny, Evgeny
ISR
2530
8
IM
Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys
MEX
2494
9
FM
Md, Imran
IND
2480
10
GM
Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando
ESP
2477
11
GM
Bailet, Pierre
FRA
2451
12
GM
Spraggett, Kevin Barry
CAN
2426
13
GM
Mammadov, Zaur
AZE
2421
14
IM
Yaniv, Yuval
ISR
2420
15
IM
Bellia, Fabrizio
ITA
2397
16
IM
Sousa, André Miguel Vale Ventura
POR
2395
17
IM
Terrieux, Kevin
FRA
2394
18
IM
Vasquez Toledo, Cristian
CHI
2391
19
IM
Raahul, V S
IND
2378
20
GM
Strikovic Ugrenovic, Aleksa
SRB
2375
21
IM
Sathvik, Adiga
IND
2375
22
GM
Campora Sivori, Daniel Hugo
ARG
2363
23
FM
Portela Peleteiro, Alberto
ESP
2361
24
IM
Kavutskiy, Konstantin
USA
2357
25
IM
Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad
TJK
2351
26
FM
Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja
TJK
2343
27
IM
Savitha, Shri B
IND
2341
28
FM
Llari, Marc
FRA
2341
29
WGM
Balabayeva, Xeniya
KAZ
2332
30
FM
Sanz Wawer, Daniel
ESP
2320
31
FM
Koster, Ramon
NED
2311
32
FM
Ternault, Mathieu
FRA
2276
33
FM
Gonçalves, Samuel Jesus Pereira
POR
2264
34
WIM
Gomez Barrera, Javiera Belen
CHI
2263
35
WGM
Mammadova, Narmin
AZE
2261
36
WGM
Yao, Lan
ENG
2261
37
WIM
Kazarian, Anna-Maja
NED
2260
38
FM
Le Goff, Ronan
FRA
2254
39
NM
Fidalgo, André Neves
POR
2250
40
FM
Cabezas Ayala, Iván Rafael
ESP
2247
41
IM
Klinova, Masha
ISR
2242
42
GM
Bellón Lopez, Juan Manuel
SWE
2240
43
CM
Ryabukhin, Roman
POR
2236
44
FM
Shoshin, Kirill
FID
2222
45
FM
Mhango, Banele
RSA
2221
46
NM
Monteiro, Paulo Alexandre Gomes
POR
2220
47
NM
Ferreira, Luis Pedro Oliveira
POR
2216
48
Kikkert, Robert
NED
2212
49
Vioque Gonzalez, Nicolas
ESP
2203
50
WIM
Chitlange, Sakshi
IND
2193
51
Gonzalez Lopez, Lucas 2013
ESP
2187
52
IM
Mannion, Stephen Richard
SCO
2179
53
Abdulkarimli, Eljan
AZE
2175
54
WFM
Prado Acebo, Ines
ESP
2173
55
FM
Bezemer, Arno
NED
2172
56
WIM
Gaw, Chloe
USA
2172
57
Novais, Carlos João Fernandes
POR
2172
58
WIM
Fernandez, Maria Florencia
ARG
2163
59
FM
Fernández López, Rubén
ESP
2160
60
CM
Villiers, Thomas
ENG
2158
61
Morais, Miguel Almeida
POR
2155
62
Karaca, Yigit
TUR
2153
63
WFM
Siekanska, Maria
POL
2151
64
Mitul, K H
IND
2148
65
Afonso, João Pedro Pinto Costa
POR
2144
66
Vedant, Garg
IND
2140
67
WIM
Kaldarova, Ayaulym
KAZ
2138
68
CM
Vaidyanathan, Kannan
USA
2135
69
Rodriguez Ferreirós, Andrés
ESP
2131
70
Garcia Martinez, Marcos
ESP
2129
71
Van Der Werf, Joel
NED
2123
72
Millan Soto, Miguel
ESP
2122
73
Menard, Baptiste
FRA
2121
74
NM
Farias, David Nuno Moita Esteves
POR
2117
75
Govoreanu, Matei
BEL
2113
76
Toniolo, Samuel
ITA
2111
77
Decker, Nils
GER
2110
78
CM
Lacroix, Romain
FRA
2107
79
Araújo, Ricardo França Paulo Duarte
POR
2107
80
NM
Sousa, João Alexandre Coutinho Dinis
POR
2103
81
Nguyen, Khoi
BEL
2102
82
Pavel, Sebastian-Ionut
FID
2102
83
Verkholantcev, Andrei
ESP
2100
84
Llamazares Lopez, Marcos
ESP
2096
85
Roquero Redondo, Miguel
ESP
2096
86
Payne, Matthew J
ENG
2089
87
Avadhoot, Lokesh Bhakti Brahme
IND
2083
88
Merkel, Luis
GER
2082
89
Stewart, Ashley
ENG
2081
90
CM
Dias, Ivo Rodrigues
POR
2080
91
Moreto Quintana, Alex
ESP
2080
92
Rebollo Montes, Bernardo
ESP
2074
93
Cabañas López, Manuel Anxo
ESP
2061
94
Treccozzi, Riccardo
ITA
2060
95
Ribeiro, Orlando Camilo Duarte
POR
2059
96
Palacios Gonzalez, Miguel
ESP
2057
97
Rossi, Gabriele Valerio
ITA
2055
98
Van Dam, Niels
NED
2054
99
Le, Dang Thanh An
VIE
2046
100
AIM
Koch-Muller, Oscar
DEN
2043
101
Gil Lopez, Alejandro
ESP
2043
102
Hollmann, Thomas
GER
2043
103
WIM
De Seroux, Camille
SUI
2039
104
WFM
Silva, Mariana Sofia Teixeira Da
POR
2039
105
Marin Dorta, Alejandro
ESP
2038
106
Pintor, Simão Maciel Abranches
POR
2038
107
Braun, Michael
GER
2037
108
Lemasle, Raphael
FRA
2037
109
Fayel, Nicolas
FRA
2035
110
Frescura, Davide
ITA
2032
111
CM
Aravindhan, Achyuth
NED
2031
112
CM
Yun, Hungi
KOR
2031
113
Graña Castañal, Andres
ESP
2027
114
FM
Kandic, Milan
SRB
2026
115
Rolle, Lorenzo Anthony
ITA
2024
116
Masoumi, Shahin Cazares
USA
2023
117
Patiño Romarís, Juan Roberto
ESP
2020
118
Torres, Ricardo Jorge Ferreira
POR
2020
119
Bernardo, Daniel Madureira
POR
2017
120
Almeida, João Pedro Dias
POR
2016
121
Turner, Justin
AUS
2012
122
Herraiz Gómez, Iker
ESP
2005
123
Lucchi, Alessandro
ITA
1990
124
González Regueiro, Rodrigo
ESP
1987
125
Ferreira, Vasco Capitão Mendes
POR
1974
126
Duque, Raquel Dos Santos
POR
1970
127
Lopez Palomar, Jose
ESP
1970
128
Romero Barkouk, Rayan
ESP
1970
129
Gunesli, Eymen Giray
TUR
1968
130
Sgaria, Marco
ITA
1966
131
Silva, Rui Jorge Sampaio Da
POR
1963
132
Auvray, Juliette
FRA
1955
133
Garcia De La Fuente, Alvaro
ESP
1921
134
Mehta, Hursh
USA
1920