The Belt and Road Open 2025 (Aksu) will take place August 20 – August 25 in Aksu, China. This tournament is separated in 2 categories – Group A and Group B. The Group A section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec /move. For more events from China, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-rated player is GM Arseniy Nesterov (2604), followed by GM Rinat Jumabayev (2556) and GM Qingnan Liu (2548). Top 15 is completed by GM Sergei Lobanov (2537), GM Abhijeet Gupta (2535), GM Misratdin Iskandarov (2530), GM Xiongjian Peng (2518), GM Vugar Rasulov (2512), GM Saparmyrat Atabayev (2492), GM Emin Ohanyan (2489), Xiangrui Kong (2479), Renjie Huang (2478), GM Tao Pang (2469), IM Qi Chen (2468), IM Chenxi Zhao (2465). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Belt and Road Open 2025 (Aksu) – Group A Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
RtgI
1
GM
Nesterov, Arseniy
FID
2604
2604
2
GM
Jumabayev, Rinat
KAZ
2556
2556
3
GM
Liu, Qingnan
CHN
2548
2548
4
GM
Lobanov, Sergei
FID
2537
2537
5
GM
Gupta, Abhijeet
IND
2535
2535
6
GM
Iskandarov, Misratdin
AZE
2530
2530
7
GM
Peng, Xiongjian
CHN
2518
2518
8
GM
Rasulov, Vugar
AZE
2512
2512
9
GM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
TKM
2492
2492
10
GM
Ohanyan, Emin
ARM
2489
2489
11
Kong, Xiangrui
CHN
2479
2479
12
Huang, Renjie
CHN
2478
2478
13
GM
Pang, Tao
CHN
2469
2469
14
IM
Chen, Qi b
CHN
2468
2468
15
IM
Zhao, Chenxi
CHN
2465
2465
16
Zhang, Di
CHN
2465
2465
17
IM
Zou, Chen
CHN
2449
2449
18
IM
Xie, Kaifan
CHN
2440
2440
19
IM
Wang, Shixu B
CHN
2436
2436
20
IM
Nie, Xinyang
CHN
2406
2406
21
GM
Nguyen, Duc Hoa
VIE
2396
2396
22
Peng, Hongchi
CHN
2378
2378
23
IM
Llaneza Vega, Marcos
ESP
2362
2362
24
IM
Chen, Hongsen
CHN
2361
2361
25
AGM
Yuan, Qingyu
CHN
2343
2343
26
WIM
Mkrtchyan, Mariam
ARM
2316
2316
27
Zhang, Zhi
CHN
2291
2291
28
WIM
Yan, Tianqi
CHN
2290
2290
29
WGM
Li, Xueyi
CHN
2268
2268
30
IM
Li, Bo
CHN
2230
2230
31
Yu, Shi
CHN
2206
2206
32
IM
Lu, Ming
USA
2202
2202
33
CM
Zhou, Yuxu
CHN
2197
2197
34
Shao, Shuai
CHN
2179
2179
35
Shen, Fuyan
CHN
2153
2153
36
Huang, Zhi
CHN
2102
2102
37
Zhang, Haoxuan(ZJ)
CHN
2102
2102
38
Totonchyfardmotlagh, Ali
IRI
2008
2008
39
Teo, Hong Ming
SGP
1943
1943
40
Jin, Ruijun
CHN
1938
1938
