The Vienna Championship 2025 will take place from September 13 to September 21 in Vienna, Austria. This tournament is separated into 2 categories – Masters and Open. The Open section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Austria, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Gerhard Spiesberger (2048), Benjamin Veladzic (2028), David Stinner (2020), Efim Kan (2019), Leonid Leonov (2013), Oleksandr Stasiv (1986), Nathaniel Wickramasinghe (1985), Norbert Ing. Fruehauf (1983), Oliver Fuertler (1959), Hieronymus Nicolussi (1945), Rupert Soyka (1945), Julian Kern (1942), Vahram Dr. Abadjian (1929), Polina Karelina (1925), Leo Radnaev (1925), Michael Brandl (1920), Milana Hyassat (1907), Sotiris Armeniakos (1901), Yousef El Gebaly (1897), Chenshan Wu (1895). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Masters
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Vienna Championship 2025 – Open Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
Spiesberger, Gerhard
AUT
2048
2
Veladzic, Benjamin
AUT
2028
3
Stinner, David
AUT
2020
4
Kan, Efim
BUL
2019
5
Leonov, Leonid
AUT
2013
6
Stasiv, Oleksandr
UKR
1986
7
Wickramasinghe, Nathaniel
AUT
1985
8
Fruehauf, Norbert Ing.
AUT
1983
9
Fuertler, Oliver
AUT
1959
10
Nicolussi, Hieronymus
AUT
1945
11
Soyka, Rupert
AUT
1945
12
Kern, Julian
AUT
1942
13
Abadjian, Vahram Dr.
AUT
1929
14
Karelina, Polina
BAH
1925
15
Radnaev, Leo
AUT
1925
16
Brandl, Michael
AUT
1920
17
Hyassat, Milana
AUT
1907
18
Armeniakos, Sotiris
GRE
1901
19
El Gebaly, Yousef
AUT
1897
20
Wu, Chenshan
AUT
1895
21
Kravchuk, Aleksandr Dr.
AUT
1893
22
Reisinger, Heinz DI.
AUT
1855
23
Seikmann, Jim
AUT
1854
24
Brsanovic, Petar
AUT
1841
25
Hedwig, Sangye
AUT
1835
26
Hampel, Otfried Mag.
AUT
1830
27
Wirthumer, Gunter
AUT
1818
28
Gerold, Arnold
AUT
1811
29
Buchhas, Johann
AUT
1799
30
Lappe, Manfred Dkfm
AUT
1797
31
Gold, Arthur
AUT
1788
32
Mayrhuber, Franz
AUT
1782
33
Karasevych, Andrii
UKR
1773
34
Reif, Werner DI.
ITA
1759
35
Sah, Eray Zeki
TUR
1759
36
Kornfehl, Christoph
AUT
1753
37
Kutschker, Alexander
AUT
1749
38
Veladzic, Isak
AUT
1748
39
Ruck, Helmut Mag.
AUT
1735
40
Badrakova, Kseniya
AUT
1728
41
Mandzhieva, Altana
AUT
1721
42
Berghold, Fabian-Elija
AUT
1719
43
Scharf, Manfred
AUT
1716
44
Kellner, Nikolaus
AUT
1715
45
Kotliar, Anfisa
AUT
1711
46
Peyrl, Leo
AUT
1711
47
Aichinger, Johannes
AUT
1709
48
Radnaev, Mikael
AUT
1708
49
Paseka, Christian
AUT
1704
50
Röhrbacher, Franz
AUT
1700
51
Schwarhofer, Barbara
AUT
1682
52
Stetsyuk, Artem
AUT
1682
53
Ganahl, Herbert
AUT
1678
54
Aboulenein-Djamshidian, Aryan
AUT
1676
55
Knittel-Templ, Paula
AUT
1669
56
Scherngell, Juan
AUT
1653
57
Balogh, Gerda
HUN
1649
58
Hellerschmid, Ewald
AUT
1620
59
Oehme, Raphaele
AUT
1606
60
Liu, Jin
AUT
1587
61
Knittel-Templ, Richard
AUT
1584
62
Aboulenein-Djamshidian, Kimia
AUT
1561
63
Zikic, Goran
AUT
1560
64
Tschandl, Julius Henry
AUT
1551
65
Gockner, Hans
AUT
1549
66
Wang, Yufan
AUT
1519
67
Usova, Viktoriia
AUT
1484
68
Tardi, Noah
AUT
1478
69
Neuhold, Maximilian
AUT
1326
70
Bogner, Kilian
AUT
0
71
Friedrich, Luca
AUT
0
72
Hillbrand, Leopold
AUT
0