The European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – Open U18 will take place from September 29 to October 07 in Budva, Montenegro. This tournament is separated into 12 sections – U18, U16, U14, U12, U10, U08, Girls U18, Girls U16, Girls U14, Girls U12, Girls U10, and Girls U08. All categories are a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Montenegro, check out The North American Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players in U18 section of the tournaments are IM Arthur De Winter (2462), IM Edvin Trost (2456), FM Vahe A. Sukiasyan (2451), FM Jachym Nemec (2444), IM Bendeguz Bodrogi (2443), IM Can Durak (2443), IM Filip Magold (2439), IM Robert Piliposyan (2439), FM Matyas Palczert (2427), FM Gleb Pidluznij (2421), FM Shahin Valiyev (2413), FM Adrian Soderstrom (2399), IM Laurenz Borrmann (2393), IM Roy Vagman (2387), FM Kerem Erten (2372), FM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev (2371), FM Rudolf Pashikyan (2365), FM Yanki Taspinar (2357), FM Kobe Smeets (2352). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: U16 / U14 / U12 / U10 / U08 / Girls U18 / Girls U16 / Girl U14 / Girls U12 / Girls U10 / Girls U08
More ECU events: European Club Cup 2025 / EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 50+ and 65+ /
European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – U18 Participants
Name
FED
Rtg
IM
De Winter Arthur
NED
2462
IM
Trost Edvin
SWE
2456
FM
Sukiasyan Vahe A.
ARM
2451
FM
Nemec Jachym
CZE
2444
IM
Bodrogi Bendeguz
HUN
2443
IM
Durak Can
TUR
2443
IM
Magold Filip
ROU
2439
IM
Piliposyan Robert
ARM
2439
FM
Palczert Matyas
HUN
2427
FM
Pidluznij Gleb
LTU
2421
FM
Valiyev Shahin
AZE
2413
FM
Soderstrom Adrian
SWE
2399
IM
Borrmann Laurenz
AUT
2393
IM
Vagman Roy
ISR
2387
FM
Erten Kerem
TUR
2372
FM
Cnejev Vladimir-Alexandru
ROU
2371
FM
Pashikyan Rudolf
ARM
2365
FM
Taspinar Yanki
TUR
2357
FM
Smeets Kobe
NED
2352
FM
Zlatkov Anton
MKD
2351
FM
Uritsky Yonathan
ISR
2347
FM
Fiskaaen Martin Holten
NOR
2341
FM
Fava Lorenzo
ITA
2335
FM
Dovgaliuk Oleksandr
UKR
2332
FM
Craciun Sasha-Matei
ROU
2319
FM
Oruzinsky Juraj
SVK
2318
FM
Moeller Maurin
GER
2317
FM
Ughuzov Ravan
AZE
2316
FM
Leitgeb Julian
AUT
2305
FM
Safarov Deniel
GEO
2305
FM
Oksendal Martin
NOR
2298
FM
Dziewonski Dariusz
POL
2294
FM
Ciric Pavle
SRB
2291
FM
Olenik Campa Rudi
SLO
2288
CM
Ghimoyan Narek
ARM
2273
FM
Musial Igor
POL
2272
FM
Lesueur Gabriel
FRA
2258
FM
Wendl Philipp
AUT
2256
Hasirci Ozgur Deniz
TUR
2253
FM
Salonen Aku
FIN
2248
FM
Van Hesselingen Guido
NED
2241
FM
Mattenberger Matthias
SUI
2239
Paikens Reinis
LAT
2238
FM
Hayrapetyan Edgar
ARM
2230
Pevzner Maks
ISR
2202
Andriienko Artom
UKR
2201
Aamodt Peder Marcus
NOR
2183
Rudzkis Vilius
LTU
2183
CM
Zieba Hubert
POL
2172
CM
Hajialiyev Islam
AZE
2158
Sevcik Matej
SVK
2151
Kaewpitakkun Pantham
NOR
2138
Olsen William Alexander
NOR
2135
Vermoesen Jordan
BEL
2135
CM
Tomljanovic Ivano
CRO
2130
Sarabando Rodrigo Andias
POR
2130
Pihl William
DEN
2128
CM
Antoniou Rafail
CYP
2124
Saioc David
ROU
2107
Akkaya Atakan
TUR
2104
Kazik Oguz Kagan
TUR
2104
CM
Omarsson Adam
ISL
2103
Odner Aarni
FIN
2097
Afonso Joao Pedro
POR
2092
Skarphedinsson Ingvar Wu
ISL
2089
Vassis Anastasios
GRE
2076
Kosta Kelvin
ALB
2070
Maglioni Leonardo
ITA
2057
Lang Simon
CZE
2052
Bujac Dan
MDA
2009
Gudmundsson Gunnar Erik
ISL
1957
Gvozden Nikola
SRB
1951
Vichev Ivaylo
BUL
1941
Zdravkovic Filip
SRB
1941
Shtavica Alaudin
KOS
1940
Pavleski Nikola
MKD
1917
Testelecs Ilja Kuprijans
LAT
1900
Kitaev Daniel
SCO
1894
Martic Ivan
CRO
1872
Keser Cem
TUR
1767
Karagjyzi Klejdi
KOS
0