The Baltic Chess Open 2025 will take place from October 30 to November 02 in Kiel, Germany. This tournament has 3 sections – Group A, Group B, and Group C. The Group B section is a 7-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min/ 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Andres Peschke (1950), Henrik Rulofs (1936), Stefan Ueckermann (1905), Robert Ferenc Hasselgruber (1895), Nikolai Quiring (1889), Özkan Sala (1881), Alexander Fomenkov (1871), Sami Al Amin (1851), Ben Erk (1847), Thoralf Wecke (1841), Simon Eberle (1838), Juri Pfeiffer (1837), Vitaliy Sviridov (1832), Henry Engelhaupt (1815), Karina Tobianski (1813). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Group A / Group C
Baltic Chess Open 2025 – Group B Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
Peschke, Andres
ESP
1950
2
Rulofs, Henrik
GER
1936
3
Ueckermann, Stefan
GER
1905
4
Hasselgruber, Robert Ferenc
GER
1895
5
Quiring, Nikolai
GER
1889
6
Sala, Özkan
GER
1881
7
Fomenkov, Alexander
GER
1871
8
Al Amin, Sami
GER
1851
9
Erk, Ben
GER
1847
10
Wecke, Thoralf
GER
1841
11
Eberle, Simon
DEN
1838
12
Pfeiffer, Juri
GER
1837
13
Sviridov, Vitaliy
GER
1832
14
Engelhaupt, Henry
GER
1815
15
Tobianski, Karina
GER
1813
16
Hansson, Pelle
GER
1810
17
Berger, Lars
GER
1808
18
Hartung, Kim
GER
1808
19
Hoppe, Marc
GER
1801
20
Konradt, Michael
GER
1789
21
Schwab, Lennard
GER
1783
22
Lorenzen, Peer
GER
1776
23
Nicolaysen, Bjarne
GER
1767
24
Prasanth, Rishi
GER
1757
25
Schönrock, Elia
GER
1755
26
Höfig, Matthias
GER
1751
27
Rothe, Justin
GER
1742
28
Kroschel, Finn
GER
1738
29
Turp, Hüseyin
GER
1723
30
Korte, Andreas
GER
1713
31
Steiner, Peter Markus
GER
1710
32
Arslan, Savas
GER
1708
33
Spreu, Jörg
GER
1707
34
Schmidt, Jesse
GER
1703
35
Gwyther, Kilian
GER
1696
36
Hallfarth, Luise
GER
1696
37
Kurschis, Anton
GER
1694
38
Madelmayer, Maik
GER
1692
39
Lohmann, Rene
GER
1683
40
Johnson, Mark
GER
1667
41
Grönebaum, Benjamin
GER
1658
42
Pitzschel, Joerg
GER
1655
43
Freudenberg, Robin
GER
1652
44
Merbecks, Yannik
GER
1652
45
Pavlov, Dmitriy
GER
1648
46
Cerny, Zbysek
CZE
1643
47
Lalla, Karol
GER
1643
48
Vesovic, Ivan
GER
1629
49
Khattar, Ranvir Singh
GER
1603
50
Brabcova, Nikola
CZE
1602
51
Lescinskij, Timofej
CZE
1577
52
Hrbkova, Johana
CZE
1575
53
Farouk, Isa Mohideen
GER
1507
54
Slonek, Richard
CZE
1502
55
Ticha, Barbora
CZE
1467
56
Birkholz, Frank
GER
0
57
Schovkun, Maksym
GER
0