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 A 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 IM Aljoscha Feuerstack (2452), FM Magnus Arndt (2374), FM Keyvan Farokhi (2362), FM Malek Koniahli (2343), CM Vladislav Lymar (2261), Mats Beeck (2226), FM Jakob Herrmann (2218), CM Bjarne Vollbehr (2192), FM Karsten Schulz (2173), Duc Cuong Tran (2134), Bülent Saglam (2109), Julian Rieper (2087), Yunong Elias Lu (2079), Anastasia Voigt (2076), Jachym Hrbek (2071). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Group B / Group C
Baltic Chess Open 2025 – Group A Participants
No.
Title
Name
FED
Rtg
1
IM
Feuerstack, Aljoscha
GER
2452
2
FM
Arndt, Magnus
GER
2374
3
FM
Farokhi, Keyvan
GER
2362
4
FM
Koniahli, Malek
SYR
2343
5
CM
Lymar, Vladislav
UKR
2261
6
Beeck, Mats
GER
2226
7
FM
Herrmann, Jakob
GER
2218
8
CM
Vollbehr, Bjarne
GER
2192
9
FM
Schulz, Karsten
GER
2173
10
Tran, Duc Cuong
GER
2134
11
Saglam, Bülent
GER
2109
12
Rieper, Julian
GER
2087
13
Lu, Yunong Elias
GER
2079
14
Voigt, Anastasia
GER
2076
15
Hrbek, Jachym
CZE
2071
16
CM
Jiang, Brandon
USA
2046
17
Poulsen, Iver
DEN
2038
18
Haffner, Alexander
GER
2025
19
Redder, Jan-Philipp
GER
2025
20
Porth, Hartmut
GER
1996
21
Gehrmann, Ulrich
GER
1988
22
Boerma, Daniel
GER
1987
23
Basey, Matthew
GER
1976
24
Tobianski, Fabian
GER
1969
25
Svoboda, Daniel
CZE
1953
26
Manz, Lukas
GER
1943
27
Berezovskii, Arina
ISR
1937
28
Kawena, Jason
GER
1921
29
Farokhi, Darian
GER
1905
30
Fransson, Max
GER
1902
31
Scharf, Christian
GER
1902
32
Aguike, Toshiya
GER
1897
33
Barskij, Aleksandr
GER
1895
34
Olde, Henning
GER
1892
35
Fransson, Till
GER
1889
36
Siol, Mats Lennart
GER
1881
37
Magin, Jesse
NED
1876
38
Frahm, Ben Jonas
GER
1870
39
Zeißig, Richard
GER
1861
40
Aguike, Chidera
GER
1854
41
Strebel, Michael
GER
1853
42
Schulz-Vernholz, Daniel
GER
1845
43
Gerigk, Daniel
GER
1821
44
Toumi, Faruk
GER
1802
45
Anagnostoudis, Angelos
GER
1785