The Ganja Open 2025 will take place from November 11 to November 17 in Ganja, Azerbaijan. This tournament has 2 categories – Group A and Group B. The Group A section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Azerbaijan, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded player is GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2620), followed byGM Evgeny Romanov (2567) and GM Rithvik R Raja (2541). Among the top 20 are GM Jun Zhao (2531), GM Ilia Iljiushenok (2521), GM Giga Quparadze (2509), IM Khazar Babazada (2509), GM Evgeny Alekseev (2508), IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (2487), Zhang Di (2460), IM Yihan Meng (2456), IM Mayank Chakraborty (2454), IM Murad Ibrahimli (2447), IM Benny Aizenberg (2444), IM Shiroghlan Talibov (2443), GM Tornike Sanikidze (2411), Adak Bivor (2402), FM Shahin Valiyev (2393), IM Sunle Gong (2374), IM Kaustuv Kundu (2372). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Group B
More: Asian Schools Chess Championships 2025 / Asian Seniors Championships 2025 – 65+ / Asian Seniors Championships 2025 – 50+/ Asian Junior Chess Championships 2025
Ganja Open 2025 – Group A Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
IND
2620
2
GM
Romanov, Evgeny
MKD
2567
3
GM
Raja, Rithvik R
IND
2541
4
GM
Zhao, Jun
CHN
2531
5
GM
Iljiushenok, Ilia
FID
2521
6
GM
Quparadze, Giga
GEO
2509
7
IM
Babazada, Khazar
AZE
2509
8
GM
Alekseev, Evgeny
ISR
2508
9
IM
Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid
UZB
2487
10
Zhang, Di
CHN
2460
11
IM
Meng, Yihan
CHN
2456
12
IM
Mayank, Chakraborty
IND
2454
13
IM
Ibrahimli, Murad
AZE
2447
14
IM
Aizenberg, Benny
ISR
2444
15
IM
Talibov, Shiroghlan
AZE
2443
16
GM
Sanikidze, Tornike
GEO
2411
17
Bivor, Adak
IND
2402
18
FM
Valiyev, Shahin
AZE
2393
19
IM
Gong, Sunle
CHN
2374
20
IM
Kaustuv, Kundu
IND
2372
21
IM
Atakishiyev, Elmar
AZE
2362
22
FM
John, Veny Akkarakaran
IND
2347
23
IM
Subhayan, Kundu
IND
2346
24
IM
Wu, Yixing
CHN
2345
25
CM
Davudov, Tunar
AZE
2339
26
FM
Suleymanli, Suleyman
AZE
2328
27
FM
Aslanov, Umid
AZE
2322
28
FM
Rustamov, Rustam
AZE
2314
29
FM
Ughuzov, Ravan
AZE
2313
30
Nithin, Babu
IND
2310
31
WGM
Sliwicka, Alicja
POL
2298
32
FM
Hamidov, Allahverdi
AZE
2285
33
FM
Zhong, Kangmin
CHN
2283
34
FM
Noy, Eyal
ISR
2275
35
WIM
Kubicka, Anna
POL
2259
36
Majumder, Shrayan
IND
2234
37
FM
Orujov, Farid
AZE
2221
38
Arshpreet, Singh
IND
2216
39
Hojjatinejad, Ilia
IRI
2210
40
IM
Soozankar, A.M.
IRI
2190
41
Anadkat, Kartavya
IND
2185
42
Ahmadi, Erfan
IRI
2162
43
FM
Saurabh, Anand
IND
2158
44
CM
Hajialiyev, Islam
AZE
2158
45
WFM
Kheerthi, Ganta
IND
2156
46
WGM
Gu, Xiaobing
CHN
2148
47
Azimi, Amir Mohammad
IRI
2143
48
IM
Sangma, Rahul
IND
2136
49
FM
Samimi, Armin
IRI
2135
50
Mahindrakar, Indrajeet
IND
2133
51
Baardeh, Tahmoores
IRI
2119
52
FM
Zahmati, Sobhan
IRI
2109
53
Jafarli, Babak
AZE
2097
54
CM
Matyakubov, Miraziz
UZB
2095
55
Nithik, Reddy Bhavanam
IND
2092
56
CM
Delavari, Behnood
IRI
2085
57
CM
Joel, Paul Ganta
IND
2085
58
Rakhmatullaev, Muhammadsolih
UZB
2084
59
Abbasov, Amil
AZE
2074
60
Rzayev, Askar Aliakbar
TUR
2072
61
Garakhanov, Shamsi
AZE
2059
62
Gulumov, Muthat
AZE
2055
63
Zhou, Shumeng
CHN
2051
64
Masoumi, Sahar
IRI
2049
65
AFM
Choubey, Saurabh
IND
2047
66
FM
Yonal, Timur
TUR
2045
67
Shaurya, Chaudhary
IND
2044
68
Rahmani, Pedram
IRI
2041
69
CM
Kavinda, Akila
SRI
2037
70
Moridi, Mohammad Kia
IRI
2035
71
WCM
Bashirli, Saadat
AZE
2034
72
Baghirov, Mahammad
AZE
2015
73
Ebrahimi Rashti, Asal
IRI
2014
74
Salimov, Shovkat
AZE
2014
75
Nasibov, Rufat
AZE
2011
76
Chaudhari, Ashish
IND
2006
77
Azizli, Nurlan
AZE
2005
78
Tiwari, Shivansh
IND
2003
79
Imani, Adrina
IRI
2001
80
Baghirov, Orkhan
AZE
1991
81
Mursalzade, Javad
AZE
1976
82
AIM
Abhay, Bandewar
IND
1968
83
Mohamadi, Niyousha
IRI
1966
84
Prakash, Vaishnavi
IND
1964
85
Novruzov, Emin
AZE
1937
86
Gurbanov, Huseyn
AZE
1931
87
Babayev, Kamran
AZE
1873
88
Allahverdi, Zahra
AZE
1850