33. Challengers 2025 LIVE

The 33. Challengers 2025 will take place from October 12 to October 18 in Münster, Germany. It 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 Kiara Laurien Walter (1683), Robin Louis (1681), Alexander Wilk (1672), Lutz Grassnickel (1853), Dietrich Füllborn (1821), Kjartan Björn Strumann (1780), Daniel Tillkorn (1639), Vincent-Gage Maue (1627), Bogdan Burban (1650), Fotios Milonas (1713), Reinhard Hund (1762), Timur Akcapinar (1813), Karim Ali (1797), Kiron Walter (1591), Rudolf Radinger (1792). Scroll down for the full participants list.

More: 42. Münsterland Open / 1. Itzehoer Chess-Cup – A-Open / Itzehoer Chess-Cup – B-Open

33. Challengers 2025 Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1		Walter, Kiara Laurien	GER	1683
2		Louis, Robin		1681
3		Wilk, Alexander	GER	1672
4		Grassnickel, Lutz,Dr.	GER	1853
5		Füllborn, Dietrich	GER	1821
6		Strumann, Kjartan Björn	GER	1780
7		Tillkorn, Daniel	GER	1639
8		Maue, Vincent-Gage		1627
9		Burban, Bogdan	GER	1650
10		Milonas, Fotios	GER	1713
11		Hund, Reinhard	GER	1762
12		Akcapinar, Timur	GER	1813
13		Ali, Karim	GER	1797
14		Walter, Kiron	GER	1591
15		Radinger, Rudolf	GER	1792
16		Gruen, Jenny	GER	1684
17		Nagel, Enno	GER	1586
18		Wiese, Thomas	GER	1763
19		Schalk, Caitlin	GER	1673
20		Wolf, Jan	GER	1774
21		Keller, Hansjürgen	GER	1824
22		Arndt, Johannes	GER	1644
23		Soppe, Peter	GER	1565
24		Leonidas, Robert	GER	1733
25		Heller, Steven	GER	1563
26		Küstermann, Dieter	GER	1749
27		Landwehr, Ingo	GER	1680
28		Steiner, Peter Markus	GER	1710
29		Werner, Andreas,Dr.	GER	1525
30		Lindenblatt, Lothar	GER	1521
31		Pauli, Dirk	GER	1513
32		Bergmann, Thomas	GER	1670
33		Kullen, Josua	GER	1478
34		Gebert, Wolfgang	GER	1693
35		Brüggemann, Francis	GER	1603
36		Unkel, Jari	GER	1645
37		Althoff, Hannes	GER	1668
38		Philipp, Luis	GER	1781
39		Jörgens, Elias	GER	1421
40		Althoff, Jasper	GER	1421
41		Schmidt, Ralf	GER	1713
42		Waanders, Moritz	GER	1419
43		Maiwald, Tim	GER	1418
44		Sender, Kay	GER	1410
45		Soppe, Victoria	GER	1552
46		Satheesh, Dharshini	GER	1610
47		Heinrich, Luis	GER	1401
48		Suberski, Lukas	GER	1512
49		Demmich, Kai	GER	1676
50		Sigacheva, Varvara	GER	1536
51		Pennekamp, Christoph	GER	1674
52		Gores, Hans Günter		1362
53		Henke, Niklas	GER	1331
54		Bone, Annalena	GER	1560
55		Seifert, Werner	GER	1290
56		Potrykus, Denny		1278
57		Obdenbusch, Axel	GER	1270
58		Artarov, Rina	GER	1552
59		Timmer, Jan-Hendrik		1269
60		Nioduschewski, Nils	GER	1672
61		Neumann, Michael	GER	1267
62		Langer, Joachim	GER	1247
63		Hüther, Björn	GER	1529
64		Drees, Patrick		1238
65		Brand, Thomas	GER	1487
66		Schellenberg, Jan	GER	1235
67		Degenhardt, Leona		1222
68		Schaller, Stefan,Dr.	GER	1219
69		Korthaus, Christian	GER	1198
70		Saltenbrock, Theodor	GER	1484
71		Winter, Jay		1196
72		Siemer, Alexander		1195
73		Welp, Henning	GER	1194
74		Voß, Andreas	GER	1193
75		Satheesh, Yazhini	GER	1181
76		Stentrup, Levi	GER	1167
77		Stree, Henning	GER	1575
78		Helgermann, David	GER	1155
79		Mallek, Peter	GER	1464
80		Tolle, Jonathan	GER	1109
81		Komisarek, Till	GER	1496
82		Caspers, Nicolai	GER	1458
83		Rietz, Markus		1501
84		Nioduschewski, Sophie	GER	1068
85		Malessa, Uwe	GER	1465
86		Akdag, Berat Kaan	GER	1450
87		Wiebe, Alex-Lee	GER	1041
88		Kus, Rasim	GER	1039
89		Fels, Georg	GER	1575
90		Demirörs, Emir	GER	1429
91		Dulski, Maddox		1034
92		Nioduschewski, Sonja	GER	1026
93		Büscher, Constantin	GER	1019
94		Niehoff, Jörg	GER	1018
95		Schneider, Victor	GER	1007
96		Mazaheri, Amirmahyar	GER	1471
97		Eickelpasch, Per		1003
98		Haber, Jonas	GER	994
99		Michalczyk, Anton		970
100		Stürzl, Lennard	GER	950
101		Lang, Gabriela	SUI	1530
102		Muschal, Holger	GER	879
103		van Tiggelen, Maximilian	GER	1507
104		Menzhi, Mohammed Reda	GER	870
105		Homfeldt, Bianca	GER	1454
106		Akcak, Emir	GER	864
107		Moiseev, Elias Aleksandr	GER	764
108		Kuhn, Marius		0
109		Wilk, Moritz		0
110		Voß, Tobias		0
111		Buddemeier, Tim	GER	0
112		Brzeska, Julia		0
113		Trappmann, Jost		0
114		Geier, Adrian		0
115		Grauer, Joel		0
116		Frede, Marvin		0
117		Boldt, Julia		0
118		Faber, Klaas		0
119		Mesenholl, Björn		0
120		Dornieden, Aaron		0
121		Postler, Bastian		0