The 34th NATO Chess Championship is going to take place from October 21 to October 25 in Rhodes, Greece. The tournament boasts 118 participants, from 18 different NATO member countries, who will play a total of 7 Swiss rounds. The top competitors include GM Dimitris Alexakis, Robert Stein, Alexandros Papasimakopoulos, Patrick Emilio Aizpurua and Finn Pedersen. The full list of participants is available below.
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | ALEXAKIS, DIMITRIS | GRE | 2504 |
| 2 | FM | STEIN, ROBERT | GER | 2409 |
| 3 | FM | PAPASIMAKOPOULOS, ALEXANDROS | GRE | 2372 |
| 4 | FM | AIZPURUA, PATRICK EMILIO | PAN | 2322 |
| 5 | FM | PEDERSEN, FINN | DEN | 2282 |
| 6 | FM | HELBIG, MARK | GER | 2280 |
| 7 | IM | PAVLIDIS, ANASTASIOS | GRE | 2279 |
| 8 | WGM | REIZNIECE-OZOLA, DANA | LAT | 2255 |
| 9 | ANDERSEN, HANS-CHRISTOPH | GER | 2229 | |
| 10 | FM | RAHMANIDIS, PETROS | GRE | 2219 |
| 11 | PIETRUSZEWSKI, MARCIN | POL | 2174 | |
| 12 | WIM | PAVLIDOU, EKATERINI | GRE | 2153 |
| 13 | BOHN, ULRICH | GER | 2149 | |
| 14 | JAUK, WILHELM | GER | 2143 | |
| 15 | CASTELEIJN, DIEDERICK | NED | 2128 | |
| 16 | CIRCENIS, KASPARS | LAT | 2120 | |
| 17 | MAUTONE, VALERIO | ITA | 2117 | |
| 18 | TETEPOULIDIS, IOANNIS | GRE | 2100 | |
| 19 | SAUER, MARKO | GER | 2086 | |
| 20 | TUSTANOWSKI, MATEUSZ | POL | 2081 | |
| 21 | MESTEK, IGOR | SLO | 2080 | |
| 22 | JACOB, TOBIAS | GER | 2073 | |
| 23 | FICHTNER, EWALD | GER | 2063 | |
| 24 | SCHOTT, GUIDO | GER | 2059 | |
| 25 | MICHALOWSKI, PATRYK | POL | 2054 | |
| 26 | MIHAILOV, IULIAN | ROU | 2048 | |
| 27 | FM | FLAATA, ALEXANDER R. | NOR | 2040 |
| 28 | ONLEY, DAVID E | ENG | 2040 | |
| 29 | HOF – VAN RUN, RIEKE | NED | 2038 | |
| 30 | NIELSEN, JAN MOSE | DEN | 2036 | |
| 31 | WELLS, DANIEL J | ENG | 2036 | |
| 32 | HADZICKI, TOMASZ | POL | 2034 | |
| 33 | AAGAARD, GERT | DEN | 2029 | |
| 34 | NILSSON, ERIK | DEN | 2028 | |
| 35 | TOMMASINI, ENZO | ITA | 2026 | |
| 36 | LOVING, JASON | USA | 2021 | |
| 37 | DUREN, ANDREW | USA | 2015 | |
| 38 | KEDZIERSKI, SLAWOMIR | POL | 2013 | |
| 39 | VAN DRIE, RIK | NED | 2013 | |
| 40 | MICHALSKI, DANIEL | POL | 2011 | |
| 41 | CHEUNG, JAN | NED | 2010 | |
| 42 | TOCCO, PAOLO | ITA | 2010 | |
| 43 | PIRS, MATJAZ | SLO | 1997 | |
| 44 | PAZERIENE, DIANA | LTU | 1993 | |
| 45 | KOOPS, JANIS | LAT | 1990 | |
| 46 | LEBRUN, ROGER | CAN | 1984 | |
| 47 | PARKER, GLEN D | ENG | 1979 | |
| 48 | PERAINO, ANDREW | USA | 1965 | |
| 49 | DEKKER, ARD | NED | 1963 | |
| 50 | VERLAINE, ALEXANDRE | LUX | 1962 | |
| 51 | GIEDRAITIS, MINGAUDAS | LTU | 1950 | |
| 52 | VIOLINI, PAOLO | ITA | 1949 | |
| 53 | SKWARCZYNSKI, MARCIN | POL | 1940 | |
| 54 | ALAINIS, ARTIS | LAT | 1937 | |
| 55 | TIKERPUU, MATI | EST | 1933 | |
| 56 | BRUSOKAS, EDUARDAS | LTU | 1932 | |
| 57 | HATER, DAVID | USA | 1922 | |
| 58 | TUCKER, DAVID S | ENG | 1921 | |
| 59 | KAPSOMENAKIS, PETROS | GRE | 1914 | |
| 60 | UNRUH, CHARLES M | USA | 1911 | |
| 61 | VAN DE WALLE, ROB | NED | 1900 | |
| 62 | KRUIT, ERIK | NED | 1899 | |
| 63 | FARRELL, JOHN | USA | 1898 | |
| 64 | HERAN-BOILY, SAMUEL | NOR | 1898 | |
| 65 | ROSSEEL, KIMBALL | BEL | 1896 | |
| 66 | SKABURSKIS, MARTYNAS | LTU | 1893 | |
| 67 | IVBULIS, MARTINS | LAT | 1891 | |
| 68 | DOWD, PATRICK | USA | 1885 | |
| 69 | DINO, GIUSEPPE | ITA | 1884 | |
| 70 | SHERPA, NGADI | ENG | 1882 | |
| 71 | STEFFERS, HENDRIK | NED | 1882 | |
| 72 | MIDDAUGH, JON S | USA | 1877 | |
| 73 | STEEN, KRIS | BEL | 1876 | |
| 74 | BUBLYS, VAIDOTAS | LTU | 1872 | |
| 75 | SIMARD, FRANCOIS | CAN | 1868 | |
| 76 | SMIT, JAN | NED | 1866 | |
| 77 | RISK, GREGORY | USA | 1862 | |
| 78 | JESELSON, ANDREW | USA | 1858 | |
| 79 | MULD, TARMO | EST | 1857 | |
| 80 | WAGENAAR, HARM THEO | NED | 1857 | |
| 81 | KORGE, KERSTI | EST | 1854 | |
| 82 | ALLMANN, LAURI | EST | 1852 | |
| 83 | FILIPOW, MATEUSZ | POL | 1843 | |
| 84 | IVSEK, CVETO | SLO | 1839 | |
| 85 | VAN DEN HEUVEL, TONNIE | NED | 1839 | |
| 86 | SPATRISANO, DIEGO | ITA | 1829 | |
| 87 | VOROBLIEVAS, ARTURAS | LTU | 1819 | |
| 88 | BOUCHARD, PIER-ALEX | CAN | 1818 | |
| 89 | ANGHEL, IULIAN | ROU | 1815 | |
| 90 | COULON, DOMINIC | CAN | 1813 | |
| 91 | ECHAVARRIA HIDALGO, FERNANDO | CAN | 1802 | |
| 92 | STUHR, FINN | DEN | 1790 | |
| 93 | ROSS, DAVID C | ENG | 1788 | |
| 94 | ULUSOY, MUSTAFA | TUR | 1785 | |
| 95 | PAPLER, PETER | SLO | 1780 | |
| 96 | HATER, ANDREW | USA | 1767 | |
| 97 | KRIES, YVON | LUX | 1765 | |
| 98 | WINDEY, LUC | BEL | 1763 | |
| 99 | CARDILLO, RAFFAELE | ITA | 1754 | |
| 100 | O`BYRNE, DANIEL | ENG | 1748 | |
| 101 | WOOLF, BEN | ENG | 1747 | |
| 102 | HUIDIU, VASILE-CRISTIAN | ROU | 1729 | |
| 103 | CHAPMAN, CHAS | ENG | 1696 | |
| 104 | ABBATE, GIOVANNI | ITA | 1695 | |
| 105 | BOUDRY, RIK | BEL | 1671 | |
| 106 | JANSEN, JOHAN | NED | 1637 | |
| 107 | CAVINATO, ERMES | ITA | 1630 | |
| 108 | STIKANE, EVELINA | LAT | 1583 | |
| 109 | BURUIANA, BOGDAN-MARIAN | ROU | 1579 | |
| 110 | GHIACY, JELANI | CAN | 1571 | |
| 111 | MINNAERT, BOB | BEL | 1554 | |
| 112 | BRIEDIS, JURIS | LAT | 0 | |
| 113 | CLAVEAU, JEAN-MICHEL | CAN | 0 | |
| 114 | KENYON, JAMES | ENG | 0 | |
| 115 | O`NEILL, STEPHEN G | ENG | 0 | |
| 116 | OAKES, DAVID | CAN | 0 | |
| 117 | PODOLSKI, EDWIN | ENG | 0 | |
| 118 | ROMANOWICH, YURI | CAN | 0 | |
| 119 | ZABURDYAEV, TOMAS | CAN | 0 |
