The 5th IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025 will take place from October 11 to October 17 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from the Czech Republic, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are IM Marcin Molenda (2370), IM Andrei Gurbanov (2258), Artom Andriienko (2201), IM Milan Babula (2132), FM Mykola Mukha (2105), Viktor Neschotnyi (2090), FM Henryk Seifert (2040), FM Vaclav Pacl (2014), David-Andrei Valean (2009), FM Vit Vaclav Valenta (1997), WIM Liliana Leszner (1991), Marcel Reznicek (1987), Hryhorii Diak (1956), Valter Kocur (1922), Jiri Novak (1897). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More ECU events: European Team Chess Championship 2025 / European Chess Club Cup 2025 / European Individual Senior Championships 50+ and 65+
5th IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025 Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Molenda, Marcin | POL | 2370 |
| 2 | IM | Gurbanov, Andrei | ISR | 2258 |
| 3 | Andriienko, Artom | UKR | 2201 | |
| 4 | IM | Babula, Milan | CZE | 2132 |
| 5 | FM | Mukha, Mykola | UKR | 2105 |
| 6 | Neschotnyi, Viktor | UKR | 2090 | |
| 7 | FM | Seifert, Henryk | POL | 2040 |
| 8 | FM | Pacl, Vaclav | CZE | 2014 |
| 9 | Valean, David-Andrei | GER | 2009 | |
| 10 | FM | Valenta, Vit Vaclav | CZE | 1997 |
| 11 | WIM | Leszner, Liliana | POL | 1991 |
| 12 | Reznicek, Marcel | CZE | 1987 | |
| 13 | Diak, Hryhorii | UKR | 1956 | |
| 14 | Kocur, Valter | CZE | 1922 | |
| 15 | Novak, Jiri | CZE | 1897 | |
| 16 | Vanek, Jakub | CZE | 1897 | |
| 17 | Nyvlt, Otto | CZE | 1872 | |
| 18 | Peroutka, Ivo | CZE | 1850 | |
| 19 | Lizner, Milan | CZE | 1834 | |
| 20 | Travnicek, Jaroslav | CZE | 1825 | |
| 21 | WFM | Aleksandrova, Aleksandra | ISR | 1816 |
| 22 | Bainhofner, Jiri | CZE | 1801 | |
| 23 | Jaros, Bohumil | CZE | 1779 | |
| 24 | Klus, Jan | CZE | 1756 | |
| 25 | Fendrych, Josef | CZE | 1754 | |
| 26 | Zak, Roman | CZE | 1747 | |
| 27 | Anikeev, Vyacheslav | UKR | 1736 | |
| 28 | Chovanec, Karel | CZE | 1712 | |
| 29 | Barcik, Peter | CZE | 1700 | |
| 30 | Knettig, Matyas | CZE | 1692 | |
| 31 | Huszar, Katalin | SVK | 1648 | |
| 32 | Holinka, Petr | CZE | 1643 | |
| 33 | Solomna, Svitlana | UKR | 1638 | |
| 34 | Tichy, Jan | CZE | 1638 | |
| 35 | Frumin, Rebeka | ISR | 1589 | |
| 36 | Opalkova, Zuzana | SVK | 1567 | |
| 37 | Rejzek, Zdenek | CZE | 1544 | |
| 38 | Klein, Djimmy | FRA | 1493 | |
| 39 | AIM | Dobsinsky, Petr | CZE | 1468 |
| 40 | Khymko, Yana | UKR | 0 | |
| 41 | Koskina, Zoia | UKR | 0 | |
| 42 | Vederko, Liudmyla | UKR | 0 |
