The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025 will take place from November 09 to November 16 in Malaysia. This tournament has 13 categories – Open, U08 Open, U10 Open, U12 Open, U14 Open, U16 Open, U18 Open, U08 Girls, U10 Girls, U12 Girls, U14 Girls, U16 Girls, and U18 Girls. The U12 Open section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Malaysia, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are CM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2229), CM Wijerathna Vinuka Dihain (2040), CM Somaraju Sai Vivan Karthikeya (2031), Dharsh M (1990), Mutyalapati Modith Aaroh (1896), Safayat Kibria Azaan (1886), Kiringoda Thehas Rithmitha (1838), AFM Aaradhya Suyog Bagul (1819), Gauthm Jivan Rao (1732), Goh Ching Hayk (1700), Taylor Samuel (1696), Yang Hong Jie (1675), Ng Zheng He Sherman (1672), Keertieshvar A/L Saravanan (1670), Suze Zi Nan (1632). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open / U08 Open / U10 Open / U14 Open / U16 Open / U18 Open / U08 Girls / U10 Girls / U12 Girls / U14 Girls / U16 Girls / U18 Girls
More Asian events: 62nd Indian National Championship 2025 / The Chembur Gymkhana 3rd All India FIDE Rapid Rating Open Chess Tournament 2025 / Ganja Open 2025 – Group A / Ganja Open 2025 – Group B / West Bengal State U-19 Championship 2025 – Open
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025 – U12 Open Participants
| No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
| 1 | CM | Madhvendra Pratap Sharma | IND | 2229 |
| 2 | CM | Wijerathna Vinuka Dihain | SRI | 2040 |
| 3 | CM | Somaraju Sai Vivan Karthikeya | NZL | 2031 |
| 4 | Dharsh M | IND | 1990 | |
| 5 | Mutyalapati Modith Aaroh | CAN | 1896 | |
| 6 | Safayat Kibria Azaan | BAN | 1886 | |
| 7 | Kiringoda Thehas Rithmitha | SRI | 1838 | |
| 8 | AFM | Aaradhya Suyog Bagul | SGP | 1819 |
| 9 | Gauthm Jivan Rao | MAS | 1732 | |
| 10 | Goh Ching Hayk | SGP | 1700 | |
| 11 | Taylor Samuel | RSA | 1696 | |
| 12 | Yang Hong Jie | MAS | 1675 | |
| 13 | Ng Zheng He Sherman | SGP | 1672 | |
| 14 | Keertieshvar A/L Saravanan | MAS | 1670 | |
| 15 | Suze Zi Nan | MAS | 1632 | |
| 16 | Song Sichen | SGP | 1600 | |
| 17 | Lin Yi Christopher | SGP | 1588 | |
| 18 | Ho Rui Jie Jonathan | SGP | 1577 | |
| 19 | Du Jingtian Daris | SGP | 1570 | |
| 20 | Vijayan Logitan | MAS | 1570 | |
| 21 | Yeap Jing Feng | SGP | 1561 | |
| 22 | ACM | Kwan Alexander | SGP | 1551 |
| 23 | Edvard Por Yan Bin | MAS | 1545 | |
| 24 | Chow Zheng Heng | MAS | 1543 | |
| 25 | Buckas Abu | RSA | 1526 | |
| 26 | Shivendra Raj Mohana Raj | MAS | 1517 | |
| 27 | Neoh Cayson | MAS | 1501 | |
| 28 | Murigu Kanuri | KEN | 1494 | |
| 29 | Tan Guan Yi | MAS | 1491 | |
| 30 | Ayden Mikail Bin Ab Halim | MAS | 1472 | |
| 31 | Chow Jia Li Declan | SGP | 1465 | |
| 32 | Denashkumar Shaveen Nambiar | MAS | 1454 | |
| 33 | Peh Yi Zheng | MAS | 1437 | |
| 34 | ACM | Harshankumar Athiswaran | MAS | 0 |
| 35 | Teo Hao Zhe | MAS | 0 | |
| 36 | Firas Aldeef Bin Hasnul Nizam | MAS | 0 | |
| 37 | Muhammad Irfan Zafri Bin Mohd Imran | MAS | 0 | |
| 38 | Pradhyumna Rk | MAS | 0 | |
| 39 | Gurayah Tharshey | RSA | 0 | |
| 40 | Jadav Kabir | MRI | 0 | |
| 41 | Looth Mohamed Asim | MDV | 0 | |
| 42 | Motau Neelo | RSA | 0 | |
| 43 | Yunus Izyan Jinah | MDV | 0 |
