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European Corporate Chess Championship 2025 LIVE

The European Corporate Chess Championship 2025 will take place from November 07 to November 08 in Asnières-sur-Seine, France. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 15 min + 5 sec/move. For more events from France, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The event gathers 54 corporate teams, including Google, PWC, KPMG, UBS, Bank of France, Dassault, Societe Générale, Leonard, EBRD, Greco and others. The top seeded teams are Greco (Ukraine), Global Ramblers (Czech Republic), Agrofert (Bulgaria), Redia A/S (Austria), and TePe Sigeman (Sweden).

The teams are represented by strong players, including 18 Grandmasters, 23 International masters, 2 Woman Gradnmasters, and the best-rated players in the event are: GM Erwin L’Ami (TePe Sigeman), GM Veselin Topalov (Agrofert), GM Jules Moussard (SWISSto12), GM Igor Kovalenko (Greco), GM Laurent Fressinet (MVCMI#1), IM Augustin Droin (Enedis), GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal (KPMG Europe), GM Namig Guliyev (Les Pyramides de Port-Marly #1), GM Dharshan Kumaran (Google DeepMind), IM Loic Travadon (MVCMI #2), GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (PROBIT Sp), IM Dimitris Alexakis (PwC Greece), GM Marc’Andria Maurizzi (DOLE), GM Gleb Dudin (Global Ramblers), GM Mads Andersen (Redia A/S) and others.

The top-seeded teams are Greco (2400), Global Ramblers (2330), Agrofert (2321), Redia A/S (2288), TePe Sigeman (2286), MVCMI #1 (2285), Enedis (2272), Chateau Montaiguillon (2271), D-fine (2236), PROBIT Sp (2233), Google DeepMind (2229), Leonard #1 (2206), PwC Greece (2199), KPMG Europe (2182), ASML #1 (2154), DOLE (2142), Les Pyramides de Port-Marly #1 (2121), PwC Europe (2088), PwC Poland (2087), Societe Générale (2083). Scroll down for the full team participants list.

More European team championships: Slovenian Team Championship 2025 / Dutch Meesterklasse 2025/2026 / German Women’s Bundesliga 2025/2026 / Hungarian Superleague 2025/2026 / Norwegian Team League 25/26


European Corporate Chess Championship 2025 Participants

1. Greco (RtgAvg:2400 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMKovalenko, Igor2601UKR
2IMDehtiarov, Roman2390UKR
3IMGrinev, Valeriy2342UKR
4Kuftyrev, Pavlo1951UKR
5IMMaly, Alexey2267UKR
2. Global Ramblers (RtgAvg:2330 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMDudin, Gleb2484HUN
2IMMatros, Alexander2305KAZ
3IMBadelka, Olga2238AUT
4IMReprintsev, Alexander2292UKR
5Bilunov, Denis B.1953CZE
3. Agrofert (RtgAvg:2321 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Valentin Mitev
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMTopalov, Veselin2617BUL
2GMRusev, Krasimir2396BUL
3FMMitev, Valentin2282BUL
4Hristova, Ivelina1987BUL
5Sanchez Elena, Lucia1954ESP
4. Redia A/S (RtgAvg:2288 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Rasmus Skytte
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMAndersen, Mads2483DEN
2IMSkytte, Rasmus2398DEN
3IMOlsen, Filip Boe2318DEN
4Jarlskov, Daniel Tuk Hartso1953DEN
5. TePe Sigeman (RtgAvg:2286 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Johan Sigeman
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GML’ami, Erwin2640NED
2GMBrynell, Stellan2343SWE
3Eklund, Joel2184SWE
4Sigeman, Johan1975SWE
6. MVCMI #1 (RtgAvg:2285 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMFressinet, Laurent2584FRA
2FMDalaud, Dorian2323FRA
3FMLux, Hugo De Melo2236BRA
4Destic, Elena1998FRA
5Vaissaire, Julien1740FRA
7. Enedis (RtgAvg:2272 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1IMDroin, Augustin2533FRA
2IMDionisi, Thomas2390FRA
3Makke, Laurent2136FRA
4WFMArzur, Maia2028FRA
5Boulnois, Boris1882FRA
8. Chateau Montaiguillon (RtgAvg:2271 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mathieu Ternault
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMSochacki, Christophe2412FRA
2IMKirk, Ezra2387ENG
3FMTernault, Mathieu2212FRA
4Kirk, Eden1932FRA
5WIMDe Seroux, Camille2073SUI
9. D-fine (RtgAvg:2236 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Maximilian Meinhardt
Bo.NameRtgFED
1IMMeinhardt, Maximilian Dr.2384GER
2FMKlein, Felix2270GER
3Sundorf, Jannik2154GER
4CMSeger, Jan Dr.2137GER
5Catapano, Alberto Pasquale1805ITA
10. PROBIT Sp (RtgAvg:2233 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Jolanta Zawadzka
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMMastrovasilis, Dimitrios2500GRE
2WGMZawadzka, Jolanta2224POL
3FMMiroslaw, Michal2212POL
4CMJankowiak, Tomasz1991POL
5WFMZawadzka, Magdalena1997POL
11. Google DeepMind (RtgAvg:2229 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Saaber Fatehi
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMKumaran, Dharshan2505ENG
2Cohen, Aron J2195ENG
3CMHassabis, Demis2182ENG
4Hakimzadeh, Karim1912ENG
5Tomasev, Nenad2033SRB
12. Leonard #1 (RtgAvg:2206 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Anne Moingt
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMDegraeve, Jean-Marc2430FRA
2IMMensch, Etienne2296FRA
3WIMMoingt, Anne2050FRA
4FMMoingt, Jean-Claude2049FRA
5Belluire, Beatrice1963FRA
13. PwC Greece (RtgAvg:2199 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1IMAlexakis, Dimitris2498GRE
2IMSpyropoulos, Nikolaos2300GRE
3Alexakis, Georgios2166GRE
4Veskoukis, Konstantinos1833GRE
14. KPMG Europe (RtgAvg:2182 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Hanna Bakken Kyrkjebo
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMUrkedal, Frode Olav Olsen2512NOR
2CMGuttulsrud, Odd Martin2184NOR
3WGMKhalafova, Narmin2133AZE
4Kyrkjebo, Hanna B.1897NOR
15. ASML #1 (RtgAvg:2154 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMFerreira, Jorge Viterbo2427POR
2Meijer, Dolf2183NED
3Margarido, Jose Miguel Teixeira2076POR
4Weijers, Ralf1931NED
16. DOLE (RtgAvg:2142 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Pavel Govciyan
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMMaurizzi, Marcandria2489FRA
2IMGovciyan, Pavel2375FRA
3De Carvalho Massabo, Raphael2142FRA
4Benezra, David1561FRA
17. Les Pyramides de Port-Marly #1 (RtgAvg:2121 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMGuliyev, Namig2506AZE
2IMSkripchenko, Almira2271FRA
3Loevenbruck, Charles1917FRA
4Stettler, Olivier1778FRA
5Mund, Hauke1788FRA
18. PwC Europe (RtgAvg:2088 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1IMDaulyte-Cornette, Deimante2348FRA
2FMRedzisz, Michal2193POL
3Budzinski, Jan1974POL
4Blanchard, Paul1838FRA
5Rolland Piegue, Sacha1750FRA
19. PwC Poland (RtgAvg:2087 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1IMBarski, Radoslaw2267POL
2Galuszka, Tomasz2112POL
3Fritz, Antoni2032POL
4Moscicka, Pola1937POL
20. Societe Générale (RtgAvg:2083 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Jonathan Dourerassou
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMDourerassou, Jonathan2480FRA
2Nemirovski, Laurent2024FRA
3Guerlach, Frederic1951FRA
4Simonnet, Raphael1629FRA
5Oupindrin, Timothy1875FRA
21. MVCMI #2 (RtgAvg:2043 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1IMTravadon, Loic2503FRA
2Grigorian, Roudolph2101FRA
3Warnier, Yanis1960FRA
4Vaissaire, Michel1606FRA
5Fagard, Caroline0FRA
22. Banque de France (RtgAvg:2040 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1CMCroizier, Valery2164FRA
2Renault, Fabien2004FRA
3Venard, Paul-Andre2075FRA
4Charbit, Florent1916FRA
23. Ernest&Young (RtgAvg:2026 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Marte Bakken Kyrkjebo
Bo.NameRtgFED
1FMWu, Christopher2347USA
2Machlik, Monika2068NOR
3Sundsbo, Sigve1851NOR
4Kyrkjebo, Marte B.1839NOR
24. SUDINOX Smart Industry (RtgAvg:1998 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Silva Alexieva
Bo.NameRtgFED
1IMAlexieva, Silvia2218FRA
2Ciarletta, Iris2086FRA
3WIMRoumegous, Marina1990FRA
4Fuchs, Louison1698FRA
25. Google #1 (RtgAvg:1983 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1IMReimanis, Ritvars2280LAT
2Kuhn, Patrick2044GER
3Kralj, Samo1966SLO
4Maguire, Tallann1643IRL
26. Atscaf Nord (RtgAvg:1942 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1FMToulzac, Pierre-Yves2263FRA
2Devecchi, Jorge2009FRA
3Geujon, Jean-Charles1826FRA
4Nguyen, Gael1668FRA
27. MiddleWay (RtgAvg:1934 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Bastien Brailly Vignal
Bo.NameRtgFED
1FMBrailly-Vignal, Bastien2325FRA
2Trabet, Nicolas2126FRA
3Marmey, Cedric1886FRA
4CASTANO, Nicolas0FRA
28. Alstom #1 (RtgAvg:1891 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Guillaume Parraud
Bo.NameRtgFED
1IMBrahami, Lamine2252ALG
2Guerlach, Keigo1974FRA
3CMMartine, Jean-Christophe1937FRA
4HOCQUARD, Arnaud0FRA
5Habes, Khelil0ALG
29. Electricite de France (RtgAvg:1885 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mathieu Maugenest
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Maleki, Nicolas2005FRA
2Maugenest, Matthieu1951FRA
3Faure, Lionel1845FRA
4Lapeyrere, Paul1737FRA
30. UBS AG (RtgAvg:1880 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Ilecki, Wojciech2101POL
2Petrolo, Mauro1918ITA
3WFMFarhat Willemstein, Stela Souza1842BRA
4Pendaries-Issaurat, Philippe1658FRA
5Kunchenko, Oleksandr1580LUX
31. Kaissa (RtgAvg:1854 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Franck Droin
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Coupet, Pascal2139FRA
2Bernard, Serge1976FRA
3Droin, Franck1902FRA
4Perret, Xavier0FRA
5DROIN, Sebastien0FRA
32. SWISSto12 (RtgAvg:1837 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Alexandros Dimitriadis
Bo.NameRtgFED
1GMMoussard, Jules2605FRA
2AIMDimitriadis, Alexandros1941GRE
3NUTHMANN, Thomas0FRA
4DE LUCCA, Enrico0FRA
33. ASML #2 (RtgAvg:1808 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Coronel, Joshua2024ITA
2De Moor, Jeroen0NED
3Quintana Hernandez, Marcos Ivan1913MEX
4Cayonlu, Arda1896TUR
34. Nextep (RtgAvg:1785 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Francois Bonnet
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Akl, Nabil2097FRA
2Roux, Jean-Luc1866FRA
3Costes, Arthur1513FRA
4Bonnet, Francois1662FRA
5Auneveux, Nicolas0FRA
35. Thalès (RtgAvg:1755 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Yann Quemener
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Ibazizen, Abdelatif1948FRA
2Marty, Jean-Yves1911FRA
3Quemener, Yann1761FRA
4BOUTELDJA, Brahim0FRA
5LARIVAIN, Laurent0FRA
36. Alstom #2 (RtgAvg:1715 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Guillaume Parraud
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Martine, Valentin1860FRA
2WFMBanat, Rizlene1820ALG
3Benaggoun, Khaled1778ALG
4PARRAUD, Guillaume0FRA
5WANG, Cedric0FRA
37. EBRD (RtgAvg:1690 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: David Allan
Bo.NameRtgFED
1FMSenlle Caride, Miguel2336ESP
2Dincer, Alperen1625TUR
3AHMED, Wasim0FRA
4Allan, David0FRA
5GLYNN, Laurence0FRA
38. Dassault Systèmes #2 (RtgAvg:1690 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Paul de Temmerman
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Khallouf, Anas1916FRA
2Boyer, Jean-Francois1726FRA
3Leopardo, Julien1718FRA
4Guignard, Frederic0FRA
39. ASML #3 (RtgAvg:1634 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Van Hees, Pepijn1730NED
2Gujran, Krithik1693NED
3Liyanage, Nuwan1607NED
4Swidurski, Julien1507FRA
40. PwC France (RtgAvg:1634 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Nathaniel Bourdonnet Valerius
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Beaudoire, Gregoire1801FRA
2Socko, Szymon1705POL
3Boudonnet-Valerius, Nathalien1628FRA
4Textoris, Pierre0FRA
5DECUGIS, Christophe0FRA
41. OCTO Technology (RtgAvg:1611 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Olivier Roux
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Roux, Olivier2080FRA
2PELLERIN, Alexandre0FRA
3MOLCARD, Theophile0FRA
4ZEMMOUR, Zaki1564FRA
5ATANGA, Desire0FRA
42. ForChess Power (RtgAvg:1763 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Steinle, Thibaud2009FRA
2Le Marquer, Pierre1933FRA
3Benkaci, Massin1709FRA
4CHHUN, Labo0FRA
43. Dassault Systèmes #1 (RtgAvg:1592 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Paul de Temmerman
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Ridel, Fabien1809FRA
2De Temmerman, Paul1757FRA
3Ferreira, Isaque0FRA
4RODRIGUEZ MIGUEL, Luca0FRA
44. Google #2 (RtgAvg:1590 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Castro Ros, Alejandro1821FRA
2Heather, James1739ENG
3PUROHIT, Sachin0FRA
4MUKTUBAYEVA, Dina0POL
45. Les Pyramides de Port-Marly #2 (RtgAvg:1582 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Guy, Ange1834FRA
2Strand, Hakan1595FRA
3Wyler, Luc1490FRA
4Fuster, Jean Baptiste1408FRA
5Guez, Jerome0FRA
46. Sodern (RtgAvg:1580 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Goujon, Antoine1903FRA
2Demko, Thomas1616FRA
3Genestier, David0FRA
4Pascal, Guillaume0FRA
5Ricome, Juliette0FRA
47. Région Ile-de-France (RtgAvg:1543 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Coriat, Caroline1743FRA
2Ghrabi, Kilani1566FRA
3Spurgeon, Brad1462FRA
4Nemeth, Julien0FRA
5GIRARD, Xavier0FRA
48. Accenture (RtgAvg:1454 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Jerome Gotty
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Rosengren, Jon Even1615NOR
2GOTTY, Jerome0FRA
3VETO, Celestin0FRA
4MUZARD, Pierre-Yves0FRA
49. B-Workdhop Bishop (RtgAvg:1400 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
0DURAND, Regis0FRA
0SALHI, Maroua0FRA
2COCAGNE, Edouard0FRA
3LECOMTE, Nolan0FRA
50. B-Workshop Pawn (RtgAvg:1400 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1MONTANDON, Francois0FRA
2FAURE, Eric0FRA
3BOUHADJAR, Amine0FRA
4HERNOT, Emilie0FRA
51. EuropeChess (RtgAvg:1758 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Johnnes Bertram
Bo.NameRtgFED
1Bertram, Johannes1915GER
2Garcia-Almuzara Hernandez, Jaime1770BEL
3Sola, Alessandro1733BEL
4Hinkel, Kira1612BEL
5Bressers, Effie0BEL
54. MUREX (RtgAvg:1400 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.NameRtgFED
1MADRANGE, Giullaume0FRA
2SALINGUE, Guillaume0FRA
3BERNARD, Adrien0FRA
4HUY ADAMY, Pierre0FRA
5DUPLA, Marc0FRA

The event is played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 15 minutes for the whole game, plus 5 seconds of an increment starting from move one. The system of match points is as follows: a match won is worth 3 match points, a draw 2 match points, a match lost on the chessboard 1 match point, and a forfeit loss 0 match points.

The tournament playing venue will be: Espace Francis Delage – 27 rue de la Concorde – 92600 Asnières-sur-Seine.

The guaranteed minimum prize fund of the event is 7.000 EUR, with special trophies for the following sectors of activity (with a minimum of 3 teams per sector): Banking &Insurance, Energy, Digital, Consulting, Industry, Sport &Tourism and Special.

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