The European Team Chess Championship 2025 will be held in Batumi, Georgia, from 4 to 15 October 2025. Organized by the European Chess Union and the Georgian Chess Federation, the event will bring together national teams from across Europe.
In the open section of the European Team Chess Championship 2025, the reigning champions Serbia come with zero changes in the team, looking to repeat their performance from Budva. Their main opponents are the top seeded team of Germany, as well as the teams of The Netherlands, Hungary, Azerbaijan, and England. Top seeded players in the event include Anish Giri, Vincent Keymer, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Richard Rapport, Vladimir Fedoseev, Jorden Van Foreest, Matthias Bluebaum, Kirill Alekseenko, Igor Kovalenko, Shant Sargsyan, etc.
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European Team Chess Championship 2025 participants
| 1. Germany (RtgAvg:2681 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Gustafsson, Jan | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 2755 | GER |
| 2 | GM | Bluebaum, Matthias | 2687 | GER |
| 3 | GM | Svane, Frederik | 2638 | GER |
| 4 | GM | Kollars, Dmitrij | 2642 | GER |
| 5 | GM | Svane, Rasmus | 2614 | GER |
| 2. Netherlands (RtgAvg:2675 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Smeets, Jan | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Giri, Anish | 2759 | NED |
| 2 | GM | Van Foreest, Jorden | 2697 | NED |
| 3 | GM | Warmerdam, Max | 2582 | NED |
| 4 | GM | L’ami, Erwin | 2615 | NED |
| 5 | GM | Van Wely, Loek | 2630 | NED |
| 3. Hungary (RtgAvg:2666 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Balogh, Csaba | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Rapport, Richard | 2724 | HUN |
| 2 | GM | Leko, Peter | 2666 | HUN |
| 3 | GM | Gledura, Benjamin | 2643 | HUN |
| 4 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2632 | HUN |
| 5 | GM | Banusz, Tamas | 2588 | HUN |
| 4. Azerbaijan (RtgAvg:2660 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Radjabov, Teimour | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2742 | AZE |
| 2 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | 2655 | AZE |
| 3 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | 2630 | AZE |
| 4 | GM | Suleymanli, Aydin | 2614 | AZE |
| 5 | GM | Muradli, Mahammad | 2584 | AZE |
| 5. England (RtgAvg:2639 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Watson, William N | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Adams, Michael | 2646 | ENG |
| 2 | GM | Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B | 2643 | ENG |
| 3 | GM | Mcshane, Luke J | 2614 | ENG |
| 4 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita | 2654 | ENG |
| 5 | GM | Royal, Shreyas | 2501 | ENG |
| 6. Armenia (RtgAvg:2638 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Pashikian, Arman | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Sargissian, Gabriel | 2624 | ARM |
| 2 | GM | Hakobyan, Aram | 2624 | ARM |
| 3 | GM | Martirosyan, Haik M. | 2626 | ARM |
| 4 | GM | Sargsyan, Shant | 2667 | ARM |
| 5 | GM | Hovhannisyan, Robert | 2633 | ARM |
| 7. Serbia (RtgAvg:2635 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Ivanisevic, Ivan | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | 2661 | SRB |
| 2 | GM | Indjic, Aleksandar | 2618 | SRB |
| 3 | GM | Ivic, Velimir | 2628 | SRB |
| 4 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | 2634 | SRB |
| 5 | GM | Markus, Robert | 2535 | SRB |
| 8. Spain (RtgAvg:2631 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Martinez Martin, David | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2621 | ESP |
| 2 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | 2634 | ESP |
| 3 | GM | Anton Guijarro, David | 2631 | ESP |
| 4 | GM | Shirov, Alexei | 2636 | ESP |
| 5 | GM | Santos Latasa, Jaime | 2609 | ESP |
| 9. Ukraine (RtgAvg:2629 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Beliavsky, Alexander G | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2633 | UKR |
| 2 | GM | Volokitin, Andrei | 2617 | UKR |
| 3 | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2596 | UKR |
| 4 | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | 2669 | UKR |
| 5 | GM | Samunenkov, Ihor | 2568 | UKR |
| 10. Greece (RtgAvg:2609 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Nikolaidis, Ioannis | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Theodorou, Nikolas | 2652 | GRE |
| 2 | GM | Papaioannou, Ioannis | 2623 | GRE |
| 3 | GM | Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios | 2522 | GRE |
| 4 | GM | Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis | 2583 | GRE |
| 5 | GM | Pavlidis, Antonios | 2579 | GRE |
| 11. France (RtgAvg:2603 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Maze, Sebastien | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Lagarde, Maxime | 2617 | FRA |
| 2 | GM | Fressinet, Laurent | 2602 | FRA |
| 3 | GM | Maurizzi, Marcandria | 2624 | FRA |
| 4 | GM | Laurent-Paoli, Pierre | 2570 | FRA |
| 5 | GM | Boyer, Mahel | 2532 | FRA |
| 12. Slovenia (RtgAvg:2600 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Sebenik, Matej | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Fedoseev, Vladimir | 2720 | SLO |
| 2 | GM | Demchenko, Anton | 2628 | SLO |
| 3 | GM | Subelj, Jan | 2545 | SLO |
| 4 | GM | Sebenik, Matej | 2505 | SLO |
| 5 | IM | Lavrencic, Matic | 2479 | SLO |
| 13. Poland (RtgAvg:2590 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Miton, Kamil | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2654 | POL |
| 2 | GM | Gumularz, Szymon | 2592 | POL |
| 3 | GM | Teclaf, Pawel | 2563 | POL |
| 4 | GM | Kosakowski, Jakub | 2550 | POL |
| 5 | GM | Malek, Jan | 2508 | POL |
| 14. Czech Republic (RtgAvg:2589 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Boleslav, Petr | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Navara, David | 2656 | CZE |
| 2 | GM | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | 2664 | CZE |
| 3 | IM | Finek, Vaclav | 2518 | CZE |
| 4 | IM | Stalmach, Richard | 2410 | CZE |
| 5 | IM | Vykouk, Jan | 2516 | CZE |
| 15. Romania (RtgAvg:2586 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Sokolov, Ivan | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 2655 | ROU |
| 2 | GM | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2577 | ROU |
| 3 | GM | Lupulescu, Constantin | 2577 | ROU |
| 4 | GM | Gavrilescu, David | 2535 | ROU |
| 5 | IM | Magold, Filip | 2459 | ROU |
| 16. Croatia (RtgAvg:2586 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Kozul, Zdenko | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Saric, Ivan | 2661 | CRO |
| 2 | GM | Brkic, Ante | 2578 | CRO |
| 3 | GM | Martinovic, Sasa | 2553 | CRO |
| 4 | GM | Stevic, Hrvoje | 2522 | CRO |
| 5 | GM | Livaic, Leon | 2551 | CRO |
| 17. Austria (RtgAvg:2586 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Predojevic, Borki | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Alekseenko, Kirill | 2679 | AUT |
| 2 | GM | Ragger, Markus | 2567 | AUT |
| 3 | GM | Dragnev, Valentin | 2539 | AUT |
| 4 | GM | Horvath, Dominik | 2558 | AUT |
| 5 | GM | Blohberger, Felix | 2513 | AUT |
| 18. Turkiye (RtgAvg:2579 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Cheparinov, Ivan | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Gurel, Ediz | 2634 | TUR |
| 2 | GM | Yilmaz, Mustafa | 2591 | TUR |
| 3 | GM | Can, Emre | 2552 | TUR |
| 4 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | 2538 | TUR |
| 5 | GM | Can, Isik | 2515 | TUR |
| 19. Israel (RtgAvg:2558 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: David Glaz, Ilana | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Boruchovsky, Avital | 2509 | ISR |
| 2 | GM | Parkhov, Yair | 2503 | ISR |
| 3 | GM | Sokolovsky, Yahli | 2539 | ISR |
| 4 | GM | Gorshtein, Ido | 2537 | ISR |
| 5 | GM | Rodshtein, Maxim | 2647 | ISR |
| 20. Italy (RtgAvg:2557 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Moroni, Luca Jr | 2544 | ITA |
| 2 | GM | Vocaturo, Daniele | 2563 | ITA |
| 3 | GM | Lodici, Lorenzo | 2560 | ITA |
| 4 | GM | Sonis, Francesco | 2561 | ITA |
| 5 | GM | Brunello, Sabino | 2493 | ITA |
| 21. Denmark (RtgAvg:2556 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Hansen, Soren Bech | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 2629 | DEN |
| 2 | GM | Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard | 2578 | DEN |
| 3 | GM | Andersen, Mads | 2556 | DEN |
| 4 | IM | Olsen, Filip Boe | 2451 | DEN |
| 5 | GM | Ochsner, Bjorn Moller | 2461 | DEN |
| 22. Bulgaria (RtgAvg:2541 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Georgiev, Kiril | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2587 | BUL |
| 2 | GM | Petrov, Martin | 2540 | BUL |
| 3 | GM | Petkov, Momchil | 2509 | BUL |
| 4 | GM | Georgiev, Kiril | 2526 | BUL |
| 5 | GM | Dimitrov, Radoslav | 2496 | BUL |
| 23. Georgia 1 (RtgAvg:2531 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Sturua, Zurab | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Jobava, Baadur | 2573 | GEO |
| 2 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | 2457 | GEO |
| 3 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2562 | GEO |
| 4 | GM | Kacharava, Nikolozi | 2486 | GEO |
| 5 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | 2502 | GEO |
| 24. Montenegro (RtgAvg:2522 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Kosic, Dragan | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Kadric, Denis | 2533 | MNE |
| 2 | GM | Petrov, Nikita | 2576 | MNE |
| 3 | GM | Djukic, Nikola | 2494 | MNE |
| 4 | GM | Draskovic, Luka | 2486 | MNE |
| 5 | FM | Vukcevic, Nemanja | 2349 | MNE |
| 25. Slovakia (RtgAvg:2516 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Ftacnik, Lubomir | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Pechac, Jergus | 2539 | SVK |
| 2 | GM | Gazik, Viktor | 2556 | SVK |
| 3 | IM | Sahidi, Samir | 2490 | SVK |
| 4 | IM | Haring, Filip | 2479 | SVK |
| 5 | IM | Druska, Juraj | 2451 | SVK |
| 26. Sweden (RtgAvg:2516 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Pettersson, Anders | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Grandelius, Nils | 2645 | SWE |
| 2 | GM | Blomqvist, Erik | 2478 | SWE |
| 3 | IM | Trost, Edvin | 2457 | SWE |
| 4 | IM | Pantzar, Milton | 2433 | SWE |
| 5 | IM | Seo, Jung Min | 2483 | SWE |
| 27. Lithuania (RtgAvg:2492 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Stremavicius, Titas | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Kazakouski, Valery | 2581 | LTU |
| 2 | GM | Stremavicius, Titas | 2531 | LTU |
| 3 | GM | Pultinevicius, Paulius | 2532 | LTU |
| 4 | FM | Morkunas, Gustas | 2324 | LTU |
| 28. Switzerland (RtgAvg:2475 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Erismann, Peter | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Bogner, Sebastian | 2555 | SUI |
| 2 | GM | Peng, Li Min | 2498 | SUI |
| 3 | IM | Baenziger, Fabian | 2439 | SUI |
| 4 | IM | Kurmann, Oliver | 2409 | SUI |
| 5 | FM | Fecker, Noah | 2364 | SUI |
| 29. Georgia 2 (RtgAvg:2461 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Nigalidze, Gaioz | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Sanikidze, Tornike | 2409 | GEO |
| 2 | GM | Quparadze, Giga | 2493 | GEO |
| 3 | IM | Petriashvili, Nikoloz | 2489 | GEO |
| 4 | IM | Tutisani, Noe | 2424 | GEO |
| 5 | IM | Akhvlediani, Irakli | 2436 | GEO |
| 30. Moldova (RtgAvg:2455 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Soltanici, Ruslan | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Schitco, Ivan | 2483 | MDA |
| 2 | IM | Lashkin, Jegor | 2497 | MDA |
| 3 | GM | Hamitevici, Vladimir | 2445 | MDA |
| 4 | IM | Baltag, Iulian | 2394 | MDA |
| 5 | Gubin, Dmitrii | 2275 | MDA | |
| 31. Belgium (RtgAvg:2455 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Glek, Igor | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Dardha, Daniel | 2605 | BEL |
| 2 | IM | Maerevoet, Sim | 2426 | BEL |
| 3 | GM | Glek, Igor | 2432 | BEL |
| 4 | FM | De Waele, Warre | 2326 | BEL |
| 5 | FM | Lenaerts, Lennert | 2355 | BEL |
| 32. Finland (RtgAvg:2449 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Keinanen, Toivo | 2503 | FIN |
| 2 | IM | Sklyarov, Dmitry V. | 2428 | FIN |
| 3 | IM | Sipila, Vilka | 2487 | FIN |
| 4 | IM | Sammalvuo, Tapani | 2376 | FIN |
| 5 | FM | Wartiovaara, Oliver | 2309 | FIN |
| 33. Iceland (RtgAvg:2430 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Olafsson, Helgi | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar | 2506 | ISL |
| 2 | GM | Stefansson, Hannes | 2408 | ISL |
| 3 | GM | Kjartansson, Gudmundur | 2422 | ISL |
| 4 | IM | Ragnarsson, Dagur | 2385 | ISL |
| 5 | IM | Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr | 2373 | ISL |
| 34. Portugal (RtgAvg:2401 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Martins, David Pires Tavares | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Martins, David Pires Tavares | 2430 | POR |
| 2 | IM | Sousa, Andre Ventura | 2433 | POR |
| 3 | FM | Martins, Bruno Andre Leite | 2363 | POR |
| 4 | FM | Barria, Jose | 2376 | POR |
| 5 | FM | Ribeiro, Gustavo | 2245 | POR |
| 35. Georgia 3 (RtgAvg:2337 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Jojua, David | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | FM | Kiladze, Luka | 2370 | GEO |
| 2 | FM | Nemsadze, Daviti | 2348 | GEO |
| 3 | FM | Safarov, Deniel | 2280 | GEO |
| 4 | FM | Shamatava, Nikolozi | 2296 | GEO |
| 5 | FM | Qalichava, Akaki | 2333 | GEO |
| 36. Faroe Islands (RtgAvg:2322 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Egilstoft, Rogvi | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft | 2389 | FAI |
| 2 | FM | Apol, Luitjen Akselsson | 2318 | FAI |
| 3 | FM | Egilstoft, Rogvi | 2304 | FAI |
| 4 | FM | Poulsen, Martin | 2276 | FAI |
| 37. Kosovo (RtgAvg:2310 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Fejzullahu, Afrim | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Saraci, Nderim | 2445 | KOS |
| 2 | FM | Uruci, Endrit | 2347 | KOS |
| 3 | CM | Asllani, Muhamet | 2251 | KOS |
| 4 | CM | Saraci, Korab | 2197 | KOS |
| 5 | Krasniqi, Alban | 2131 | KOS | |
| 38. Georgia 4 (RtgAvg:2239 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Melia, Salome | 2299 | GEO |
| 2 | IM | Lortkipanidze, Nodar | 2371 | GEO |
| 3 | Makharadze, Jambul | 2291 | GEO | |
| 4 | Didmanidze, Tengiz | 1995 | GEO | |
| 5 | Diasamidze, Lulu | 1839 | GEO | |
| 39. Scotland (RtgAvg:2214 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Morrison, Chris | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | FM | Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick | 2389 | SCO |
| 2 | Morrison, Chris | 2174 | SCO | |
| 3 | IM | Muir, Andrew J | 2157 | SCO |
| 4 | Grant, Jonathan I M | 2134 | SCO | |
| 5 | Mitchell, Martin | 2117 | SCO | |
| 40. Ireland (RtgAvg:2162 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | FM | Nemeth, Zalan | 2212 | IRL |
| 2 | CM | Melaugh, Shane | 2192 | IRL |
| 3 | CM | Tureshbayev, Anuar | 2285 | IRL |
| 4 | O`Gorman, Alice | 1960 | IRL | |
