The European Team Chess Championship 2025 will be held in Batumi, Georgia, from 4 to 15 October 2025. The event is the most important team competition in the European Chess Calendar, part of The Chess Calendar
After the technical meeting, the team pairings were published. In the open section the top seeded team of Germany starts against Denmark. The Netherlands will play vs Bulgaria, while Hungary will meet the host Georgia. Most top guns are in action as Vincent Keymer, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Nikita Vitiugov, Alexandr Predke, Nikolas Theodorou, and Vladimir Fedoseev will be in action in round 1.
Scroll down for all board pairings of round 1 and join us for the live action at 15:00 local time, 13:00 CEST
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European Team Chess Championship round 1 board pairings
| Round 1 on 2025/10/05 at 15:00 | |||||||
| Bo. | 1 | Germany | Rtg | – | 21 | Denmark | Rtg |
| 1/1 | GM | Keymer, Vincent (w) | 2755 | – | GM | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl (b) | 2629 |
| 1/2 | GM | Svane, Rasmus (b) | 2614 | – | GM | Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard (w) | 2578 |
| 1/3 | GM | Kollars, Dmitrij (w) | 2642 | – | GM | Andersen, Mads (b) | 2556 |
| 1/4 | GM | Svane, Frederik (b) | 2638 | – | GM | Ochsner, Bjorn Moller (w) | 2461 |
| Bo. | 22 | Bulgaria | Rtg | – | 2 | Netherlands | Rtg |
| 2/1 | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij (w) | 2587 | – | GM | Giri, Anish (b) | 2759 |
| 2/2 | GM | Petrov, Martin (b) | 2540 | – | GM | Van Foreest, Jorden (w) | 2697 |
| 2/3 | GM | Petkov, Momchil (w) | 2509 | – | GM | Warmerdam, Max (b) | 2582 |
| 2/4 | GM | Dimitrov, Radoslav (b) | 2496 | – | GM | L’Ami, Erwin (w) | 2615 |
| Bo. | 3 | Hungary | Rtg | – | 23 | Georgia 1 | Rtg |
| 3/1 | GM | Leko, Peter (w) | 2666 | – | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil (b) | 2562 |
| 3/2 | GM | Banusz, Tamas (b) | 2588 | – | GM | Kacharava, Nikolozi (w) | 2486 |
| 3/3 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan (w) | 2632 | – | GM | Jobava, Baadur (b) | 2573 |
| 3/4 | GM | Gledura, Benjamin (b) | 2643 | – | GM | Paichadze, Luka (w) | 2502 |
| Bo. | 24 | Slovakia | Rtg | – | 4 | Azerbaijan | Rtg |
| 4/1 | GM | Pechac, Jergus (w) | 2539 | – | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (b) | 2742 |
| 4/2 | GM | Gazik, Viktor (b) | 2556 | – | GM | Mamedov, Rauf (w) | 2655 |
| 4/3 | IM | Sahidi, Samir (w) | 2490 | – | GM | Safarli, Eltaj (b) | 2630 |
| 4/4 | IM | Haring, Filip (b) | 2479 | – | GM | Suleymanli, Aydin (w) | 2614 |
| Bo. | 5 | England | Rtg | – | 25 | Sweden | Rtg |
| 5/1 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita (w) | 2654 | – | GM | Grandelius, Nils (b) | 2645 |
| 5/2 | GM | Adams, Michael (b) | 2646 | – | IM | Seo, Jung Min (w) | 2483 |
| 5/3 | GM | Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B (w) | 2643 | – | IM | Trost, Edvin (b) | 2457 |
| 5/4 | GM | Royal, Shreyas (b) | 2501 | – | IM | Pantzar, Milton (w) | 2433 |
| Bo. | 26 | Lithuania | Rtg | – | 6 | Armenia | Rtg |
| 6/1 | GM | Kazakouski, Valery (w) | 2581 | – | GM | Sargsyan, Shant (b) | 2667 |
| 6/2 | GM | Stremavicius, Titas (b) | 2531 | – | GM | Martirosyan, Haik M. (w) | 2626 |
| 6/3 | GM | Pultinevicius, Paulius (w) | 2532 | – | GM | Sargissian, Gabriel (b) | 2624 |
| 6/4 | FM | Morkunas, Gustas (b) | 2324 | – | GM | Hakobyan, Aram (w) | 2624 |
| Bo. | 7 | Serbia | Rtg | – | 27 | Montenegro | Rtg |
| 7/1 | GM | Predke, Alexandr (w) | 2634 | – | GM | Kadric, Denis (b) | 2533 |
| 7/2 | GM | Sarana, Alexey (b) | 2661 | – | GM | Petrov, Nikita (w) | 2576 |
| 7/3 | GM | Ivic, Velimir (w) | 2628 | – | GM | Draskovic, Luka (b) | 2486 |
| 7/4 | GM | Markus, Robert (b) | 2535 | – | FM | Vukcevic, Nemanja (w) | 2349 |
| Bo. | 28 | Switzerland | Rtg | – | 8 | Spain | Rtg |
| 8/1 | GM | Bogner, Sebastian (w) | 2555 | – | GM | Shirov, Alexei (b) | 2636 |
| 8/2 | GM | Peng, Li Min (b) | 2498 | – | GM | Chigaev, Maksim (w) | 2634 |
| 8/3 | IM | Baenziger, Fabian (w) | 2439 | – | GM | Yuffa, Daniil (b) | 2621 |
| 8/4 | IM | Kurmann, Oliver (b) | 2409 | – | GM | Santos Latasa, Jaime (w) | 2609 |
| Bo. | 9 | Ukraine | Rtg | – | 29 | Georgia 2 | Rtg |
| 9/1 | GM | Volokitin, Andrei (w) | 2617 | – | IM | Petriashvili, Nikoloz (b) | 2489 |
| 9/2 | GM | Korobov, Anton (b) | 2596 | – | GM | Quparadze, Giga (w) | 2493 |
| 9/3 | GM | Kovalenko, Igor (w) | 2669 | – | GM | Sanikidze, Tornike (b) | 2409 |
| 9/4 | GM | Samunenkov, Ihor (b) | 2568 | – | IM | Akhvlediani, Irakli (w) | 2436 |
| Bo. | 30 | Moldova | Rtg | – | 10 | Greece | Rtg |
| 10/1 | IM | Lashkin, Jegor (w) | 2497 | – | GM | Theodorou, Nikolas (b) | 2652 |
| 10/2 | GM | Schitco, Ivan (b) | 2483 | – | GM | Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis (w) | 2583 |
| 10/3 | GM | Hamitevici, Vladimir (w) | 2445 | – | GM | Papaioannou, Ioannis (b) | 2623 |
| 10/4 | IM | Baltag, Iulian (b) | 2394 | – | GM | Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (w) | 2522 |
| Bo. | 11 | France | Rtg | – | 31 | Belgium | Rtg |
| 11/1 | GM | Maurizzi, Marcandria (w) | 2624 | – | GM | Dardha, Daniel (b) | 2605 |
| 11/2 | GM | Fressinet, Laurent (b) | 2602 | – | IM | Maerevoet, Sim (w) | 2426 |
| 11/3 | GM | Laurent-Paoli, Pierre (w) | 2570 | – | GM | Glek, Igor (b) | 2432 |
| 11/4 | GM | Lagarde, Maxime (b) | 2617 | – | FM | De Waele, Warre (w) | 2326 |
| Bo. | 32 | Finland | Rtg | – | 12 | Slovenia | Rtg |
| 12/1 | IM | Keinanen, Toivo (w) | 2503 | – | GM | Fedoseev, Vladimir (b) | 2720 |
| 12/2 | IM | Sipila, Vilka (b) | 2487 | – | GM | Demchenko, Anton (w) | 2628 |
| 12/3 | IM | Sklyarov, Dmitry V. (w) | 2428 | – | IM | Lavrencic, Matic (b) | 2479 |
| 12/4 | FM | Wartiovaara, Oliver (b) | 2309 | – | GM | Sebenik, Matej (w) | 2505 |
| Bo. | 13 | Poland | Rtg | – | 33 | Iceland | Rtg |
| 13/1 | GM | Gumularz, Szymon (w) | 2592 | – | GM | Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar (b) | 2506 |
| 13/2 | GM | Teclaf, Pawel (b) | 2563 | – | IM | Ragnarsson, Dagur (w) | 2385 |
| 13/3 | GM | Kosakowski, Jakub (w) | 2550 | – | GM | Stefansson, Hannes (b) | 2408 |
| 13/4 | GM | Malek, Jan (b) | 2508 | – | IM | Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr (w) | 2373 |
| Bo. | 34 | Portugal | Rtg | – | 14 | Czech Republic | Rtg |
| 14/1 | IM | Sousa, Andre Ventura (w) | 2433 | – | GM | Navara, David (b) | 2656 |
| 14/2 | FM | Barria, Jose (b) | 2376 | – | IM | Finek, Vaclav (w) | 2518 |
| 14/3 | FM | Martins, Bruno Andre Leite (w) | 2363 | – | IM | Vykouk, Jan (b) | 2516 |
| 14/4 | FM | Ribeiro, Gustavo (b) | 2245 | – | IM | Stalmach, Richard (w) | 2410 |
| Bo. | 15 | Romania | Rtg | – | 35 | Georgia 3 | Rtg |
| 15/1 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (w) | 2655 | – | FM | Kiladze, Luka (b) | 2370 |
| 15/2 | GM | Lupulescu, Constantin (b) | 2577 | – | FM | Nemsadze, Daviti (w) | 2348 |
| 15/3 | GM | Gavrilescu, David (w) | 2535 | – | FM | Qalichava, Akaki (b) | 2333 |
| 15/4 | IM | Magold, Filip (b) | 2459 | – | FM | Shamatava, Nikolozi (w) | 2296 |
| Bo. | 36 | Faroe Islands | Rtg | – | 16 | Croatia | Rtg |
| 16/1 | IM | Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft (w) | 2389 | – | GM | Brkic, Ante (b) | 2578 |
| 16/2 | FM | Apol, Luitjen Akselsson (b) | 2318 | – | GM | Livaic, Leon (w) | 2551 |
| 16/3 | FM | Egilstoft, Rogvi (w) | 2304 | – | GM | Martinovic, Sasa (b) | 2553 |
| 16/4 | FM | Poulsen, Martin (b) | 2276 | – | GM | Stevic, Hrvoje (w) | 2522 |
| Bo. | 17 | Austria | Rtg | – | 37 | Kosovo | Rtg |
| 17/1 | GM | Horvath, Dominik (w) | 2558 | – | IM | Saraci, Nderim (b) | 2445 |
| 17/2 | GM | Dragnev, Valentin (b) | 2539 | – | FM | Uruci, Endrit (w) | 2347 |
| 17/3 | GM | Ragger, Markus (w) | 2567 | – | CM | Asllani, Muhamet (b) | 2251 |
| 17/4 | GM | Blohberger, Felix (b) | 2513 | – | CM | Saraci, Korab (w) | 2197 |
| Bo. | 38 | Georgia 4 | Rtg | – | 18 | Turkiye | Rtg |
| 18/1 | IM | Lortkipanidze, Nodar (w) | 2371 | – | GM | Gurel, Ediz (b) | 2634 |
| 18/2 | Makharadze, Jambul (b) | 2291 | – | GM | Yilmaz, Mustafa (w) | 2591 | |
| 18/3 | Didmanidze, Tengiz (w) | 1995 | – | GM | Can, Emre (b) | 2552 | |
| 18/4 | Diasamidze, Lulu (b) | 1839 | – | GM | Sanal, Vahap (w) | 2538 | |
| Bo. | 19 | Israel | Rtg | – | 39 | Scotland | Rtg |
| 19/1 | GM | Gorshtein, Ido (w) | 2537 | – | FM | Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick (b) | 2389 |
| 19/2 | GM | Sokolovsky, Yahli (b) | 2539 | – | IM | Muir, Andrew J (w) | 2157 |
| 19/3 | GM | Boruchovsky, Avital (w) | 2509 | – | Grant, Jonathan I M (b) | 2134 | |
| 19/4 | GM | Parkhov, Yair (b) | 2503 | – | Morrison, Chris (w) | 2174 | |
| Bo. | 40 | Ireland | Rtg | – | 20 | Italy | Rtg |
| 20/1 | FM | Nemeth, Zalan (w) | 2212 | – | GM | Moroni, Luca Jr (b) | 2544 |
| 20/2 | CM | Melaugh, Shane (b) | 2192 | – | GM | Brunello, Sabino (w) | 2493 |
| 20/3 | CM | Tureshbayev, Anuar (w) | 2285 | – | GM | Lodici, Lorenzo (b) | 2560 |
| 20/4 | O`Gorman, Alice (b) | 1960 | – | GM | Sonis, Francesco (w) | 2561 | |
