The European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – Open U16 will take place from October 29 to November 07 in Budva, Montenegro. This tournament is separated into 12 sections – U18, U16, U14, U12, U10, U08, Girls U18, Girls U16, Girls U14, Girls U12, Girls U10, and Girls U08. All categories are a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Montenegro, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players in the U12 section of the tournaments are FM Marc Llari (2268), CM Ali Gur (2222), CM Chicheng Leon Chen (2214), CM Lucas Gonzalez Lopez (2208), Hillel Toledo (2202), CM Ali Poyraz Uzdemir (2196), CM Kerem Sarp Yekeler (2187), CM Valentin Nicot (2181), CM Boris Kolodziejczyk (2167), CM Nikita Filindash (2160), Mykhailo Nezhyvenko (2156), Mehmet Alper Celebi (2154), AIM Leonard Belyaletdinov (2130), Qixiang Han (2124), Andras Ilko-Toth (2120), Marius Neuschild (2104), Milo Yin (2074), Riccardo Frigerio (2071), Matej Jokic (2070), Yiming Zhang (2067). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: U18 / U16 / U14 / U10 / U08 / Girls U18 / Girls U16 / Girls U14 / Girls U12 / Girls U10 / Girls U08
More ECU events: European Club Cup 2025 / EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 50+ and 65+
European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – U12 Participants
| Name | FED | Rtg | |
| FM | Llari Marc | FRA | 2268 |
| CM | Gur Ali | TUR | 2222 |
| CM | Chen Chicheng Leon | AUT | 2214 |
| CM | Gonzalez Lopez Lucas 2013 | ESP | 2208 |
| Toledo Hillel | BEL | 2202 | |
| CM | Uzdemir Ali Poyraz | TUR | 2196 |
| CM | Yekeler Kerem Sarp | TUR | 2187 |
| CM | Nicot Valentin | FRA | 2181 |
| CM | Kolodziejczyk Boris | FRA | 2167 |
| CM | Filindash Nikita | CZE | 2160 |
| Nezhyvenko Mykhailo | GER | 2156 | |
| Celebi Mehmet Alper | TUR | 2154 | |
| AIM | Belyaletdinov Leonard | SLO | 2130 |
| Han Qixiang | ENG | 2124 | |
| Ilko-Toth Andras | HUN | 2120 | |
| Neuschild Marius | SUI | 2104 | |
| Yin Milo | FRA | 2074 | |
| Frigerio Riccardo | ITA | 2071 | |
| Jokic Matej | SRB | 2070 | |
| Zhang Yiming | FIN | 2067 | |
| Buklaho Ignacy | POL | 2064 | |
| Elci Eren | TUR | 2062 | |
| Jaso Escudero Julen | ESP | 2061 | |
| Triger Eitan | ISR | 2049 | |
| Lenting Roan | NED | 2031 | |
| Azizli Nurlan | AZE | 2029 | |
| Fadeev Justin Michael | GER | 2020 | |
| Zlate-Ion Matei | ROU | 2018 | |
| Demirkan Mustafa | TUR | 2010 | |
| Mihaylov Bozhidar | BUL | 2009 | |
| Kolar Edvard | CZE | 2008 | |
| Stepanyan Davit | ARM | 2007 | |
| Asici Poyraz Efe | TUR | 2006 | |
| Gersemann Karl | GER | 2001 | |
| Adamovic Nikola | SRB | 1996 | |
| Belkovsky Guy | ISR | 1994 | |
| Karlovic Luka | CRO | 1983 | |
| AFM | Ioannidis Konstantinos I | GRE | 1982 |
| Zhang Xiheng | NED | 1977 | |
| Maurstad Astor Moe | NOR | 1975 | |
| Krstic David | SLO | 1974 | |
| CM | Beniosev Daniel | LAT | 1973 |
| Parvu Razvan-George | ROU | 1971 | |
| Xu Alex Z | NED | 1967 | |
| Mrozowski Nikodem | POL | 1965 | |
| Wites Adam | POL | 1965 | |
| Gusev Daniil | GER | 1964 | |
| Serafin Franciszek | POL | 1959 | |
| Barsov Mikhail | GER | 1938 | |
| Ahmadli Nihad | AZE | 1937 | |
| Mikkelsen Anders Askjaer | DEN | 1918 | |
| Hummatov Safa | AZE | 1915 | |
| Ilcic Aleksa | SRB | 1893 | |
| Jakobs Yoav | ISR | 1883 | |
| Yildiz Ali Aras | TUR | 1882 | |
| ACM | Ejsymont Eryk | POL | 1881 |
| Kovacik Oliver | SVK | 1880 | |
| Khanalizade Elgun | AZE | 1878 | |
| Sanan Demirhan | TUR | 1869 | |
| Hallmundarson Birkir | ISL | 1866 | |
| Keller Niklas | AUT | 1866 | |
| Oner Yigit Efe | TUR | 1859 | |
| Braaten Birk | NOR | 1855 | |
| Frutuoso Tiago | POR | 1854 | |
| Hochman Gur | ISR | 1852 | |
| Scheiber Daniel Berndt | AUT | 1852 | |
| CM | Skytte Robert | DEN | 1850 |
| Leht Karl Samuel | EST | 1849 | |
| AIM | Shirinov Yashar | AZE | 1848 |
| Friscic Jakov | CRO | 1848 | |
| Cani Erdi | ALB | 1846 | |
| Leosson Haukur Vidis | ISL | 1830 | |
| Gazic Petar | BIH | 1820 | |
| Sun Aslund Bruce | SWE | 1820 | |
| ACM | Mogasale Chetan | SUI | 1818 |
| Megagiannis Maximos | GRE | 1817 | |
| Mihic Peter | SLO | 1814 | |
| Lampos Charalampos | GRE | 1813 | |
| Osinchuk Luka | UKR | 1801 | |
| Sahin Yusuf Kerem | TUR | 1801 | |
| Zivic Luka | CRO | 1790 | |
| Yenokyan Sergey | ARM | 1782 | |
| Hogyinszki Marcell Csaba | HUN | 1777 | |
| Iliev Stoyan | BUL | 1772 | |
| Tsulaia Giorgi | GEO | 1771 | |
| Blikom Theo | NOR | 1770 | |
| Gatin Artur | SRB | 1760 | |
| Colovic Vuk | SRB | 1759 | |
| Hyron Artem | UKR | 1757 | |
| Li Hansi | BEL | 1755 | |
| Refalo John | MLT | 1755 | |
| Sisas Mainar Izan | ESP | 1752 | |
| Uzun Pavlo | UKR | 1751 | |
| Buznea Iustin | MDA | 1749 | |
| Kriuchkov Nikita | MNC | 1742 | |
| Ivulans Patriks | LAT | 1738 | |
| Busic Mateo | BIH | 1731 | |
| Pavlovic Aleksej | SRB | 1731 | |
| Krasniqi Troi | KOS | 1727 | |
| Lichtl Valentin | AUT | 1711 | |
| Mirzayev Akbar | AZE | 1686 | |
| Danezis Prodromos | GRE | 1680 | |
| Laforce Edward | BEL | 1653 | |
| Coskun Kursat | TUR | 1652 | |
| Aslanyan Arman S. | ARM | 1647 | |
| Bannoura Daniel | CYP | 1643 | |
| Kamburoglu Hakan | TUR | 1637 | |
| Kostyukovich Ivan | LUX | 1609 | |
| Stojanovikj Marko | MKD | 1608 | |
| Borges Diogo | POR | 1590 | |
| Aleksandrov Lev | SRB | 1564 | |
| Nikolovski Damjan | MKD | 1513 | |
| Radulovic Filip V | SRB | 1494 | |
| Fejzullahu Jon | MKD | 1467 | |
| Kitaev Nicholas | SCO | 0 | |
| Sams Daniel | AUT | 0 |
