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 U14 section of the tournaments are IM Ahmad Khagan (2458), FM Hussain Besou (2376), FM Tyhran Ambartsumian (2351), FM Alvaro Torres Rebolledo (2349), FM Martin Krauchi Romero (2346), FM Manvel Arakelyan (2339), FM Antoni Radzimski (2336), FM Pau Marin Ferragut (2333), FM Felix Borne (2330), FM Ilay Zakin (2316), FM Colin Federer (2296), FM August Jalving (2291), CM Melvin Ral Lustig (2290), Andria Kviriashvili (2284), FM Wiktor Golis (2280), Kyrylo Niezhentsev (2272), FM Noah Ritzerveld (2263). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: U18 / U16 / U12 / 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 – U14 Participants
| Name | FED | Rtg | |
| IM | Ahmad Khagan | AZE | 2458 |
| FM | Besou Hussain | GER | 2376 |
| FM | Ambartsumian Tyhran | ARM | 2351 |
| FM | Torres Rebolledo Alvaro | ESP | 2349 |
| FM | Krauchi Romero Martin | ESP | 2346 |
| FM | Arakelyan Manvel | ARM | 2339 |
| FM | Radzimski Antoni | POL | 2336 |
| FM | Marin Ferragut Pau | ESP | 2333 |
| FM | Borne Felix | FRA | 2330 |
| FM | Zakin Ilay | ISR | 2316 |
| FM | Federer Colin | SUI | 2296 |
| FM | Jalving August | DEN | 2291 |
| CM | Ral Lustig Melvin | SWE | 2290 |
| Kviriashvili Andria | GEO | 2284 | |
| FM | Golis Wiktor | POL | 2280 |
| Niezhentsev Kyrylo | POL | 2272 | |
| FM | Ritzerveld Noah | NED | 2263 |
| FM | Breuil Virgile | FRA | 2251 |
| CM | Shilon Rahav Eliran | ISR | 2246 |
| CM | Golubovic Erik | CRO | 2244 |
| CM | Dogan Umut Anil | TUR | 2239 |
| Dumbelovic Novak | SRB | 2227 | |
| Tatvidze Davit | GEO | 2225 | |
| CM | Ivancic Ivan | CRO | 2216 |
| Pozzi Gaetan | FRA | 2210 | |
| Aeschbacher Dimitri | SUI | 2189 | |
| CM | Leu Dragos Stefan | ROU | 2182 |
| Alizada Pasham | AZE | 2182 | |
| Meszaros-Csonka David | HUN | 2182 | |
| Fulgentini Edoardo | ITA | 2166 | |
| CM | Murawski Jan | ENG | 2165 |
| Turker Esat Tuna | TUR | 2164 | |
| Lilliehook Victor | SWE | 2136 | |
| Omarsson Josef | ISL | 2129 | |
| Portelli Matthew | MLT | 2128 | |
| Harutyunyan Arman G. | ARM | 2127 | |
| CM | Leenen Boyd | NED | 2107 |
| Pleimer Noah | AUT | 2100 | |
| Steiners Emils | LAT | 2096 | |
| FM | Petroff Vlad | ROU | 2089 |
| CM | Varyemez Ali | TUR | 2083 |
| Kim Thomas Jakob | AUT | 2082 | |
| Vardi Daniel | ISR | 2076 | |
| Zuzek Bor | SLO | 2073 | |
| Pankiv Maksym | UKR | 2066 | |
| Garakhanov Shamsi | AZE | 2060 | |
| AFM | Sakotic Nikola | SRB | 2037 |
| Boryna Szymon | POL | 2030 | |
| Veladzic Benjamin | AUT | 2028 | |
| Ivarlac Vladislav | MDA | 2025 | |
| Pekala Dawid | POL | 2017 | |
| Thijssen Freek | NED | 2006 | |
| Woods Yannick | IRL | 2003 | |
| Vorobyov Radmir | FIN | 2002 | |
| Palomo Monserrat Lorenzo | ESP | 1995 | |
| Weber Yonatan | ISR | 1986 | |
| AIM | Krbacevic Mateja | NOR | 1977 |
| Asri Isa | TUR | 1977 | |
| Martemyanov Mikhail | NOR | 1976 | |
| Papakyriakou Charalampos | GRE | 1975 | |
| Jeronovics Toms | LAT | 1971 | |
| Ravikumar Hanesh | DEN | 1969 | |
| Kuntelia Luka | GEO | 1952 | |
| Mesa Rodriguez Antonio | ESP | 1922 | |
| Ibrahimli Suat | AZE | 1915 | |
| Zor Emir Aras | TUR | 1915 | |
| Kavalnis Rytis | LTU | 1913 | |
| Mishchuk Marian | UKR | 1913 | |
| Solbu August | NOR | 1912 | |
| Cizer Ahmet Kaan | TUR | 1910 | |
| Nieminen Oliver | FIN | 1906 | |
| Ahl Eskil Rosenlund | DEN | 1898 | |
| Sapir Omri | ISR | 1888 | |
| Boros David | SVK | 1886 | |
| Sivaparan Isai | NOR | 1884 | |
| Soltanov Teymur | AZE | 1870 | |
| Mihaylov Boyan | BUL | 1869 | |
| Yavryan Arayik | ARM | 1865 | |
| Nimac-Kalcina Vito | CRO | 1860 | |
| Drugmand Benoit | BEL | 1848 | |
| Tenreiro Manuel | POR | 1848 | |
| Volosiuk Mykhailo | UKR | 1848 | |
| Stefanoski Daniel | MKD | 1829 | |
| Fangarliev Anil | BUL | 1818 | |
| Petrovski Nikola | MKD | 1811 | |
| Korchevskyi Volodymyr | UKR | 1807 | |
| Dabols Janis Marks | LAT | 1794 | |
| Margaryan Mark | ARM | 1793 | |
| Magi Ramon | EST | 1774 | |
| Avramovic Aleksa | SRB | 1766 | |
| AFM | Amvrosiadis Themistoklis | CYP | 1760 |
| Vatsyk Artem | UKR | 1710 | |
| Basinas Athanasios | LUX | 1680 | |
| Brittner Laurent | LUX | 1680 | |
| To Nam Long | MNC | 1657 | |
| Recica Rron | KOS | 1619 | |
| Avramoski Aleksandar | MKD | 1594 | |
| Lytvynenko Ivan | GER | 1557 | |
| Rajcic Vanja | SRB | 1475 | |
| Huseynli Huseyn | AZE | 1456 | |
| Karpov Gregory | MNC | 1444 | |
| Biskas Georgios | CYP | 1427 | |
| Guralumi Matteo | ALB | 0 | |
| Hoxhaj Ylli | KOS | 0 | |
| Kastrati Mehmet | KOS | 0 | |
| Tigani Alp | KOS | 0 |
