European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – U18

The European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – Open U18 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 U18 section of the tournaments are IM Arthur De Winter (2462), IM Edvin Trost (2456), FM Vahe A. Sukiasyan (2451), FM Jachym Nemec (2444), IM Bendeguz Bodrogi (2443), IM Can Durak (2443), IM Filip Magold (2439), IM Robert Piliposyan (2439), FM Matyas Palczert (2427), FM Gleb Pidluznij (2421), FM Shahin Valiyev (2413), FM Adrian Soderstrom (2399), IM Laurenz Borrmann (2393), IM Roy Vagman (2387), FM Kerem Erten (2372), FM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev (2371), FM Rudolf Pashikyan (2365), FM Yanki Taspinar (2357), FM Kobe Smeets (2352). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: U16 / U14 / 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 – U18 Participants

	Name	FED	Rtg
IM	De Winter Arthur	NED	2462
IM	Trost Edvin	SWE	2456
FM	Sukiasyan Vahe A.	ARM	2451
FM	Nemec Jachym	CZE	2444
IM	Bodrogi Bendeguz	HUN	2443
IM	Durak Can	TUR	2443
IM	Magold Filip	ROU	2439
IM	Piliposyan Robert	ARM	2439
FM	Palczert Matyas	HUN	2427
FM	Pidluznij Gleb	LTU	2421
FM	Valiyev Shahin	AZE	2413
FM	Soderstrom Adrian	SWE	2399
IM	Borrmann Laurenz	AUT	2393
IM	Vagman Roy	ISR	2387
FM	Erten Kerem	TUR	2372
FM	Cnejev Vladimir-Alexandru	ROU	2371
FM	Pashikyan Rudolf	ARM	2365
FM	Taspinar Yanki	TUR	2357
FM	Smeets Kobe	NED	2352
FM	Zlatkov Anton	MKD	2351
FM	Uritsky Yonathan	ISR	2347
FM	Fiskaaen Martin Holten	NOR	2341
FM	Fava Lorenzo	ITA	2335
FM	Dovgaliuk Oleksandr	UKR	2332
FM	Craciun Sasha-Matei	ROU	2319
FM	Oruzinsky Juraj	SVK	2318
FM	Moeller Maurin	GER	2317
FM	Ughuzov Ravan	AZE	2316
FM	Leitgeb Julian	AUT	2305
FM	Safarov Deniel	GEO	2305
FM	Oksendal Martin	NOR	2298
FM	Dziewonski Dariusz	POL	2294
FM	Ciric Pavle	SRB	2291
FM	Olenik Campa Rudi	SLO	2288
CM	Ghimoyan Narek	ARM	2273
FM	Musial Igor	POL	2272
FM	Lesueur Gabriel	FRA	2258
FM	Wendl Philipp	AUT	2256
	Hasirci Ozgur Deniz	TUR	2253
FM	Salonen Aku	FIN	2248
FM	Van Hesselingen Guido	NED	2241
FM	Mattenberger Matthias	SUI	2239
	Paikens Reinis	LAT	2238
FM	Hayrapetyan Edgar	ARM	2230
	Pevzner Maks	ISR	2202
	Andriienko Artom	UKR	2201
	Aamodt Peder Marcus	NOR	2183
	Rudzkis Vilius	LTU	2183
CM	Zieba Hubert	POL	2172
CM	Hajialiyev Islam	AZE	2158
	Sevcik Matej	SVK	2151
	Kaewpitakkun Pantham	NOR	2138
	Olsen William Alexander	NOR	2135
	Vermoesen Jordan	BEL	2135
CM	Tomljanovic Ivano	CRO	2130
	Sarabando Rodrigo Andias	POR	2130
	Pihl William	DEN	2128
CM	Antoniou Rafail	CYP	2124
	Saioc David	ROU	2107
	Akkaya Atakan	TUR	2104
	Kazik Oguz Kagan	TUR	2104
CM	Omarsson Adam	ISL	2103
	Odner Aarni	FIN	2097
	Afonso Joao Pedro	POR	2092
	Skarphedinsson Ingvar Wu	ISL	2089
	Vassis Anastasios	GRE	2076
	Kosta Kelvin	ALB	2070
	Maglioni Leonardo	ITA	2057
	Lang Simon	CZE	2052
	Bujac Dan	MDA	2009
	Gudmundsson Gunnar Erik	ISL	1957
	Gvozden Nikola	SRB	1951
	Vichev Ivaylo	BUL	1941
	Zdravkovic Filip	SRB	1941
	Shtavica Alaudin	KOS	1940
	Pavleski Nikola	MKD	1917
	Testelecs Ilja Kuprijans	LAT	1900
	Kitaev Daniel	SCO	1894
	Martic Ivan	CRO	1872
	Keser Cem	TUR	1767
	Karagjyzi Klejdi	KOS	0