The FIDE World Cadet Championships 2025 is taking place September 19 – September 30 in Kazakhstan. This tournament is separated into 6 categories – Girls U12, Open U12, Girls U10, Open U10, Girls U08, and Open U08. The Open U10 section is an 11-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Kazakhstan, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are CM Luca Protopopescu (2099), Sebastian Shi (2089), Leonid Ivanovic (2086), Amirzhan Anetov (2081), Rizat Ulan (2062), Aidan Gafurov (2042), Shyamal Nidhish (2035), CM A P Chenitha Sihas Dinsara Karunasena (2027), CM Sasha Milo Schaefer (2023), Matei-Andrei Badescu (2010), CM Phan Hoang Quan Le (1995), Attila Orman (1993), Oishik Mondal (1988), Sriansh Katta (1985), Rauan Bakhyt (1974), Grigorios Emmanouil Toumpakaris (1957), AFM Sarbartho Mani (1950), Sattwik Swain (1949), Davganamdag Tugsbilguun (1941), AIM Shayan Noushad Ibrahim Muhammad (1936). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open U12 / Girls U12 / Girls U10 / Girls U08 / Open U08
More: FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025 / Women’s Grand Swiss Chess 2025
FIDE World Cadet Championships 2025 – Open U10 Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | CM | Protopopescu, Luca | FRA | 2099 |
| 2 | Shi, Sebastian | SWE | 2089 | |
| 3 | Ivanovic, Leonid | SRB | 2086 | |
| 4 | Anetov, Amirzhan | KAZ | 2081 | |
| 5 | Ulan, Rizat | KAZ | 2062 | |
| 6 | Gafurov, Aidan | FID | 2042 | |
| 7 | Nidhish, Shyamal | IND | 2035 | |
| 8 | CM | Karunasena, A P Chenitha Sihas Dinsara | SRI | 2027 |
| 9 | CM | Schaefer, Sasha Milo | USA | 2023 |
| 10 | Badescu, Matei-Andrei | ROU | 2010 | |
| 11 | CM | Le, Phan Hoang Quan | VIE | 1995 |
| 12 | Orman, Attila | AZE | 1993 | |
| 13 | Oishik, Mondal | IND | 1988 | |
| 14 | Katta, Sriansh | USA | 1985 | |
| 15 | Bakhyt, Rauan | KAZ | 1974 | |
| 16 | Toumpakaris, Grigorios Emmanouil | SUI | 1957 | |
| 17 | AFM | Mani, Sarbartho | IND | 1950 |
| 18 | Sattwik, Swain | IND | 1949 | |
| 19 | Tugsbilguun, Davganamdag | MGL | 1941 | |
| 20 | AIM | Muhammad, Shayan Noushad Ibrahim | IND | 1936 |
| 21 | Hu, Junyan | ENG | 1925 | |
| 22 | AFM | Kopecny, Adam | SVK | 1923 |
| 23 | Melkonyan, Davit | ARM | 1913 | |
| 24 | Mirzhanov, Arlan | KAZ | 1900 | |
| 25 | Tenuun, Tseesuren | MGL | 1900 | |
| 26 | Aynaoglu, Efe | TUR | 1899 | |
| 27 | Pana, Darius-Cristian | ROU | 1888 | |
| 28 | Batbileg, Boldbaatar | MGL | 1880 | |
| 29 | Bai, Moxuan | CHN | 1878 | |
| 30 | Joseph, Alexander | USA | 1878 | |
| 31 | Alloussi, Arian | GER | 1877 | |
| 32 | Nurshin, Nurali | KAZ | 1874 | |
| 33 | CM | Pham, Han Nam | FRA | 1869 |
| 34 | Elemes, Nurmukhamed | KAZ | 1869 | |
| 35 | Sander, Tino | GER | 1862 | |
| 36 | Mulukutla, Ayaansh | IRL | 1852 | |
| 37 | Wilczek, Kajetan | POL | 1852 | |
| 38 | Malanin, Egor | FID | 1846 | |
| 39 | Nazarbek, Alikhan | KAZ | 1843 | |
| 40 | Tsepilov, Artem Den | FID | 1833 | |
| 41 | Blem, Alexander | GER | 1824 | |
| 42 | Mendili, Jahed | TUN | 1824 | |
| 43 | Nguyen, Nhat Khuong | VIE | 1821 | |
| 44 | Sagyntayev, Alikhan | KAZ | 1815 | |
| 45 | Chkhartishvili, Lazare | GEO | 1809 | |
| 46 | Aljamaat, Khaled | QAT | 1806 | |
| 47 | Mukashev, Alrami | KAZ | 1804 | |
| 48 | Yap, Ray Jin | MAS | 1804 | |
| 49 | Guo, Ziming | CHN | 1799 | |
| 50 | Nabiyev, Iman | KAZ | 1792 | |
| 51 | Alluri, Samanyu | USA | 1790 | |
| 52 | Avliyakuliyev, Maksat | TKM | 1789 | |
| 53 | Sultankhan, Nurislam | KAZ | 1789 | |
| 54 | Nematillakhonov, Nurmuhammad | UZB | 1787 | |
| 55 | Hornfeld, Ariel | ISR | 1785 | |
| 56 | Zhuk, Kiryl | FID | 1768 | |
| 57 | Ok, Miro | BEL | 1760 | |
| 58 | Salem, Ralph | LBN | 1757 | |
| 59 | Atnash, Ali | KAZ | 1756 | |
| 60 | Posocco De Grandi, Marc | ITA | 1741 | |
| 61 | Wu, Po-Hua | TPE | 1740 | |
| 62 | Saxena, Advik | ENG | 1736 | |
| 63 | Krisch, Balint Robert | HUN | 1735 | |
| 64 | Schveide, Fausto | ARG | 1735 | |
| 65 | Badenhorst, Daniel | RSA | 1731 | |
| 66 | Kaloh, Edvard | SLO | 1718 | |
| 67 | Yuan, Shunzhe | CHN | 1711 | |
| 68 | Amanbek, Dias | KAZ | 1703 | |
| 69 | Khati, Tailan | KAZ | 1703 | |
| 70 | Bondarev, Fedor | FID | 1702 | |
| 71 | Dwidar, Youssef | EGY | 1702 | |
| 72 | Altairuly, Almir | KAZ | 1700 | |
| 73 | Turdybay, Sanzhar | KAZ | 1699 | |
| 74 | Goncalves, Emilio | RSA | 1697 | |
| 75 | Jia, Zining (Matthew) | AUS | 1697 | |
| 76 | Aman, Eraly | KAZ | 1696 | |
| 77 | Morozov, Arkhip | FID | 1696 | |
| 78 | Chiu, Hung-Chuan | TPE | 1694 | |
| 79 | Kwak, Joohwan | KOR | 1694 | |
| 80 | Lee, David J | KOR | 1690 | |
| 81 | Murat, Yeskendir | KAZ | 1688 | |
| 82 | Ling, Aiden | CAN | 1675 | |
| 83 | Lutskiy, Mikhail | CZE | 1671 | |
| 84 | Bashar, Aikozha | KAZ | 1669 | |
| 85 | Oh, Jeongmin | KOR | 1668 | |
| 86 | Razafindrano, Raphael | MAD | 1667 | |
| 87 | Slautin, Yaroslav | FID | 1665 | |
| 88 | Lee, Jinwoo A | KOR | 1663 | |
| 89 | AFM | Jamiyanoidovjamts, Tegshtur | MGL | 1642 |
| 90 | Shpigotskiy, Dmitriy | FID | 1640 | |
| 91 | Smelov, Aleksander | KAZ | 1639 | |
| 92 | AIM | Aravinthan, Adhvik | CAN | 1622 |
| 93 | Podkopaev, Andrei | FID | 1620 | |
| 94 | Kairat, Alinur | KAZ | 1616 | |
| 95 | ACM | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | AUS | 1612 |
| 96 | Ermek, Nurtilek | KAZ | 1609 | |
| 97 | Tolbayev, Sanzhar | KAZ | 1609 | |
| 98 | Pinskiy, German Ant | FID | 1608 | |
| 99 | Khayankhyrwaa, Erdenebulgan | MGL | 1604 | |
| 100 | Herath, H M Vihanga Madhara | SRI | 1598 | |
| 101 | Lau, Great Boyou | NZL | 1597 | |
| 102 | Enkhmandal, Bayaraa | MGL | 1589 | |
| 103 | Kiritshenko, Platon | EST | 1587 | |
| 104 | Laszlo, Botond | HUN | 1579 | |
| 105 | Marat, Dinmukhamed | KAZ | 1572 | |
| 106 | Cienfuegos Torres, Cristopher Alejandro | MEX | 1570 | |
| 107 | Demissenov, Ansar | KAZ | 1569 | |
| 108 | Saleh, Iyed | TUN | 1563 | |
| 109 | Seol, Youngjun | KOR | 1562 | |
| 110 | Stern, Mason Jesse | RSA | 1562 | |
| 111 | Liepins, Arturs | LAT | 1560 | |
| 112 | Hupbyyev, Didar | TKM | 1556 | |
| 113 | Yessentay, Sanzhar | KAZ | 1556 | |
| 114 | Baipeissov, Aliakbar | KAZ | 1549 | |
| 115 | Djerbi, Mohamed | QAT | 1549 | |
| 116 | Radovic, Relja | MNE | 1549 | |
| 117 | Vedrickas, Aistis | LTU | 1538 | |
| 118 | Reddy, Handyalu Kiran | LUX | 1536 | |
| 119 | Kaboyaone, Karl Amour | BOT | 1535 | |
| 120 | Musalin, Tamerlan | KAZ | 1534 | |
| 121 | Ramirez Mejia, Jose Gregorio | COL | 1533 | |
| 122 | Jayson, Kimani Ndarwa | KEN | 1532 | |
| 123 | Gokita, Kensei | JPN | 1531 | |
| 124 | Al Maawali, Yousuf | OMA | 1530 | |
| 125 | Baghmanyan, Hakob | ARM | 1525 | |
| 126 | Advik, Mundhada | IND | 1524 | |
| 127 | Solovev, Nikolai | LUX | 1524 | |
| 128 | Tha, Scit | MYA | 1523 | |
| 129 | Darkhanuly, Kaisar | KAZ | 1521 | |
| 130 | Zayed, Mohammed Al Ali | UAE | 1518 | |
| 131 | Osmolovskii, Nikita | LUX | 1517 | |
| 132 | Zhanabayev, Arystan | KAZ | 1512 | |
| 133 | Kabylbek, Alisultan | KAZ | 1511 | |
| 134 | Sodbayar, Irmuun | BEL | 1510 | |
| 135 | Angelov, Veselin | BUL | 1508 | |
| 136 | Guo, Tailai | CHN | 1508 | |
| 137 | Erdenebayar, Otgontsetseg | MGL | 1505 | |
| 138 | Moldabek, Merlan | KAZ | 1504 | |
| 139 | Radovic, Koca | MNE | 1497 | |
| 140 | Abdukhamid, Amir | KAZ | 1488 | |
| 141 | Gostautas, Antanas | LTU | 1487 | |
| 142 | Osmanov, Ilya Tim | FID | 1478 | |
| 143 | Shin, Seojun | KOR | 1478 | |
| 144 | Ismail, Aakin Hassan | MDV | 1475 | |
| 145 | Mukashev, Alan | KAZ | 1472 | |
| 146 | Huang, Joshua Kai-En | AUS | 1467 | |
| 147 | Maksut, Erkebulan | KAZ | 1456 | |
| 148 | Melkonyan, Mark | ARM | 1435 | |
| 149 | ACM | Stelloh, Sebastian | RSA | 1430 |
| 150 | Farsat, Hossain Ayyaan | BAN | 1427 | |
| 151 | Zhumaturdu, Kutmanbek | KGZ | 1407 | |
| 152 | ACM | Nisha Raj, Taran | AUS | 1403 |
| 153 | Amroune, Adam | LUX | 0 | |
| 154 | Du Toit, Daniel | NAM | 0 | |
| 155 | Ellender, Asher | RSA | 0 | |
| 156 | Galic, Vinko | BIH | 0 | |
| 157 | Honchar, Hleb | UKR | 0 | |
| 158 | Makuvachuma, Trey | ZIM | 0 | |
| 159 | Mohamed, Alsan Hussain | MDV | 0 | |
| 160 | Ponikowski, Witold | POL | 0 | |
| 161 | Shamsov, Ahmad | TJK | 0 | |
| 162 | Wang, Hsiao-Chuan | TPE | 0 |
