The FIDE World Youth U14, U16 & U18 Championships 2025 will take place from October 03 to October 16 in Durres, Albania. The tournament is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Albania, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players in the Open U14 category are IM Haochen Jiang (2457), IM Khagan Ahmad (2455), IM Sathvik Adiga (2396), FM Mark Smirnov (2359), FM David George Samir (2357), FM Antoni Radzimski (2356), FM Adam Gibala (2355), FM Tyhran Ambartsumian (2351), FM Manvel Arakelyan (2347), FM Martin Krauchi Romero (2346), FM Andrei Negrean (2343), Siddharth Singh (2338), FM David Lacan Rus (2335), FM Nikolay Vasilkov (2334), FM Pau Marin Ferragut (2333), FM Jain Rosh (2332), FM Aldiyar Zhauynbay (2332), FM Piotr Brzezina (2330), FM Andrew Jing (2325), FM Md. Reyan (2322), FM Felix Borne (2315), FM Taimaz Temirbekov (2301), FM Colin Federer (2300). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open U18 / Open U16 / Girls U18 / Girls U16 / Girls U14
More FIDE events: FIDE World Cadet Championships 2025 / FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025 / Women’s Grand Swiss Chess 2025 / World Chess Cup 2025 / Candidates Chess 2026
FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2025 – Open U14 Participants
| Name | FED | Rtg | |
| IM | Jiang, Haochen | CHN | 2457 |
| IM | Ahmad, Khagan | AZE | 2455 |
| IM | Sathvik, Adiga | IND | 2396 |
| FM | Smirnov, Mark | KAZ | 2359 |
| FM | George Samir, David | EGY | 2357 |
| FM | Radzimski, Antoni | POL | 2356 |
| FM | Gibala, Adam | POL | 2355 |
| FM | Ambartsumian, Tyhran | ARM | 2351 |
| FM | Arakelyan, Manvel | ARM | 2347 |
| FM | Krauchi Romero, Martin | ESP | 2346 |
| FM | Negrean, Andrei | ROU | 2343 |
| Singh, Siddharth | USA | 2338 | |
| FM | Lacan Rus, David | FRA | 2335 |
| FM | Vasilkov, Nikolay | FID | 2334 |
| FM | Marin Ferragut, Pau | ESP | 2333 |
| FM | Rosh, Jain | IND | 2332 |
| FM | Zhauynbay, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2332 |
| FM | Brzezina, Piotr | POL | 2330 |
| FM | Jing, Andrew | USA | 2325 |
| FM | Reyan, Md. | IND | 2322 |
| FM | Borne, Felix | FRA | 2315 |
| FM | Temirbekov, Taimaz | FID | 2301 |
| FM | Federer, Colin | SUI | 2300 |
| FM | Golis, Wiktor | POL | 2300 |
| FM | Nemitz, Alfred | GER | 2296 |
| Saminskij, Jan | SUI | 2283 | |
| FM | Ritzerveld, Noah | NED | 2270 |
| FM | Fedosov, Alexander | FID | 2266 |
| FM | Breuil, Virgile | FRA | 2263 |
| Landolsi, Iyad | FRA | 2254 | |
| FM | Das, Aditeya | USA | 2248 |
| CM | Islamov, Shakhzod | UZB | 2245 |
| CM | Dogan, Umut Anil | TUR | 2238 |
| Meirkhanuly, Akylzhan | KAZ | 2234 | |
| CM | Lebedev, Artem S. | FID | 2224 |
| CM | Ivancic, Ivan | CRO | 2216 |
| FM | Yilmaz, Baver | TUR | 2213 |
| CM | Karthi, Jashith | USA | 2206 |
| Boulos, Paul | FRA | 2202 | |
| Stickler, Florentin | AUT | 2200 | |
| CM | Abdsattar, Alisher | KAZ | 2197 |
| Albrecht, Neil | GER | 2194 | |
| CM | Sherla, Prathamesh | IND | 2193 |
| FM | Sandmann, Villads Majvang | DEN | 2191 |
| Alizada, Pasham | AZE | 2182 | |
| FM | Tulendinov, Dinmukhammed | KAZ | 2174 |
| CM | Buyuk, Eymen Eren | TUR | 2163 |
| Stephanblome, Felix | GER | 2154 | |
| Merkouropoulos, Dionysios | GRE | 2136 | |
| CM | Momunaliev, Ruslan | KGZ | 2126 |
| Kulich, Filip | SVK | 2123 | |
| Casiguran, Phil Martin | PHI | 2105 | |
| Costantino, Claudio Emanuele | ITA | 2100 | |
| Platonovs, Nikolajs | LAT | 2100 | |
| CM | Diaz Guerrero, Jesus Daniel | MEX | 2099 |
| Steiners, Emils | LAT | 2096 | |
| Zecha, Oscar | NED | 2094 | |
| Kroulik, Vaclav | CZE | 2093 | |
| FM | Demchenko, Maksim Dm | FID | 2084 |
| CM | Ivanov, Andrey A. | IRL | 2083 |
| Wallinger, Nikolaus | AUT | 2082 | |
| CM | Moses, Neil | CAN | 2076 |
| Dijokas, Jokubas | LTU | 2071 | |
| Chiari, Cosimo | ITA | 2070 | |
| Bod, Marton | HUN | 2067 | |
| Faryma, Maksym | POR | 2066 | |
| CM | Ordonez Bonilla, Ricardo Andres | GUA | 2065 |
| Gorkov, Kirill | EST | 2061 | |
| Palomino Quispe, Mateo Henry | PER | 2061 | |
| AIM | Guo, Felix | USA | 2055 |
| Sidorenja, Radion | FID | 2053 | |
| Omarsson, Josef | ISL | 2047 | |
| Bjornstad, Hallvard Foss | NOR | 2043 | |
| Dhooge, Servaas | BEL | 2041 | |
| Soghomonyan, Tigran | ARM | 2040 | |
| Savelev, Matvei | FID | 2027 | |
| CM | Balavignan, Ashvin | AUS | 2023 |
| FM | Duarte Fernandez, Agustin | ARG | 2022 |
| Berdashkevich, Makar | FID | 2015 | |
| Elsness, Fredrik Valstad | NOR | 2011 | |
| Sibincic, Nikola | BIH | 2011 | |
| Timonteev, Aleksandr | FID | 2010 | |
| Pranav, Sai Ram R S | IND | 2008 | |
| CM | Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav | FID | 2003 |
| AFM | Velychko, Semen | UKR | 1998 |
| Wickramasinghe, V W A Vinuda Vidm | SRI | 1997 | |
| FM | Bokhodirov, Abdulkodir | UZB | 1991 |
| CM | Dauren, Darmen | KAZ | 1982 |
| Myny, Sigur H | NOR | 1981 | |
| Dzhumakanov, Kuanysh | KAZ | 1971 | |
| Kodiri, Pairavi | TJK | 1965 | |
| AIM | Amankos, Zhanbolat | KAZ | 1953 |
| Vuckovic, Uros | SRB | 1947 | |
| Kelbl, Jakob | SLO | 1940 | |
| Sung, Tze Shyan Evin | SGP | 1936 | |
| CM | Akhmet, Suleyman | KAZ | 1934 |
| Gvasalia, Gaga | GEO | 1926 | |
| Mazanik, Mikita | FID | 1924 | |
| AIM | Krbacevic, Mateja | NOR | 1917 |
| Rabarison, Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah | MAD | 1914 | |
| Hanachi, Abderahmane | ALG | 1901 | |
| Wu, Chen- Hao | TPE | 1898 | |
| AFM | Schwartz, Michael | RSA | 1895 |
| Lee, Daniel Joshua | CAN | 1895 | |
| ACM | Ejsymont, Eryk | POL | 1893 |
| AFM | Rantala, Tuomas | FIN | 1871 |
| Pallini, Tommaso | ITA | 1861 | |
| Duabek, Abylaikhan | KAZ | 1859 | |
| Kuzmin, Sevastian | FID | 1859 | |
| Tutekov, Teodor | BUL | 1843 | |
| Stefanoski, Daniel | MKD | 1833 | |
| Ait Atmane, Samy Younes | ALG | 1825 | |
| Aichinger, Johannes | AUT | 1803 | |
| Mugambi, Christian Mwamba | KEN | 1797 | |
| Jaikaran, Aaron | BAR | 1795 | |
| Alsayer, Bader | KUW | 1793 | |
| Tojomalala, Aiko | MAD | 1761 | |
| Chendighilean, Vladislav | MDA | 1760 | |
| Endo, Shuma | JPN | 1758 | |
| Voskolovich, Bogdan | TJK | 1754 | |
| AFM | Tsolmon, Battur | MGL | 1751 |
| Pu, Jing | TPE | 1717 | |
| Recica, Rron | KOS | 1688 | |
| Vlach, Ludwig | LUX | 1683 | |
| Qudsi, Mohammad | LBN | 1680 | |
| Karaolis, Andreas | CYP | 1670 | |
| To, Nam Long | MNC | 1659 | |
| Cheng, Yu Chen (Ethan) | TPE | 1646 | |
| Chitta, Adithya | USA | 1644 | |
| Peric, Toman | MNE | 1643 | |
| Yen, Yu-En | TPE | 1614 | |
| Wei, Yi-Chen | TPE | 1612 | |
| Vokhidov, Saidkhuja | UZB | 1600 | |
| Mintz, Nathan | USA | 1586 | |
| Tsai, Nien-Yu | TPE | 1577 | |
| Muhammad, Chaudhry | PAK | 1568 | |
| Sivakumar, Nirvan | USA | 1550 | |
| Mubarak, Yerassyl | KAZ | 1541 | |
| Shtiza, Ted | ALB | 1538 | |
| Alhabeeb, Abdulaziz | KUW | 1434 | |
| Aleksi, Ralf | ALB | 0 | |
| Alkhadher, Abdulwahab | KUW | 0 | |
| Alrefaei, Hashem | KUW | 0 | |
| Bajraktari, Alis | ALB | 0 | |
| Cheng Jr., Richard Ming | USA | 0 | |
| Hardie-Brown, Shiloh | USA | 0 | |
| Pataridze, Alexander | USA | 0 | |
| Xhemali, Joan | ALB | 0 |
