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 U16 category are IM A R Ilamparthi (2518), GM Edgar Mamedov (2490), IM Patryk Cieslak (2474), IM Pawel Sowinski (2469), IM Lukas Dotzer (2463), IM Ethan Vaz (2447), IM Sauat Nurgaliyev (2422), FM Daniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia (2410), FM Havard Haug (2396), FM Cyprian Mulawa (2373), FM Alexandr E. Volodin (2369), FM Ege Tuna Oktem (2367), Zanas Nainys (2357), CM Isaak Parpiev (2355), FM Santiago Lopez Rayo (2353), FM Matei-Andrei Coicev (2352), FM Asrorjon Omonov (2350), FM Leonid Efimov (2347), FM Akbarali Abdukhakimov (2337), FM Nikita An. Kalinin (2336), FM Philipp Leon Klaska (2335). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open U18 / Open U14 / 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 U16 Participants
| Name | FED | Rtg | Typ | |
| IM | Ilamparthi, A R | IND | 2518 | U16 |
| GM | Mamedov, Edgar | KAZ | 2490 | U16 |
| IM | Cieslak, Patryk | POL | 2474 | U16 |
| IM | Sowinski, Pawel | POL | 2469 | U16 |
| IM | Dotzer, Lukas | AUT | 2463 | U16 |
| IM | Vaz, Ethan | IND | 2447 | U16 |
| IM | Nurgaliyev, Sauat | KAZ | 2422 | U16 |
| FM | Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Daniel | ESP | 2410 | U16 |
| FM | Haug, Havard | NOR | 2396 | U16 |
| FM | Mulawa, Cyprian | POL | 2373 | U16 |
| FM | Volodin, Alexandr E. | FID | 2369 | U16 |
| FM | Oktem, Ege Tuna | TUR | 2367 | U16 |
| Nainys, Zanas | LTU | 2357 | U16 | |
| CM | Parpiev, Isaak | FID | 2355 | U16 |
| FM | Lopez Rayo, Santiago | COL | 2353 | U16 |
| FM | Coicev, Matei-Andrei | ROU | 2352 | U16 |
| FM | Omonov, Asrorjon | UZB | 2350 | U16 |
| FM | Efimov, Leonid | FID | 2347 | U16 |
| FM | Abdukhakimov, Akbarali | UZB | 2337 | U16 |
| FM | Kalinin, Nikita An. | FID | 2336 | U16 |
| FM | Klaska, Philipp Leon | GER | 2335 | U16 |
| FM | Perossa, Nicolas | ITA | 2318 | U16 |
| IM | Levitan, Caleb Levi | RSA | 2315 | U16 |
| FM | Rustamov, Rustam | AZE | 2310 | U16 |
| FM | Hovakimyan, Vache | ARM | 2304 | U16 |
| FM | Medhus, Vitus Bondo | DEN | 2304 | U16 |
| FM | Kurt, Sascha | NED | 2303 | U16 |
| FM | Brattgjerd, Isak Vinh | NOR | 2301 | U16 |
| FM | Valdats, Reinis | LAT | 2301 | U16 |
| FM | Gkavardinas, Antonios | GRE | 2283 | U16 |
| La Barbera, Manfredi | ITA | 2279 | U16 | |
| FM | Domin, Yan | UKR | 2278 | U16 |
| FM | Sapocinic, Semion | MDA | 2270 | U16 |
| Wu, Jonathan | CAN | 2269 | U16 | |
| CM | Yalcinkaya, Efe | TUR | 2267 | U16 |
| FM | Tenuunbold, Battulga | MGL | 2266 | U16 |
| Faryma, Matviy | POR | 2265 | U16 | |
| CM | Azizov, Sadullo | UZB | 2258 | U16 |
| FM | Puzyrevsky, Semyon | FID | 2256 | U16 |
| FM | Talgatov, Nazar | KAZ | 2254 | U16 |
| FM | Levitan, Judah Nathan | RSA | 2252 | U16 |
| FM | Myagmarsuren, Evsuld | NOR | 2249 | U16 |
| FM | Willy, Stephen | USA | 2247 | U16 |
| Vandenhole, Kobe | BEL | 2246 | U16 | |
| Tran, Ngoc Minh Duy | VIE | 2241 | U16 | |
| Laignel, Quentin | FRA | 2229 | U16 | |
| FM | Dumanuly, Sultanbeibarys | KAZ | 2228 | U16 |
| FM | Kazantzoglou, Stefanos | GRE | 2222 | U16 |
| CM | Petrus, Adrian | CRO | 2220 | U16 |
| Arsenie, Cristian Marc | SUI | 2216 | U16 | |
| Tabatadze, Erekle | GEO | 2216 | U16 | |
| Pang, Qi | USA | 2213 | U16 | |
| Neuhoff, Laertes | GER | 2202 | U16 | |
| Heino, Pessi | FIN | 2201 | U16 | |
| CM | Liu, Jason | IRL | 2194 | U16 |
| FM | Tamer Waguih, Farid | EGY | 2187 | U16 |
| FM | Boci, Mateu | ALB | 2186 | U16 |
| Jasso, Matej | CZE | 2181 | U16 | |
| Guretchii, Kirill | MDA | 2176 | U16 | |
| Fargetta, Vittorio | ITA | 2170 | U16 | |
| Syzdyk, Samir | KAZ | 2164 | U16 | |
| CM | Zobel, Christian | GER | 2161 | U16 |
| CM | Daulet, Alikhan | KAZ | 2158 | U16 |
| Boutikos, Eleftherios | GRE | 2154 | U16 | |
| Dimitrov, Martin | BUL | 2151 | U16 | |
| Elmirzaev, Khondamir | UZB | 2151 | U16 | |
| Tamas, Christian-Arrydan | ROU | 2139 | U16 | |
| Burns, Michael | MKD | 2131 | U16 | |
| FM | Senel, Hayri Beyhun | TUR | 2129 | U16 |
| Walgren, William Arntzen | NOR | 2129 | U16 | |
| Kabylbek, Yedil | KAZ | 2124 | U16 | |
| Asikainen, Eeli | FIN | 2121 | U16 | |
| Induwara, T H D Thisarindu | SRI | 2119 | U16 | |
| Yessengali, Adizhan | KAZ | 2109 | U16 | |
| AIM | Mantazis, Georgios Rafail | GRE | 2107 | U16 |
| Vesa, Mikke | FIN | 2107 | U16 | |
| Smirnov, Maksim | SLO | 2106 | U16 | |
| Beristenov, Kair | KAZ | 2105 | U16 | |
| Artemov, Andriy | UKR | 2087 | U16 | |
| Zizic, Djordje | MNE | 2084 | U16 | |
| Tenfjord Engelsen, Teodor | NOR | 2083 | U16 | |
| Chang, Ethan | AUS | 2081 | U16 | |
| Van Coppenolle, Lander | BEL | 2079 | U16 | |
| Volcov, Igor | MDA | 2073 | U16 | |
| Benedikt, Noah | AUT | 2068 | U16 | |
| Bod, Marton | HUN | 2067 | U14 | |
| CM | Salinas Cardenas, Rodrigo Salvador | MEX | 2059 | U16 |
| Karacsonyi, Bank | HUN | 2053 | U16 | |
| Plard, Axel | LUX | 2053 | U16 | |
| Gay, Lukas | SVK | 2049 | U16 | |
| Seretis, Nikolaos G | GRE | 2046 | U16 | |
| Kurbanbaev, Zalkar | KGZ | 2029 | U16 | |
| Yang, Siyuan | CHN | 2024 | U16 | |
| Kazhmuratov, Altair | KAZ | 2014 | U16 | |
| Basha, Lir | KOS | 2005 | U16 | |
| Ercoli, Andria | AND | 2004 | U16 | |
| Taizhanov, Aissultan | AUT | 2003 | U16 | |
| CM | Gao, Oscar | AUS | 1990 | U16 |
| Pilchuk, Artem | UKR | 1988 | U16 | |
| Zhang, Daniel | CAN | 1976 | U16 | |
| Brankovic, Uros | SRB | 1973 | U16 | |
| Timoshenko, Anton | FID | 1970 | U16 | |
| Li, Yage | CHN | 1965 | U16 | |
| CM | Mukhsinov, Mukhammad Yusuf | UZB | 1962 | U16 |
| Kondakov, Konstantin | FID | 1957 | U16 | |
| Mesic, Ado | BIH | 1954 | U16 | |
| Claassen, Raynier | RSA | 1951 | U16 | |
| ACM | Darvekar, Yash | CAN | 1950 | U16 |
| Nicolussi, Hieronymus | AUT | 1950 | U16 | |
| AIM | Shah, Abheek | NEP | 1928 | U16 |
| Amangeldinov, Alkey | KAZ | 1927 | U16 | |
| Ng, Alexander Pn | JPN | 1898 | U16 | |
| Vedant, Nayudu | SGP | 1896 | U16 | |
| Bjerg, Ludvig | DEN | 1882 | U16 | |
| Singhal, Vivaan | IRL | 1843 | U16 | |
| Sun, Chang-Jyu | TPE | 1828 | U16 | |
| Reyes Rivera, Jose Isaac | MEX | 1816 | U16 | |
| AIM | Girard, Sebastien | LBN | 1771 | U16 |
| Mane, Arnav | CAN | 1766 | U16 | |
| Shtiza, Brendon | ALB | 1745 | U16 | |
| Ortiz Bogdanov, Santiago | LUX | 1743 | U16 | |
| Angula, Sibusiso | NAM | 1736 | U16 | |
| AIM | Chen, Yung-Hao | TPE | 1735 | U16 |
| Mbaabu, Cyprian | KEN | 1727 | U16 | |
| Karis, Fredi | EST | 1726 | U16 | |
| Andrianarivony, Irvin Keynnan | MAD | 1724 | U16 | |
| Lisha, Dion | ALB | 1723 | U16 | |
| Hatibovic, Nermin | BIH | 1720 | U16 | |
| Wu, Jhuo-Han | TPE | 1697 | U16 | |
| Yang, Ya-Cheng | TPE | 1678 | U16 | |
| Chaili, Yasser Idris | ALG | 1660 | U16 | |
| AFM | Ahmed, Moeed Yousuf | PAK | 1638 | U16 |
| Kibrit Arakanchi, Teofilo | MEX | 1637 | U16 | |
| Velazquez Conde, Mateo | MEX | 1626 | U16 | |
| Du Toit, Dawid | NAM | 1603 | U16 | |
| Nthiga, Blair Wema | KEN | 1574 | U16 | |
| Liao, Yi-Cen | TPE | 1557 | U16 | |
| Yao, Hong-Yu | TPE | 1546 | U16 | |
| Chazima, Terence Shaka | KEN | 1529 | U16 | |
| Shekupe, Fidel | NAM | 1507 | U16 | |
| AFM | Sun, David | MAC | 0 | U16 |
| Alkhadher, Abdullah | KUW | 0 | U16 | |
| Blum, Fabio | LIE | 0 | U16 | |
| Fabian, Jesse | KEN | 0 | U16 | |
| Li, Zi Hong | TPE | 0 | U16 | |
| Saumya, Saini | KEN | 0 | U16 |
