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 U18 category are GM Jan Klimkowski (2524), IM Read Samadov (2523), IM Diego Macias Pino (2501), IM Jakub Seemann (2500), IM Marius Deuer (2487), IM Krzysztof Raczek (2487), IM Artiom Stribuk (2486), GM Vuppala Prraneeth (2485), IM Javier Habans Aguerrea (2475), IM Aldiyar Ansat (2470), GM Jagadeesh Siddharth (2467), IM Diego Vergara Anton (2467), IM Robert Piliposyan (2451), FM Vahe A. Sukiasyan (2446), IM Daniyal Sapenov (2445), IM Adarsh Uppala Sriram (2438), IM Adar Tarhan (2432), FM Serdar Murat Yildiz (2426), IM Nikola Kanov (2420), FM Ergali Suleimen (2417), IM Adelard Bai (2416), FM Shahin Valiyev (2413), Johannes Von Mettenheim (2404). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open U16 / 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 U18 Participants
| Name | FED | Rtg | |
| GM | Klimkowski, Jan | POL | 2524 |
| IM | Samadov, Read | AZE | 2523 |
| IM | Macias Pino, Diego | ESP | 2501 |
| IM | Seemann, Jakub | POL | 2500 |
| IM | Deuer, Marius | GER | 2487 |
| IM | Raczek, Krzysztof | POL | 2487 |
| IM | Stribuk, Artiom | FID | 2486 |
| GM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | IND | 2485 |
| IM | Habans Aguerrea, Javier | ESP | 2475 |
| IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2470 |
| GM | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | SGP | 2467 |
| IM | Vergara Anton, Diego | ESP | 2467 |
| IM | Piliposyan, Robert | ARM | 2451 |
| FM | Sukiasyan, Vahe A. | ARM | 2446 |
| IM | Sapenov, Daniyal | KAZ | 2445 |
| IM | Sriram, Adarsh Uppala | IND | 2438 |
| IM | Tarhan, Adar | TUR | 2432 |
| FM | Yildiz, Serdar Murat | TUR | 2426 |
| IM | Kanov, Nikola | BUL | 2420 |
| FM | Suleimen, Ergali | KAZ | 2417 |
| IM | Bai, Adelard | TPE | 2416 |
| FM | Valiyev, Shahin | AZE | 2413 |
| Von Mettenheim, Johannes | GER | 2404 | |
| IM | Chen, Ryo | USA | 2401 |
| FM | Assylov, Miras | KAZ | 2395 |
| IM | Milikow, Elie | ISR | 2390 |
| FM | Perea Fruet, Lorenzo | ESP | 2386 |
| IM | Makkar, Rajat | FRA | 2382 |
| FM | Akhilbay, Imangali | KAZ | 2377 |
| IM | Khripachenko, Alexander | FID | 2376 |
| IM | Zhakshylykov, Erzhan | KGZ | 2362 |
| IM | Campos Gomez, Manuel | COL | 2359 |
| FM | Zlatkov, Anton | MKD | 2351 |
| IM | Wafa, Hamed | EGY | 2350 |
| FM | Pashikyan, Rudolf | ARM | 2349 |
| FM | Kejna, Piotr | POL | 2348 |
| FM | Heinrich, John | GER | 2344 |
| FM | Turcsanyi, Vince Gergo | HUN | 2342 |
| FM | Zouaghi, Amir | BEL | 2342 |
| FM | Filip, Andrei | ROU | 2337 |
| FM | Kandil, Ahmed | EGY | 2334 |
| Sharon, Rafael | ZAM | 2333 | |
| FM | Sachilaru, Alexandru | ROU | 2329 |
| FM | Breuil, Tristan | FRA | 2326 |
| FM | Tleukhanov, Yerlan | KAZ | 2324 |
| FM | Urbani, Gabriel | ITA | 2320 |
| FM | Oksendal, Martin | NOR | 2319 |
| FM | Montes Orozco, Miguel Angel | MEX | 2312 |
| FM | Ulziikhishig, Khishigbat | MGL | 2312 |
| FM | Craciun, Sasha-Matei | ROU | 2309 |
| FM | Mesic, Ismet | BIH | 2307 |
| Giammona, Federico | ITA | 2307 | |
| IM | Mendes, Aaron Reeve | CAN | 2301 |
| FM | Soucek, Jan | CZE | 2301 |
| FM | Dyachuk, Artem | UKR | 2298 |
| FM | Ughuzov, Ravan | AZE | 2298 |
| FM | Ciric, Pavle | SRB | 2291 |
| FM | Ribera Veganzones, Serni | AND | 2291 |
| FM | Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin | TJK | 2289 |
| FM | Olenik Campa, Rudi | SLO | 2288 |
| FM | Fu, Yihe | AUS | 2280 |
| FM | Jaiveer, Mahendru | IND | 2272 |
| FM | Elias, David | SVK | 2266 |
| Janeczko, Jakub | POL | 2258 | |
| FM | Amangeldy, Ernur | KAZ | 2255 |
| CM | Bulgak, Damir | FID | 2254 |
| FM | Hald Falkesgaard, Jeppe | DEN | 2241 |
| CM | Papaioannou, Dimitrios | GRE | 2239 |
| FM | Sundac, Ivano | CRO | 2236 |
| CM | Kishiev, Famil | FID | 2233 |
| Zhou, Runyi | CHN | 2232 | |
| Gasparyan, David | USA | 2212 | |
| Adamovics, Aleksejs | LAT | 2204 | |
| FM | Rempe, Jonas | GER | 2203 |
| FM | Rappazzo, Johannes | SUI | 2189 |
| CM | Silwal, Purushottam | NEP | 2129 |
| Ramaj, Ergit | ALB | 2124 | |
| Kaewpitakkun, Pantham | NOR | 2111 | |
| CM | Suslov, Dmitrii | FID | 2103 |
| Maglioni, Leonardo | ITA | 2103 | |
| Petersen, Elias | FAI | 2100 | |
| Gold, Theodor | AUT | 2099 | |
| CM | Heron, Andrew | LIE | 2097 |
| Miron, Iurii | MDA | 2074 | |
| Gavenavicius, Karolis | LTU | 2073 | |
| Hakkinen, Aleksandr | FIN | 2071 | |
| Kosta, Kelvin | ALB | 2070 | |
| Tokbayev, Anuar | KAZ | 2065 | |
| Lang, Simon | CZE | 2052 | |
| Guia, Artur Solovyov Eloy | POR | 2049 | |
| Trendafilov, Simeon | BUL | 2048 | |
| Lin, Chenyi | RSA | 2039 | |
| Arpith, S Bijoy | IND | 2038 | |
| Moisio, Miska | FIN | 2028 | |
| CM | Peter, Neathan | RSA | 2013 |
| CM | Amrane, Abdellah | ALG | 2011 |
| Wang, Yu Sen | TPE | 1956 | |
| Kaloki, Hawi | KEN | 1955 | |
| Lappalainen, Eemi | FIN | 1875 | |
| Shtavica, Alaudin | KOS | 1868 | |
| Naziraliev, Kilichbek | UZB | 1849 | |
| Jogi, Henry | EST | 1841 | |
| Huerta Lichtenberg De Mindszent, Santiago | MEX | 1741 | |
| Haipinge, Tuhafifa Pomwene | NAM | 1734 | |
| Chrysostomou, Pavlos | CYP | 1715 | |
| CM | Alhejab, Meshal | KUW | 1713 |
| Zuniga Samano, Jose Andres | MEX | 1713 | |
| Leung, Ian Kei | MAC | 1690 | |
| Lin, Benjamin | TPE | 1679 | |
| Milovic, Radovan | MNE | 1679 | |
| Facio Palos, Carlos Daniel | MEX | 1636 | |
| Wei, Yi-Chen | TPE | 1612 | |
| Diab, Majd | LBN | 1585 | |
| Pu, Yu | TPE | 1584 | |
| Wanjala, Samuel | KEN | 1557 | |
| Wu, Yi-Hsuan | TPE | 0 |
