The Ganja Chess Open 2025 will take place from November 11 to November 17 in Ganja, Azerbaijan. This tournament has 2 categories – Group A and Group B. The Group A section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Azerbaijan, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top seeded player is GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2620), followed by GM Evgeny Romanov (2567) and GM Rithvik R Raja (2541). Among the top 20 are GM Jun Zhao (2531), GM Ilia Iljiushenok (2521), GM Giga Quparadze (2509), IM Khazar Babazada (2509), GM Evgeny Alekseev (2508), IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (2487), Zhang Di (2460), IM Yihan Meng (2456), IM Mayank Chakraborty (2454), IM Murad Ibrahimli (2447), IM Benny Aizenberg (2444), IM Shiroghlan Talibov (2443), GM Tornike Sanikidze (2411), Adak Bivor (2402), FM Shahin Valiyev (2393), IM Sunle Gong (2374), IM Kaustuv Kundu (2372). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Group B
More: Asian Schools Chess Championships 2025 / Asian Seniors Championships 2025 – 65+ / Asian Seniors Championships 2025 – 50+/ Asian Junior Chess Championships 2025
Ganja Open 2025 – Group A Participants
| No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
| 1 | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke | IND | 2620 |
| 2 | GM | Romanov, Evgeny | MKD | 2567 |
| 3 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | IND | 2541 |
| 4 | GM | Zhao, Jun | CHN | 2531 |
| 5 | GM | Iljiushenok, Ilia | FID | 2521 |
| 6 | GM | Quparadze, Giga | GEO | 2509 |
| 7 | IM | Babazada, Khazar | AZE | 2509 |
| 8 | GM | Alekseev, Evgeny | ISR | 2508 |
| 9 | IM | Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid | UZB | 2487 |
| 10 | Zhang, Di | CHN | 2460 | |
| 11 | IM | Meng, Yihan | CHN | 2456 |
| 12 | IM | Mayank, Chakraborty | IND | 2454 |
| 13 | IM | Ibrahimli, Murad | AZE | 2447 |
| 14 | IM | Aizenberg, Benny | ISR | 2444 |
| 15 | IM | Talibov, Shiroghlan | AZE | 2443 |
| 16 | GM | Sanikidze, Tornike | GEO | 2411 |
| 17 | Bivor, Adak | IND | 2402 | |
| 18 | FM | Valiyev, Shahin | AZE | 2393 |
| 19 | IM | Gong, Sunle | CHN | 2374 |
| 20 | IM | Kaustuv, Kundu | IND | 2372 |
| 21 | IM | Atakishiyev, Elmar | AZE | 2362 |
| 22 | FM | John, Veny Akkarakaran | IND | 2347 |
| 23 | IM | Subhayan, Kundu | IND | 2346 |
| 24 | IM | Wu, Yixing | CHN | 2345 |
| 25 | CM | Davudov, Tunar | AZE | 2339 |
| 26 | FM | Suleymanli, Suleyman | AZE | 2328 |
| 27 | FM | Aslanov, Umid | AZE | 2322 |
| 28 | FM | Rustamov, Rustam | AZE | 2314 |
| 29 | FM | Ughuzov, Ravan | AZE | 2313 |
| 30 | Nithin, Babu | IND | 2310 | |
| 31 | WGM | Sliwicka, Alicja | POL | 2298 |
| 32 | FM | Hamidov, Allahverdi | AZE | 2285 |
| 33 | FM | Zhong, Kangmin | CHN | 2283 |
| 34 | FM | Noy, Eyal | ISR | 2275 |
| 35 | WIM | Kubicka, Anna | POL | 2259 |
| 36 | Majumder, Shrayan | IND | 2234 | |
| 37 | FM | Orujov, Farid | AZE | 2221 |
| 38 | Arshpreet, Singh | IND | 2216 | |
| 39 | Hojjatinejad, Ilia | IRI | 2210 | |
| 40 | IM | Soozankar, A.M. | IRI | 2190 |
| 41 | Anadkat, Kartavya | IND | 2185 | |
| 42 | Ahmadi, Erfan | IRI | 2162 | |
| 43 | FM | Saurabh, Anand | IND | 2158 |
| 44 | CM | Hajialiyev, Islam | AZE | 2158 |
| 45 | WFM | Kheerthi, Ganta | IND | 2156 |
| 46 | WGM | Gu, Xiaobing | CHN | 2148 |
| 47 | Azimi, Amir Mohammad | IRI | 2143 | |
| 48 | IM | Sangma, Rahul | IND | 2136 |
| 49 | FM | Samimi, Armin | IRI | 2135 |
| 50 | Mahindrakar, Indrajeet | IND | 2133 | |
| 51 | Baardeh, Tahmoores | IRI | 2119 | |
| 52 | FM | Zahmati, Sobhan | IRI | 2109 |
| 53 | Jafarli, Babak | AZE | 2097 | |
| 54 | CM | Matyakubov, Miraziz | UZB | 2095 |
| 55 | Nithik, Reddy Bhavanam | IND | 2092 | |
| 56 | CM | Delavari, Behnood | IRI | 2085 |
| 57 | CM | Joel, Paul Ganta | IND | 2085 |
| 58 | Rakhmatullaev, Muhammadsolih | UZB | 2084 | |
| 59 | Abbasov, Amil | AZE | 2074 | |
| 60 | Rzayev, Askar Aliakbar | TUR | 2072 | |
| 61 | Garakhanov, Shamsi | AZE | 2059 | |
| 62 | Gulumov, Muthat | AZE | 2055 | |
| 63 | Zhou, Shumeng | CHN | 2051 | |
| 64 | Masoumi, Sahar | IRI | 2049 | |
| 65 | AFM | Choubey, Saurabh | IND | 2047 |
| 66 | FM | Yonal, Timur | TUR | 2045 |
| 67 | Shaurya, Chaudhary | IND | 2044 | |
| 68 | Rahmani, Pedram | IRI | 2041 | |
| 69 | CM | Kavinda, Akila | SRI | 2037 |
| 70 | Moridi, Mohammad Kia | IRI | 2035 | |
| 71 | WCM | Bashirli, Saadat | AZE | 2034 |
| 72 | Baghirov, Mahammad | AZE | 2015 | |
| 73 | Ebrahimi Rashti, Asal | IRI | 2014 | |
| 74 | Salimov, Shovkat | AZE | 2014 | |
| 75 | Nasibov, Rufat | AZE | 2011 | |
| 76 | Chaudhari, Ashish | IND | 2006 | |
| 77 | Azizli, Nurlan | AZE | 2005 | |
| 78 | Tiwari, Shivansh | IND | 2003 | |
| 79 | Imani, Adrina | IRI | 2001 | |
| 80 | Baghirov, Orkhan | AZE | 1991 | |
| 81 | Mursalzade, Javad | AZE | 1976 | |
| 82 | AIM | Abhay, Bandewar | IND | 1968 |
| 83 | Mohamadi, Niyousha | IRI | 1966 | |
| 84 | Prakash, Vaishnavi | IND | 1964 | |
| 85 | Novruzov, Emin | AZE | 1937 | |
| 86 | Gurbanov, Huseyn | AZE | 1931 | |
| 87 | Babayev, Kamran | AZE | 1873 | |
| 88 | Allahverdi, Zahra | AZE | 1850 |
