Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 – Open LIVE

The Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 will take place from December 23 to December 29 in Wan Chai Stadium, Hong Kong. This tournament has 2 categories – Open and Challengers. The Open section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Hong Kong, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are GM Maxim Vavulin (2542), GM N R Visakh (2526), GM Xiongjian Peng (2521), IM A R Ilamparthi (2520), GM Abhijeet Gupta (2507), IM Vilka Sipila (2478), IM Haochen Jiang (2459), GM Hagen Poetsch (2457), IM Alexandr Triapishko (2451), GM Tao Pang (2445), GM Zong-Yuan Zhao (2442), IM Ganzorig Amartuvshin (2415), IM Chen Zou (2414), IM Xinyang Nie (2391), IM Michael Concio Jr. (2388), IM Zhaoqi Liu (2364), GM Jacek Stopa (2335), WIM Tianqi Yan (2334), FM Hungi Yun (2310), FM Sehyun Kwon (2298). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Challengers
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Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 – Open Participants

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	GM	Vavulin, Maxim	GER	2542
2	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2526
3	GM	Peng, Xiongjian	CHN	2521
4	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2520
5	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	2507
6	IM	Sipila, Vilka	FIN	2478
7	IM	Jiang, Haochen	CHN	2459
8	GM	Poetsch, Hagen	GER	2457
9	IM	Triapishko, Alexandr	FID	2451
10	GM	Pang, Tao	CHN	2445
11	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan	AUS	2442
12	IM	Amartuvshin, Ganzorig	MGL	2415
13	IM	Zou, Chen	CHN	2414
14	IM	Nie, Xinyang	CHN	2391
15	IM	Concio, Michael Jr.	PHI	2388
16	IM	Liu, Zhaoqi	CHN	2364
17	GM	Stopa, Jacek	POL	2335
18	WIM	Yan, Tianqi	CHN	2334
19	FM	Yun, Hungi	KOR	2310
20	FM	Kwon, Sehyun	KOR	2298
21	GM	Villamayor, Buenaventura	SGP	2293
22		Chen, Zhen	CHN	2281
23	IM	Nolte, Rolando	PHI	2278
24	WIM	Gao, Muziyan	CHN	2275
25	IM	Lu, Ming	USA	2273
26	FM	Cong, Dingzhou	CHN	2244
27	WIM	Aakanksha, Hagawane	IND	2242
28		Zhu, Harvey (Hanchen)	AUS	2208
29		Jiang, Liu	CHN	2207
30	CM	Wen, Gehua	CHN	2197
31		Asaka, Samuel	AUS	2195
32		Shen, Fuyan	CHN	2190
33		Hong, Mingren	CHN	2176
34		Lundberg, Bjorn	SWE	2173
35		Kim, Yubin	KOR	2166
36		Jin, Ruijun	CHN	2164
37		Gong, Changda	CHN	2158
38		Casiguran, Phil Martin	PHI	2157
39		Goh, Jinghan Cameron	SGP	2154
40	FM	Hu, Yifei	AUS	2151
41	WIM	Zhang, Xiao	CHN	2148
42	IM	Bancod, Ronald	PHI	2135
43	WFM	Buyankhishig, Batpelden	MGL	2134
44	CM	Kao, Jamison Edrich	HKG	2127
45	FM	Tenguundalai, Ganbat	MGL	2116
46	CM	Huh, Isaak	KOR	2110
47		Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth	IND	2107
48	FM	Munkhbayar, Gijir	MGL	2105
49	CM	Ulan, Rizat	KAZ	2086
50		Wu, Haoyan	CHN	2086
51		Xie, Chujun	CHN	2083
52		Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari	IND	2082
53		Scherer, Frank	GER	2073
54		Harshit, Amarnani	IND	2071
55		Yang, Lanqin	CHN	2069
56	FM	Lam, Chun Yung Samuel	HKG	2064
57	WIM	Ivana Maria, Furtado	IND	2063
58		Papantoniou, John	AUS	2063
59		Tang, Yiheng	SGP	2063
60		Liu, Haoling	CHN	2042
61		Tabernilla, Tyrhone James	PHI	2040
62		Zuo, Junyu	CHN	2035
63		Mohit, S	IND	2034
64		Xu, Wei	CHN	2023
65		Wu, Yinan	CHN	2022
66		Huang, Yuan	AUS	2014
67	CM	Anderson, Brendan	AUS	2010
68	CM	Li, Yiheng	HKG	2008
69		Cheng, Gongpu	CHN	2004
70	CM	Ni, Lucas	AUS	2003
71		Chon, Yongjoon	KOR	2003
72		Dryglas, Maciej	JPN	1997
73		Kwong, Wing Ki	HKG	1996
74	WCM	Naransolongo, Zorigoo	MGL	1982
75		Zhong, Taoyu	CHN	1976
76		Ruan, Harry	AUS	1972
77	WFM	Urangoo, Gurvanbaatar	MGL	1959
78		Stalker, Ian	AUS	1959
79		Marin, Sam	CAN	1958
80	CM	Chan, Wang Ip Boris	HKG	1950
81		Haresh, Venkata Narayanaswamy	SGP	1947
82		Tisado, Janmyl Dilan	PHI	1937
83		Chan, Lok Yee Lewis	HKG	1936
84		Song, Yihang	CHN	1933
85		Fang, Brandon Jun Qiao	HKG	1932
86		Kim, Taewoo A	KOR	1921
87		Muhammad, Gunawan Wibisono	INA	1920
88		Shao, Qiyu	CHN	1916
89		Feng, Kuixiu	CHN	1915
90		Suman, Saideep	IND	1912
91		Chen, Dean	AUS	1908
92		Park, Inchan	KOR	1907
93		Lee, Woosung	KOR	1906
94	CM	Chan, Pui Yin Brandon	HKG	1891
95		Hindol, Ghosh	IND	1890
96		Lee, Gerent Chak Yan	HKG	1888
97		Batbileg, Boldbaatar	MGL	1884
98		Wang, Jiyan	CHN	1880
99		Sainbuyan, Batsuuri	MGL	1879
100		Eugen, Mehul Shah	IND	1869
101		Shravan, Sriram	IND	1868
102		Baidar, Buyandelger	MGL	1867
103		Leong, Ee Hern	MAS	1866
104		Chen, Yunqi	CHN	1865
105		Sun, Chang-Jyu	TPE	1862
106		Romanov, Vasily	FID	1857
107		Wee, Yin Lin	MAS	1855
108		Li, Yucheng Robinson	HKG	1854
109	CM	Nisban, Cyrus	SGP	1849
110		Komekbayev, Ramazan	KAZ	1843
111		Li, Shing Hei	HKG	1840
112		Lim, Xiao Xian Tobias	SGP	1838
113		Zhou, Tony	HKG	1838
114		Wang, Yi(Bj)	CHN	1837
115		Naranzaya, Zorigoo	MGL	1835
116		Yeo, Klaus Lucas	SGP	1832
117	WCM	Park, Haneul	KOR	1831
118		Burman, Ray Pritish	SGP	1825
119		Yuen, Leung	HKG	1824
120		Zhao, Liming	CHN	1823
121		Chen, Yung-Hao	TPE	1822
122		Hon, Zig Zeth	HKG	1816
123	WCM	Aadya, Ranganath	IND	1809
124		Emran, Muhammad Emir Rasyid	MAS	1807
125		Tenuun, Tseesuren	MGL	1807
126		Yu, Tianxiang Carlos	CHN	1807
127		Shah, Krishiv	HKG	1801
128		Nguyen, Paul Ashton	HKG	1800
129		Jia, Zining (Matthew)	AUS	1774