The Jönköping Chess Festival 2025 is taking place July 25 – August 01 in Jonkoping, Sweden. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Sweden, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top seeded players are GM Erik Blomqvist (2452), GM Igor Glek (2442), GM Thomas Ernst (2301), IM Vladimir Poley (2282), FM Arvin Rasti (2256), IM Sameer Loay (2251), Rafal Kowalczyk (2208), FM Josef Ask (2130), Ulf Johansson (2125), CM Mark Josse (2110), CM Dennis Miskulin (2076), Harald Berggren Torell (2059), Ritta Yaghy (2003), Daniel Bergdahl (2001), CM Birger Wenzel (1977), Frank Drill (1974), Rohan Gore (1965), Martin Bergdahl (1962), Per Harila (1961), Aryan Banerjee (1928). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Jönköping Chess Festival 2025 Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Blomqvist, Erik | SWE | 2452 |
| 2 | GM | Glek, Igor | BEL | 2442 |
| 3 | GM | Ernst, Thomas | SWE | 2301 |
| 4 | IM | Poley, Vladimir | FID | 2282 |
| 5 | FM | Rasti, Arvin | SWE | 2256 |
| 6 | IM | Loay, Sameer | JOR | 2251 |
| 7 | Kowalczyk, Rafal | POL | 2208 | |
| 8 | FM | Ask, Josef | SWE | 2130 |
| 9 | Johansson, Ulf 1966 | SWE | 2125 | |
| 10 | CM | Josse, Mark | ENG | 2110 |
| 11 | CM | Miskulin, Dennis | SWE | 2076 |
| 12 | Berggren Torell, Harald | SWE | 2059 | |
| 13 | Yaghy, Ritta. | SYR | 2003 | |
| 14 | Bergdahl, Daniel | SWE | 2001 | |
| 15 | CM | Wenzel, Birger | GER | 1977 |
| 16 | Drill, Frank | GER | 1974 | |
| 17 | Gore, Rohan | SWE | 1965 | |
| 18 | Bergdahl, Martin | SWE | 1962 | |
| 19 | Harila, Per | SWE | 1961 | |
| 20 | Banerjee, Aryan | SWE | 1928 | |
| 21 | Olin, Janne | FIN | 1915 | |
| 22 | Sarwari, Hamidullah | AFG | 1912 | |
| 23 | Jeyanth, R | IND | 1884 | |
| 24 | Ezeldeen, Almaaqbeh | JOR | 1873 | |
| 25 | Hafthorsson, Jon Ulfur | ISL | 1868 | |
| 26 | Sandberg, Jonas | SWE | 1851 | |
| 27 | Baradaran Razaz, Nima | SWE | 1818 | |
| 28 | Hemmerling, Martin | SWE | 1802 | |
| 29 | Gallardo, Guillermo | SWE | 1782 | |
| 30 | Nielsen, Peter | DEN | 1775 | |
| 31 | Kampe, Victor | SWE | 1757 | |
| 32 | Stenvaag, Per-Chr. | NOR | 1736 | |
| 33 | Garshag, Alexander | SWE | 1721 | |
| 34 | Boberg, Hannes | SWE | 1708 | |
| 35 | Kullander, Sol | SWE | 1701 | |
| 36 | Eknor, Paul | SWE | 1687 | |
| 37 | Zakrzewicz, Kacper | POL | 1682 | |
| 38 | Oz, Akif | TUR | 1667 | |
| 39 | Chenchugari, Hanish Akshat | SWE | 1664 | |
| 40 | Firas, Alshawawreh | JOR | 1650 | |
| 41 | WCM | Hilali, Wissal | TUN | 1644 |
| 42 | ACM | Majdy, Aburadwan | JOR | 1644 |
| 43 | Abdulla, Ateeq Alremaeithi | UAE | 1637 | |
| 44 | Sultan, Khaled Alhosani | UAE | 1567 | |
| 45 | Fahad, Abdulaziz Al-Ali | UAE | 1542 | |
| 46 | Jana, Tell | JOR | 1510 | |
| 47 | Aliya, Fahed Alharazi | UAE | 1464 | |
| 48 | Abo Esmaeel, Osama | SWE | 0 | |
| 49 | Ahmad, Alshawawreh | JOR | 0 | |
| 50 | Batshoun, Alexander | JOR | 0 | |
| 51 | Kamrani, Alvin | SWE | 0 | |
| 52 | Oko, Akachukwu Joseph | NGR | 0 | |
| 53 | Oko, Chibugo Daniel | NGR | 0 | |
| 54 | Sadah, Amir | JOR | 0 | |
| 55 | Sarah, Abdulaziz Alali | UAE | 0 | |
| 56 | Sarwari, Isak | SWE | 0 | |
| 57 | Seema, Tell | JOR | 0 | |
| 58 | Soufia, Alzyod | JOR | 0 |
