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.
More than 700 players from 88 countries will participate in the tournament. The top-rated among them are IM Read Samadov, GM Jan Klimkowski, IM A R Ilamparthi, IM Diego Macias Pino, IM Jakub Seemann, GM Edgar Mamedov, IM Marius Deuer, IM Krzysztof Raczek, IM Artiom Stribuk, IM Adar Tarhan, IM Lukas Dotzer, IM Pawel Sowinski, IM Patryk Cieslak, IM Aldiyar Ansat, IM Javier Habans Aguerrea, Haochen Jiang, GM Vuppala Prraneeth, GM Jagadeesh Siddharth, FM Vahe A. Sukiasyan, IM Khagan Ahmad. Scroll down for the full list of participants.
The event happens right after the FIDE World Cadet Championships 2025 in Kazakhstan.
More FIDE events: FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025 / Women’s Grand Swiss Chess 2025 / World Chess Cup 2025 / Candidates Chess 2026
World Youth U14, U16 & U18 Championships 2025 – All Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Typ | |
| 1 | GM | Klimkowski, Jan | POL | 2524 | U18 |
| 2 | IM | Samadov, Read | AZE | 2523 | U18 |
| 3 | IM | Ilamparthi, A R | IND | 2518 | U16 |
| 4 | IM | Macias Pino, Diego | ESP | 2501 | U18 |
| 5 | IM | Seemann, Jakub | POL | 2500 | U18 |
| 6 | GM | Mamedov, Edgar | KAZ | 2490 | U16 |
| 7 | IM | Deuer, Marius | GER | 2487 | U18 |
| 8 | IM | Raczek, Krzysztof | POL | 2487 | U18 |
| 9 | IM | Stribuk, Artiom | FID | 2486 | U18 |
| 10 | GM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | IND | 2485 | U18 |
| 11 | IM | Habans Aguerrea, Javier | ESP | 2475 | U18 |
| 12 | IM | Cieslak, Patryk | POL | 2474 | U16 |
| 13 | IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2470 | U18 |
| 14 | IM | Sowinski, Pawel | POL | 2469 | U16 |
| 15 | GM | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | SGP | 2467 | U18 |
| 16 | IM | Vergara Anton, Diego | ESP | 2467 | U18 |
| 17 | IM | Dotzer, Lukas | AUT | 2463 | U16 |
| 18 | IM | Jiang, Haochen | CHN | 2457 | U14 |
| 19 | IM | Ahmad, Khagan | AZE | 2455 | U14 |
| 20 | IM | Piliposyan, Robert | ARM | 2451 | U18 |
| 21 | IM | Vaz, Ethan | IND | 2447 | U16 |
| 22 | FM | Sukiasyan, Vahe A. | ARM | 2446 | U18 |
| 23 | IM | Sapenov, Daniyal | KAZ | 2445 | U18 |
| 24 | IM | Sriram, Adarsh Uppala | IND | 2438 | U18 |
| 25 | IM | Tarhan, Adar | TUR | 2432 | U18 |
| 26 | FM | Yildiz, Serdar Murat | TUR | 2426 | U18 |
| 27 | IM | Nurgaliyev, Sauat | KAZ | 2422 | U16 |
| 28 | IM | Kanov, Nikola | BUL | 2420 | U18 |
| 29 | FM | Suleimen, Ergali | KAZ | 2417 | U18 |
| 30 | IM | Bai, Adelard | TPE | 2416 | U18 |
| 31 | FM | Valiyev, Shahin | AZE | 2413 | U18 |
| 32 | FM | Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Daniel | ESP | 2410 | U16 |
| 33 | WIM | Khamdamova, Afruza | UZB | 2409 | U18 |
| 34 | Von Mettenheim, Johannes | GER | 2404 | U18 | |
| 35 | IM | Chen, Ryo | USA | 2401 | U18 |
| 36 | IM | Sathvik, Adiga | IND | 2396 | U14 |
| 37 | FM | Haug, Havard | NOR | 2396 | U16 |
| 38 | FM | Assylov, Miras | KAZ | 2395 | U18 |
| 39 | IM | Milikow, Elie | ISR | 2390 | U18 |
| 40 | FM | Perea Fruet, Lorenzo | ESP | 2386 | U18 |
| 41 | IM | Makkar, Rajat | FRA | 2382 | U18 |
| 42 | FM | Akhilbay, Imangali | KAZ | 2377 | U18 |
| 43 | IM | Khripachenko, Alexander | FID | 2376 | U18 |
| 44 | FM | Mulawa, Cyprian | POL | 2373 | U16 |
| 45 | FM | Volodin, Alexandr E. | FID | 2369 | U16 |
| 46 | FM | Oktem, Ege Tuna | TUR | 2367 | U16 |
| 47 | IM | Zhakshylykov, Erzhan | KGZ | 2362 | U18 |
| 48 | IM | Campos Gomez, Manuel | COL | 2359 | U18 |
| 49 | FM | Smirnov, Mark | KAZ | 2359 | U14 |
| 50 | WIM | Schippke, Manon | FRA | 2359 | U18 |
| 51 | FM | George Samir, David | EGY | 2357 | U14 |
| 52 | Nainys, Zanas | LTU | 2357 | U16 | |
| 53 | FM | Radzimski, Antoni | POL | 2356 | U14 |
| 54 | FM | Gibala, Adam | POL | 2355 | U14 |
| 55 | CM | Parpiev, Isaak | FID | 2355 | U16 |
| 56 | FM | Lopez Rayo, Santiago | COL | 2353 | U16 |
| 57 | FM | Prishita, Gupta | IND | 2353 | U16 |
| 58 | FM | Coicev, Matei-Andrei | ROU | 2352 | U16 |
| 59 | FM | Ambartsumian, Tyhran | ARM | 2351 | U14 |
| 60 | FM | Zlatkov, Anton | MKD | 2351 | U18 |
| 61 | IM | Wafa, Hamed | EGY | 2350 | U18 |
| 62 | FM | Omonov, Asrorjon | UZB | 2350 | U16 |
| 63 | FM | Pashikyan, Rudolf | ARM | 2349 | U18 |
| 64 | FM | Kejna, Piotr | POL | 2348 | U18 |
| 65 | FM | Arakelyan, Manvel | ARM | 2347 | U14 |
| 66 | FM | Efimov, Leonid | FID | 2347 | U16 |
| 67 | FM | Krauchi Romero, Martin | ESP | 2346 | U14 |
| 68 | FM | Heinrich, John | GER | 2344 | U18 |
| 69 | WIM | Nurgaliyeva, Zarina | KAZ | 2344 | U16 |
| 70 | FM | Negrean, Andrei | ROU | 2343 | U14 |
| 71 | FM | Turcsanyi, Vince Gergo | HUN | 2342 | U18 |
| 72 | FM | Zouaghi, Amir | BEL | 2342 | U18 |
| 73 | Singh, Siddharth | USA | 2338 | U14 | |
| 74 | FM | Abdukhakimov, Akbarali | UZB | 2337 | U16 |
| 75 | FM | Filip, Andrei | ROU | 2337 | U18 |
| 76 | FM | Kalinin, Nikita An. | FID | 2336 | U16 |
| 77 | FM | Klaska, Philipp Leon | GER | 2335 | U16 |
| 78 | FM | Lacan Rus, David | FRA | 2335 | U14 |
| 79 | FM | Kandil, Ahmed | EGY | 2334 | U18 |
| 80 | FM | Vasilkov, Nikolay | FID | 2334 | U14 |
| 81 | FM | Marin Ferragut, Pau | ESP | 2333 | U14 |
| 82 | Sharon, Rafael | ZAM | 2333 | U18 | |
| 83 | FM | Rosh, Jain | IND | 2332 | U14 |
| 84 | FM | Zhauynbay, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2332 | U14 |
| 85 | FM | Brzezina, Piotr | POL | 2330 | U14 |
| 86 | FM | Sachilaru, Alexandru | ROU | 2329 | U18 |
| 87 | FM | Breuil, Tristan | FRA | 2326 | U18 |
| 88 | FM | Jing, Andrew | USA | 2325 | U14 |
| 89 | FM | Tleukhanov, Yerlan | KAZ | 2324 | U18 |
| 90 | WIM | Kaliakhmet, Elnaz | KAZ | 2323 | U16 |
| 91 | FM | Reyan, Md. | IND | 2322 | U14 |
| 92 | FM | Urbani, Gabriel | ITA | 2320 | U18 |
| 93 | FM | Oksendal, Martin | NOR | 2319 | U18 |
| 94 | WIM | Karimova, Guldona | UZB | 2319 | U18 |
| 95 | FM | Perossa, Nicolas | ITA | 2318 | U16 |
| 96 | IM | Levitan, Caleb Levi | RSA | 2315 | U16 |
| 97 | FM | Borne, Felix | FRA | 2315 | U14 |
| 98 | FM | Montes Orozco, Miguel Angel | MEX | 2312 | U18 |
| 99 | FM | Ulziikhishig, Khishigbat | MGL | 2312 | U18 |
| 100 | FM | Rustamov, Rustam | AZE | 2310 | U16 |
| 101 | FM | Craciun, Sasha-Matei | ROU | 2309 | U18 |
| 102 | FM | Mesic, Ismet | BIH | 2307 | U18 |
| 103 | Giammona, Federico | ITA | 2307 | U18 | |
| 104 | FM | Hovakimyan, Vache | ARM | 2304 | U16 |
| 105 | FM | Medhus, Vitus Bondo | DEN | 2304 | U16 |
| 106 | FM | Kurt, Sascha | NED | 2303 | U16 |
| 107 | IM | Mendes, Aaron Reeve | CAN | 2301 | U18 |
| 108 | FM | Brattgjerd, Isak Vinh | NOR | 2301 | U16 |
| 109 | FM | Soucek, Jan | CZE | 2301 | U18 |
| 110 | FM | Temirbekov, Taimaz | FID | 2301 | U14 |
| 111 | FM | Valdats, Reinis | LAT | 2301 | U16 |
| 112 | FM | Federer, Colin | SUI | 2300 | U14 |
| 113 | FM | Golis, Wiktor | POL | 2300 | U14 |
| 114 | FM | Dyachuk, Artem | UKR | 2298 | U18 |
| 115 | FM | Ughuzov, Ravan | AZE | 2298 | U18 |
| 116 | WIM | Karmanova, Olga Dm. | FID | 2297 | U18 |
| 117 | FM | Nemitz, Alfred | GER | 2296 | U14 |
| 118 | FM | Ciric, Pavle | SRB | 2291 | U18 |
| 119 | FM | Ribera Veganzones, Serni | AND | 2291 | U18 |
| 120 | FM | Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin | TJK | 2289 | U18 |
| 121 | FM | Olenik Campa, Rudi | SLO | 2288 | U18 |
| 122 | FM | Gkavardinas, Antonios | GRE | 2283 | U16 |
| 123 | Saminskij, Jan | SUI | 2283 | U14 | |
| 124 | FM | Fu, Yihe | AUS | 2280 | U18 |
| 125 | WFM | Kuznecova, Marija | LAT | 2279 | U16 |
| 126 | La Barbera, Manfredi | ITA | 2279 | U16 | |
| 127 | FM | Domin, Yan | UKR | 2278 | U16 |
| 128 | FM | Jaiveer, Mahendru | IND | 2272 | U18 |
| 129 | FM | Ritzerveld, Noah | NED | 2270 | U14 |
| 130 | FM | Sapocinic, Semion | MDA | 2270 | U16 |
| 131 | Wu, Jonathan | CAN | 2269 | U16 | |
| 132 | CM | Yalcinkaya, Efe | TUR | 2267 | U16 |
| 133 | FM | Elias, David | SVK | 2266 | U18 |
| 134 | FM | Fedosov, Alexander | FID | 2266 | U14 |
| 135 | FM | Tenuunbold, Battulga | MGL | 2266 | U16 |
| 136 | Faryma, Matviy | POR | 2265 | U16 | |
| 137 | FM | Breuil, Virgile | FRA | 2263 | U14 |
| 138 | WIM | Tejaswini, G | IND | 2261 | U18 |
| 139 | CM | Azizov, Sadullo | UZB | 2258 | U16 |
| 140 | Janeczko, Jakub | POL | 2258 | U18 | |
| 141 | FM | Puzyrevsky, Semyon | FID | 2256 | U16 |
| 142 | FM | Amangeldy, Ernur | KAZ | 2255 | U18 |
| 143 | FM | Talgatov, Nazar | KAZ | 2254 | U16 |
| 144 | CM | Bulgak, Damir | FID | 2254 | U18 |
| 145 | Landolsi, Iyad | FRA | 2254 | U14 | |
| 146 | FM | Levitan, Judah Nathan | RSA | 2252 | U16 |
| 147 | FM | Myagmarsuren, Evsuld | NOR | 2249 | U16 |
| 148 | FM | Das, Aditeya | USA | 2248 | U14 |
| 149 | FM | Willy, Stephen | USA | 2247 | U16 |
| 150 | Vandenhole, Kobe | BEL | 2246 | U16 |
