The 33. Challengers 2025 will take place from October 12 to October 18 in Münster, Germany. It is a 7-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Kiara Laurien Walter (1683), Robin Louis (1681), Alexander Wilk (1672), Lutz Grassnickel (1853), Dietrich Füllborn (1821), Kjartan Björn Strumann (1780), Daniel Tillkorn (1639), Vincent-Gage Maue (1627), Bogdan Burban (1650), Fotios Milonas (1713), Reinhard Hund (1762), Timur Akcapinar (1813), Karim Ali (1797), Kiron Walter (1591), Rudolf Radinger (1792). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More: 42. Münsterland Open / 1. Itzehoer Chess-Cup – A-Open / Itzehoer Chess-Cup – B-Open
33. Challengers 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
Walter, Kiara Laurien
GER
1683
2
Louis, Robin
1681
3
Wilk, Alexander
GER
1672
4
Grassnickel, Lutz,Dr.
GER
1853
5
Füllborn, Dietrich
GER
1821
6
Strumann, Kjartan Björn
GER
1780
7
Tillkorn, Daniel
GER
1639
8
Maue, Vincent-Gage
1627
9
Burban, Bogdan
GER
1650
10
Milonas, Fotios
GER
1713
11
Hund, Reinhard
GER
1762
12
Akcapinar, Timur
GER
1813
13
Ali, Karim
GER
1797
14
Walter, Kiron
GER
1591
15
Radinger, Rudolf
GER
1792
16
Gruen, Jenny
GER
1684
17
Nagel, Enno
GER
1586
18
Wiese, Thomas
GER
1763
19
Schalk, Caitlin
GER
1673
20
Wolf, Jan
GER
1774
21
Keller, Hansjürgen
GER
1824
22
Arndt, Johannes
GER
1644
23
Soppe, Peter
GER
1565
24
Leonidas, Robert
GER
1733
25
Heller, Steven
GER
1563
26
Küstermann, Dieter
GER
1749
27
Landwehr, Ingo
GER
1680
28
Steiner, Peter Markus
GER
1710
29
Werner, Andreas,Dr.
GER
1525
30
Lindenblatt, Lothar
GER
1521
31
Pauli, Dirk
GER
1513
32
Bergmann, Thomas
GER
1670
33
Kullen, Josua
GER
1478
34
Gebert, Wolfgang
GER
1693
35
Brüggemann, Francis
GER
1603
36
Unkel, Jari
GER
1645
37
Althoff, Hannes
GER
1668
38
Philipp, Luis
GER
1781
39
Jörgens, Elias
GER
1421
40
Althoff, Jasper
GER
1421
41
Schmidt, Ralf
GER
1713
42
Waanders, Moritz
GER
1419
43
Maiwald, Tim
GER
1418
44
Sender, Kay
GER
1410
45
Soppe, Victoria
GER
1552
46
Satheesh, Dharshini
GER
1610
47
Heinrich, Luis
GER
1401
48
Suberski, Lukas
GER
1512
49
Demmich, Kai
GER
1676
50
Sigacheva, Varvara
GER
1536
51
Pennekamp, Christoph
GER
1674
52
Gores, Hans Günter
1362
53
Henke, Niklas
GER
1331
54
Bone, Annalena
GER
1560
55
Seifert, Werner
GER
1290
56
Potrykus, Denny
1278
57
Obdenbusch, Axel
GER
1270
58
Artarov, Rina
GER
1552
59
Timmer, Jan-Hendrik
1269
60
Nioduschewski, Nils
GER
1672
61
Neumann, Michael
GER
1267
62
Langer, Joachim
GER
1247
63
Hüther, Björn
GER
1529
64
Drees, Patrick
1238
65
Brand, Thomas
GER
1487
66
Schellenberg, Jan
GER
1235
67
Degenhardt, Leona
1222
68
Schaller, Stefan,Dr.
GER
1219
69
Korthaus, Christian
GER
1198
70
Saltenbrock, Theodor
GER
1484
71
Winter, Jay
1196
72
Siemer, Alexander
1195
73
Welp, Henning
GER
1194
74
Voß, Andreas
GER
1193
75
Satheesh, Yazhini
GER
1181
76
Stentrup, Levi
GER
1167
77
Stree, Henning
GER
1575
78
Helgermann, David
GER
1155
79
Mallek, Peter
GER
1464
80
Tolle, Jonathan
GER
1109
81
Komisarek, Till
GER
1496
82
Caspers, Nicolai
GER
1458
83
Rietz, Markus
1501
84
Nioduschewski, Sophie
GER
1068
85
Malessa, Uwe
GER
1465
86
Akdag, Berat Kaan
GER
1450
87
Wiebe, Alex-Lee
GER
1041
88
Kus, Rasim
GER
1039
89
Fels, Georg
GER
1575
90
Demirörs, Emir
GER
1429
91
Dulski, Maddox
1034
92
Nioduschewski, Sonja
GER
1026
93
Büscher, Constantin
GER
1019
94
Niehoff, Jörg
GER
1018
95
Schneider, Victor
GER
1007
96
Mazaheri, Amirmahyar
GER
1471
97
Eickelpasch, Per
1003
98
Haber, Jonas
GER
994
99
Michalczyk, Anton
970
100
Stürzl, Lennard
GER
950
101
Lang, Gabriela
SUI
1530
102
Muschal, Holger
GER
879
103
van Tiggelen, Maximilian
GER
1507
104
Menzhi, Mohammed Reda
GER
870
105
Homfeldt, Bianca
GER
1454
106
Akcak, Emir
GER
864
107
Moiseev, Elias Aleksandr
GER
764
108
Kuhn, Marius
0
109
Wilk, Moritz
0
110
Voß, Tobias
0
111
Buddemeier, Tim
GER
0
112
Brzeska, Julia
0
113
Trappmann, Jost
0
114
Geier, Adrian
0
115
Grauer, Joel
0
116
Frede, Marvin
0
117
Boldt, Julia
0
118
Faber, Klaas
0
119
Mesenholl, Björn
0
120
Dornieden, Aaron
0
121
Postler, Bastian
0