The 9th edition of the European Small Nations Team Chess Championship starts this week in Larnaca, Cyprus, and will be held from 14th-23rd November in the Sun Hall Hotel.
The event gathers 10 teams from Andorra, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino, and each team consists of four players + one reserve player.
The European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2025 will be played in 9 rounds, round robin system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30-second increment for each move starting from the move one.
The top-seeded teams are Faroe Islands (average rating of players 2339), Luxembourg (average rating of players 2269) and Andorra (average rating of players 2267). The top-rated players in the field are GM Helfi Dam Ziska (FAI, 2543), GM Oscar De La Riva Aguado (AND, 2439), IM Hogni Egilstoft Nielsen (FAI, 2389), IM Michael Wiedenkeller (LUX, 2388), GM Amir Bagheri (MNC, 2356) and GM Igor Efimov (MNC, 2331).
European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2025 participants
1. Andorra (RtgAvg:2267 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
De La Riva Aguado, Oscar
2439
AND
2
FM
Ribera Veganzones, Serni
2291
AND
3
FM
Gomez Anadon, Daniel
2199
AND
4
Mateu Guiu, Esteve
2140
AND
5
Gonzalez Garcia, Marc
2112
AND
2. Cyprus (RtgAvg:2167 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Isaakidis, Alexandros
2248
CYP
2
FM
Michaelides, Konstantinos
2245
CYP
3
CM
Antoniou, Rafail
2124
CYP
4
Konstantinidis, Konstantinos
2052
CYP
5
Constantinou, Samuel Johannes
1950
CYP
3. Faroe Islands (RtgAvg:2339 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Ziska, Helgi Dam
2543
FAI
2
IM
Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft
2389
FAI
3
FM
Apol, Luitjen Akselsson
2318
FAI
4
Nielsen, Jon I Horni
2104
FAI
5
Petersen, Elias
2100
FAI
4. Guernsey (RtgAvg:1883 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Holland, Christopher
2068
GCI
2
CM
Morgan, Jamie
1845
GCI
3
CM
Owen, Garth I
1807
GCI
4
WCM
Nevska, Gerda
1798
GCI
5
CM
Brookfield, Toby
1813
GCI
5. Jersey (RtgAvg:1938 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
CM
Mooney, Graham
1918
JCI
2
Kolin, Mateusz
1826
JCI
3
Perchard, Matthew
1755
JCI
4
CM
Belzo, Krzysztof
2075
JCI
5
CM
Wojciechowski, Paul
1932
JCI
6. Liechtenstein (RtgAvg:2065 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Krieger, Markus
2168
LIE
2
FM
Mannhart, Marcel
2087
LIE
3
CM
Heron, Andrew
2097
LIE
4
Frick, Renato
1908
LIE
5
Schaedler, Martin
1863
LIE
7. Luxembourg (RtgAvg:2269 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Wiedenkeller, Michael
2388
LUX
2
IM
Berend, Fred
2222
LUX
3
FM
Linster, Philippe
2224
LUX
4
WGM
Berend, Elvira
2241
LUX
5
Mertens, Marc
2111
LUX
8. Malta (RtgAvg:2095 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
CM
Novak, Attila Robert
2155
MLT
2
CM
Pace, Colin
2112
MLT
3
Portelli, Matthew
2080
MLT
4
CM
Darmanin, Jake
2032
MLT
5
FM
Zerafa, Patrick
2009
MLT
9. Monaco (RtgAvg:2198 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Bagheri, Amir
2356
MNC
2
GM
Efimov, Igor
2331
MNC
3
Ribbegren, Karl Johan
2121
MNC
4
Berthaut, Alexandre
1985
MNC
5
FM
Verdier, Patrice
1949
MNC
10. San Marino (RtgAvg:1864 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Volpinari, Danilo
1955
SMR
2
FM
Righi, Ezio
1884
SMR
3
Leardini, Mirko
1833
SMR
4
CM
Piva, Michele
1731
SMR
5
Berardi, Giancarlo
1783
SMR