The European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – Open U16 will take place from September 29 to October 07 in Budva, Montenegro. This tournament is separated into 12 sections – U18, U16, U14, U12, U10, U08, Girls U18, Girls U16, Girls U14, Girls U12, Girls U10, and Girls U08. All categories are a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Montenegro, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players in the U12 section of the tournaments are FM Marc Llari (2268), CM Ali Gur (2222), CM Chicheng Leon Chen (2214), CM Lucas Gonzalez Lopez (2208), Hillel Toledo (2202), CM Ali Poyraz Uzdemir (2196), CM Kerem Sarp Yekeler (2187), CM Valentin Nicot (2181), CM Boris Kolodziejczyk (2167), CM Nikita Filindash (2160), Mykhailo Nezhyvenko (2156), Mehmet Alper Celebi (2154), AIM Leonard Belyaletdinov (2130), Qixiang Han (2124), Andras Ilko-Toth (2120), Marius Neuschild (2104), Milo Yin (2074), Riccardo Frigerio (2071), Matej Jokic (2070), Yiming Zhang (2067). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: U18 / U16 / U14 / U10 / U08 / Girls U18 / Girls U16 / Girls U14 / Girls U12 / Girls U10 / Girls U08
More ECU events: European Club Cup 2025 / EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 50+ and 65+
European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – U12 Participants
Name
FED
Rtg
FM
Llari Marc
FRA
2268
CM
Gur Ali
TUR
2222
CM
Chen Chicheng Leon
AUT
2214
CM
Gonzalez Lopez Lucas 2013
ESP
2208
Toledo Hillel
BEL
2202
CM
Uzdemir Ali Poyraz
TUR
2196
CM
Yekeler Kerem Sarp
TUR
2187
CM
Nicot Valentin
FRA
2181
CM
Kolodziejczyk Boris
FRA
2167
CM
Filindash Nikita
CZE
2160
Nezhyvenko Mykhailo
GER
2156
Celebi Mehmet Alper
TUR
2154
AIM
Belyaletdinov Leonard
SLO
2130
Han Qixiang
ENG
2124
Ilko-Toth Andras
HUN
2120
Neuschild Marius
SUI
2104
Yin Milo
FRA
2074
Frigerio Riccardo
ITA
2071
Jokic Matej
SRB
2070
Zhang Yiming
FIN
2067
Buklaho Ignacy
POL
2064
Elci Eren
TUR
2062
Jaso Escudero Julen
ESP
2061
Triger Eitan
ISR
2049
Lenting Roan
NED
2031
Azizli Nurlan
AZE
2029
Fadeev Justin Michael
GER
2020
Zlate-Ion Matei
ROU
2018
Demirkan Mustafa
TUR
2010
Mihaylov Bozhidar
BUL
2009
Kolar Edvard
CZE
2008
Stepanyan Davit
ARM
2007
Asici Poyraz Efe
TUR
2006
Gersemann Karl
GER
2001
Adamovic Nikola
SRB
1996
Belkovsky Guy
ISR
1994
Karlovic Luka
CRO
1983
AFM
Ioannidis Konstantinos I
GRE
1982
Zhang Xiheng
NED
1977
Maurstad Astor Moe
NOR
1975
Krstic David
SLO
1974
CM
Beniosev Daniel
LAT
1973
Parvu Razvan-George
ROU
1971
Xu Alex Z
NED
1967
Mrozowski Nikodem
POL
1965
Wites Adam
POL
1965
Gusev Daniil
GER
1964
Serafin Franciszek
POL
1959
Barsov Mikhail
GER
1938
Ahmadli Nihad
AZE
1937
Mikkelsen Anders Askjaer
DEN
1918
Hummatov Safa
AZE
1915
Ilcic Aleksa
SRB
1893
Jakobs Yoav
ISR
1883
Yildiz Ali Aras
TUR
1882
ACM
Ejsymont Eryk
POL
1881
Kovacik Oliver
SVK
1880
Khanalizade Elgun
AZE
1878
Sanan Demirhan
TUR
1869
Hallmundarson Birkir
ISL
1866
Keller Niklas
AUT
1866
Oner Yigit Efe
TUR
1859
Braaten Birk
NOR
1855
Frutuoso Tiago
POR
1854
Hochman Gur
ISR
1852
Scheiber Daniel Berndt
AUT
1852
CM
Skytte Robert
DEN
1850
Leht Karl Samuel
EST
1849
AIM
Shirinov Yashar
AZE
1848
Friscic Jakov
CRO
1848
Cani Erdi
ALB
1846
Leosson Haukur Vidis
ISL
1830
Gazic Petar
BIH
1820
Sun Aslund Bruce
SWE
1820
ACM
Mogasale Chetan
SUI
1818
Megagiannis Maximos
GRE
1817
Mihic Peter
SLO
1814
Lampos Charalampos
GRE
1813
Osinchuk Luka
UKR
1801
Sahin Yusuf Kerem
TUR
1801
Zivic Luka
CRO
1790
Yenokyan Sergey
ARM
1782
Hogyinszki Marcell Csaba
HUN
1777
Iliev Stoyan
BUL
1772
Tsulaia Giorgi
GEO
1771
Blikom Theo
NOR
1770
Gatin Artur
SRB
1760
Colovic Vuk
SRB
1759
Hyron Artem
UKR
1757
Li Hansi
BEL
1755
Refalo John
MLT
1755
Sisas Mainar Izan
ESP
1752
Uzun Pavlo
UKR
1751
Buznea Iustin
MDA
1749
Kriuchkov Nikita
MNC
1742
Ivulans Patriks
LAT
1738
Busic Mateo
BIH
1731
Pavlovic Aleksej
SRB
1731
Krasniqi Troi
KOS
1727
Lichtl Valentin
AUT
1711
Mirzayev Akbar
AZE
1686
Danezis Prodromos
GRE
1680
Laforce Edward
BEL
1653
Coskun Kursat
TUR
1652
Aslanyan Arman S.
ARM
1647
Bannoura Daniel
CYP
1643
Kamburoglu Hakan
TUR
1637
Kostyukovich Ivan
LUX
1609
Stojanovikj Marko
MKD
1608
Borges Diogo
POR
1590
Aleksandrov Lev
SRB
1564
Nikolovski Damjan
MKD
1513
Radulovic Filip V
SRB
1494
Fejzullahu Jon
MKD
1467
Kitaev Nicholas
SCO
0
Sams Daniel
AUT
0