The FIDE World Cadet Championships 2025 is taking place September 19 – September 30 in Kazakhstan. This tournament is separated into 6 categories – Girls U12, Open U12, Girls U10, Open U10, Girls U08, and Open U08. The Open U12 section is an 11-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Kazakhstan, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are FM Linxi Zhu (2320), CM Ethan Guo (2311), FM Mazen Fandi (2302), CM Damir Bulgak (2254), Amit Agrawal Advik (2251), CM Chenxuan Ling (2222), CM Danis Kuandykuly (2211), CM Nurali Bolashakov (2209), IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed (2207), Noam Sason (2205), CM Ali Poyraz Uzdemir (2199), CM Pratap Sharma Madhvendra (2187), Lev Shangin (2186), CM Arseny Kleschevnikov (2170), Lucas Rusu (2169), CM Boris Kolodziejczyk (2155), Ramazan Tulegen (2153), CM Valentin Nicot (2140), CM Pawel Brzezina (2127), Michele Di Liberto (2117). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Girls U12 / Girls U10 / Open U10 / Girls U08 / Open U08
More: FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025 / Women’s Grand Swiss Chess 2025
FIDE World Cadet Championships 2025 – Open U12 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
FM
Zhu, Linxi
USA
2320
2
CM
Guo, Ethan
USA
2311
3
FM
Fandi, Mazen.
SYR
2302
4
CM
Bulgak, Damir
FID
2254
5
Advik, Amit Agrawal
IND
2251
6
CM
Ling, Chenxuan
USA
2222
7
CM
Kuandykuly, Danis
KAZ
2211
8
CM
Bolashakov, Nurali
KAZ
2209
9
IM
Sameh Mohamed, Abdalrahman
EGY
2207
10
Sason, Noam
ISR
2205
11
CM
Uzdemir, Ali Poyraz
TUR
2199
12
CM
Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma
IND
2187
13
Shangin, Lev
USA
2186
14
CM
Kleschevnikov, Arseny
FID
2170
15
Rusu, Lucas
ROU
2169
16
CM
Kolodziejczyk, Boris
FRA
2155
17
Tulegen, Ramazan
KAZ
2153
18
CM
Nicot, Valentin
FRA
2140
19
CM
Brzezina, Pawel
POL
2127
20
Di Liberto, Michele
ITA
2117
21
CM
Anand, Tsogtbileg
MGL
2113
22
FM
Kakavand, Ramtin
IRI
2106
23
Zhang, Junyi
ENG
2083
24
Neuschild, Marius
SUI
2078
25
CM
Wijerathna, Vinuka Dihain
SRI
2073
26
FM
Zhauynbay, Alimzhan
KAZ
2071
27
CM
Obidjonov, Oriyat
UZB
2066
28
Yang, Lanqin
CHN
2065
29
CM
Aarav, A
IND
2060
30
Yerzhanuly, Yernur
KAZ
2059
31
CM
Gokturk, Murat Kutay
TUR
2058
32
Mamikonyan, Artem T
FID
2053
33
Kotsyuba, Victor
FID
2050
34
Primbetov, Nurassyl
KAZ
2045
35
Velim, Vojtech
CZE
2040
36
CM
Mulay, Vivan Prakash
USA
2029
37
Azizli, Nurlan
AZE
2028
38
Kudrin, Ivan
FID
2018
39
Peglau, Paul David
GER
2013
40
Cortes Medina, Fernando
MEX
2007
41
Stepanyan, Davit
ARM
2003
42
Demirkan, Mustafa
TUR
1999
43
Adamovic, Nikola
SRB
1996
44
Amreyev, Azat
KAZ
1996
45
Novodvorskiy, Dmitriy Al
FID
1996
46
Pradeep, Harshill
GER
1981
47
Fisher, Timofey
FID
1980
48
Bach, Kenny Horasino
INA
1973
49
Chow, Yi Chen
MAS
1971
50
CM
Nguyen, Quang Anh
VIE
1970
51
ACM
Somaraju, Sai Vivan Karthikeya
NZL
1969
52
Mammadov, Jamal
AZE
1960
53
AIM
Kopecny, Filip
SVK
1957
54
Filipovs, Sergejs
LAT
1951
55
Jackson, Leo Daniel Olivera
USA
1949
56
Bakyt, Ibrahim
KAZ
1946
57
Vyas, Miransh Purven
USA
1945
58
Batyrov, Alyhan
TKM
1941
59
AFM
Seo, Juwon
KOR
1928
60
Xia, Jinnan
CHN
1923
61
Kireyeu, Barys
FID
1920
62
Starikov, Vadim
FID
1919
63
Ramesan, Raunak Amit
CAN
1915
64
Krstic, David
SLO
1910
65
Garaev, Tamerlan
FID
1905
66
Sanchir, Munkhbat
MGL
1904
67
Krasin, Boris Vsev
FID
1901
68
Chernov, Lev
FID
1893
69
Zabelin, Platon
FID
1893
70
Zhang, Zichen
CHN
1887
71
Elemes, Beibarys
KAZ
1877
72
Konstantinides, Savvas
CYP
1865
73
Safayat, Kibria Azaan
BAN
1863
74
Alves, Ricardo C Chaves A De Arruda
BRA
1857
75
Borshch, Alexei
FID
1857
76
Talgat, Rayan
KAZ
1856
77
Yerseit, Amir
KAZ
1851
78
Bakytbek, Dastan
KAZ
1850
79
Almazuly, Azamat
KAZ
1844
80
Gladchenko, Nikolay
FID
1838
81
Zhou, Guoyu
CHN
1835
82
Bolat, Amir K
KAZ
1829
83
Nassanov, Ali
KAZ
1824
84
Song, Jihu
KOR
1818
85
Tleuov, Akhan
KAZ
1815
86
Dronov, Igor Vik
FID
1808
87
Kais, Kristofer
EST
1800
88
Amangeldy, Ramazan
KAZ
1797
89
Pak, Yuriy
KAZ
1797
90
Gorchakov, Aleksandr
FID
1793
91
Vedrickas, Vytis
LTU
1781
92
Wang, Muyu Lucas
CAN
1779
93
Prokoptsov, Mikhail
KAZ
1778
94
Nurakyn, Suleiman
KAZ
1777
95
Sugraliyev, Akhmediyar
KAZ
1776
96
Lee, Yugeon
KOR
1770
97
Bayramov, Suleyman
TKM
1768
98
Yakovlev, Ivan D
FID
1767
99
Aitmukhanov, Arsen
KAZ
1765
100
Conradie, Dirk Cornelis Uys
RSA
1756
101
Todmunkh, Turbat
MGL
1754
102
Otetileu, Amanbek
KAZ
1753
103
Trinh, Nguyen Lam
VIE
1752
104
Serik, Madiyar
KAZ
1741
105
Kim, Taewoo C
KOR
1739
106
Bouslama, Youssef
TUN
1738
107
Jazire, Jermaine Tafar
MOZ
1738
108
Gatin, Artur
SRB
1729
109
Yeung, Jia-Arn
ENG
1729
110
Galimov, Zakhar M
FID
1724
111
Osetrov, Prokhor
FID
1724
112
Ismailov, Abu-Bakr
KGZ
1718
113
Abderrazak, Youssef
TUN
1716
114
Kadyr, Aldiyar
KAZ
1714
115
Kapitanic, Gabriel
CRO
1714
116
Ethkandura, Amila Nimsara
SRI
1712
117
Zlatkov, Nikolay
BUL
1711
118
Lee, Ain
KOR
1710
119
Comur, Dmitrii
MDA
1707
120
Toibol, Sultan
KAZ
1700
121
Makhsatuly, Rakhim
KAZ
1688
122
Aitzhan, Karim
KAZ
1687
123
Rakhimkulov, Askar
FID
1687
124
Kalinichenko, German Yu
FID
1681
125
Sainju, Agrim
NEP
1679
126
Makhanbetali, Dinmukhammed
KAZ
1677
127
Levanov, Nikolay
FIN
1674
128
Halldorsson, Karma
ISL
1660
129
Nurlybek, Dias
KAZ
1660
130
Darwiche, Mohamad
LBN
1654
131
Kim, Junesun
GUM
1654
132
Slashchev, Nikita
FID
1653
133
Em, Sergey
KAZ
1646
134
Pant, Hardik
NEP
1646
135
Issabekov, Madi
KAZ
1645
136
Abdurasulov, Muzaffarjon
UZB
1643
137
Gun-Erdem, Damba
MGL
1642
138
Tsulaia, Nika
GEO
1630
139
Yelibay, Alikhan
KAZ
1629
140
Bulat, Mansur
KAZ
1623
141
Ock, Seungheon
KOR
1620
142
Kostyukovich, Ivan
LUX
1609
143
Zurdinov, Eldar
KAZ
1595
144
Al Hinai, Abdulaziz
OMA
1587
145
Bagdad, Imran
KAZ
1582
146
Chen, Pin-Jui
TPE
1579
147
Parakhatov, Nurzhan
KAZ
1574
148
Danson, Ryan Kimani
KEN
1562
149
Pshisva Abadi, Daniel
MEX
1555
150
Nazarov, Muhammadnur
UZB
1547
151
Yu, Raphael Si-Wei
TPE
1537
152
Kosayev, Zhangir
KAZ
1504
153
Chao, Andrew Tzu Chun
TPE
1476
154
Ganjiguur, Ganchuluun
MGL
1475
155
Okhunov, Umar
TJK
1455
156
Atida, Mukono
ZIM
0
157
Mohamed, Yooaan Yaksan
MDV
0
158
Niyomukiza, Loic Mike
BDI
0
159
Wei, Wei-Cheng
TPE
0