ECF English Open Championship 2025 LIVE

The ECF English Open Championship 2025 is taking place July 18 – July 21 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. It is a 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from England, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top rated player is GM Nikita Vitiugov (2746), followed by GM Michael Adams (2726) and GM Gawain Maroroa Jones (2723). Top 20 is completed by Shreyas Royal (2617), IM Brandon Gi Clarke (2585), GM Ameet K Ghasi (2577), IM Matthew J Wadsworth (2575), IM Peter T Roberson (2499), IM Jonah B Willow (2490), IM Marcus R Harvey (2477), FM Stanley Badacsonyi (2455), IM James P Jackson (2437), GM John M Emms (2428), GM Mark L Hebden (2427), FM Borna Derakhshani (2420), IM Alan B Merry (2399), FM John R Richardson (2321), IM Richard A Bates (2317), CM Jude Shearsby (2314). Scroll down for the full participants list

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ECF English Open Championship 2025 participants

No.		Name	ФЕД	Rtg
1	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	2746
2	GM	Adams, Michael	ENG	2726
3	GM	Maroroa Jones, Gawain	ENG	2723
4		Royal, Shreyas	ENG	2617
5	IM	Clarke, Brandon Gi	ENG	2585
6	GM	Ghasi, Ameet K	ENG	2577
7	IM	Wadsworth, Matthew J	ENG	2575
8	IM	Roberson, Peter T	ENG	2499
9	IM	Willow, Jonah B	ENG	2490
10	IM	Harvey, Marcus R	ENG	2477
11	FM	Badacsonyi, Stanley	ENG	2455
12	IM	Jackson, James P	ENG	2437
13	GM	Emms, John M	ENG	2428
14	GM	Hebden, Mark L	ENG	2427
15	FM	Derakhshani, Borna	ENG	2420
16	IM	Merry, Alan B	ENG	2399
17	FM	Richardson, John R	ENG	2321
18	IM	Bates, Richard A	ENG	2317
19	CM	Shearsby, Jude	ENG	2314
20	FM	Merriman, John	ENG	2308
21		Jones, Steven A	ENG	2289
22	CM	Fellowes, Billy	ENG	2287
23	FM	Dishman, Stephen	ENG	2284
24		Carroll, Thomas	ENG	2281
25	CM	Murawski, Jan	ENG	2269
26		Hanache, Kai	ENG	2258
27		Liu, Jack	ENG	2258
28	FM	Badacsonyi, Frankie	ENG	2257
29		Merriman, James	ENG	2250
30		Verma, Shlok	ENG	2235
31	CM	Khoury, Theo	ENG	2234
32		Vaidyanathan, Adithya	ENG	2226
33		Verma, Aditya	ENG	2220
34	CM	Villiers, Thomas	ENG	2215
35	CM	Zhao, George	ENG	2212
36		Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	ENG	2212
37		Saunders, Aron	ENG	2207
38		Cont, Arya	ENG	2204
39		Salmons, Calum	ENG	2203
40		Elgar, Tim	ENG	2201
41		Larkin, Benjamin	ENG	2199
42		Manley, Jon P	ENG	2198
43		Savidge, Daniel	ENG	2197
44		Lebedev, Lion	ENG	2195
45	AIM	Norris, Zack	ENG	2188
46		Verbytski, Oleg	ENG	2183
47		Okhai, Shabir	ENG	2178
48		Burrows, Martin P	ENG	2175
49		James, Russell A	ENG	2173
50		Yu, Rock	ENG	2173
51	FM	Martin, Lewis	ENG	2168
52		Clarke, James	ENG	2157
53		Sasikumar, Srivathsan	ENG	2157
54		Sachdeva, Ronit	ENG	2151
55		Varley, Joe	ENG	2147
56		Mason, Donald J	ENG	2144
57		Waller, Dan	ENG	2143
58		Schell, Finn	ENG	2134
59		Marsden, Samuel	ENG	2130
60		Sefton, Adam	ENG	2130
61		Byron, Alan M	ENG	2111
62		Pick, Freddie	ENG	2101
63		Welling, Zac	ENG	2086
64		Patel, Keatan	ENG	2082
65		Myall, Ivan J	ENG	2072
66		Mesropyan, Hayk	ENG	2064
67		Vaddhireddy, Sai	ENG	2061
68	AIM	Bevis, Noah	ENG	2041
69		Keerthi Kumar, Advait	ENG	2039
70		Gunarathne, Senith	ENG	2037
71		De Coverly, Roger D	ENG	2035
72		Anjulan, Ashwin	ENG	2028
73		Hertog, Alexander	ENG	2015
74		Rughani, Mahin	ENG	2009
75		Clark, Robert G	ENG	2007
76		Alldritt, Nigel Re	ENG	2004
77		Lapidus, Alexey M	ENG	2004
78		Watson, Jacob	ENG	1987
79		Shivakumar, Akshath	ENG	1981
80		Rastogi, Nayan Keats	ENG	1977
81		Kendall, Arthur	ENG	1969
82		Vaidyanathan, Sathya	ENG	1951
83		Bolt, Graham	ENG	1942
84		Collins, Jonathan L	ENG	1935
85		Ellson, Louie	ENG	1928
86		Gibson, Christopher A	ENG	1877