Vienna Championship 2025 – Open LIVE
The Vienna Championship 2025 will take place from September 13 to September 21 in Vienna, Austria. This tournament is separated into 2 categories – Masters and Open. The Open section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Austria, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Gerhard Spiesberger (2048), Benjamin Veladzic (2028), David Stinner (2020), Efim Kan (2019), Leonid Leonov (2013), Oleksandr Stasiv (1986), Nathaniel Wickramasinghe (1985), Norbert Ing. Fruehauf (1983), Oliver Fuertler (1959), Hieronymus Nicolussi (1945), Rupert Soyka (1945), Julian Kern (1942), Vahram Dr. Abadjian (1929), Polina Karelina (1925), Leo Radnaev (1925), Michael Brandl (1920), Milana Hyassat (1907), Sotiris Armeniakos (1901), Yousef El Gebaly (1897), Chenshan Wu (1895). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Masters
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Vienna Championship 2025 – Open Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg |
| 1 | Spiesberger, Gerhard | AUT | 2048 |
| 2 | Veladzic, Benjamin | AUT | 2028 |
| 3 | Stinner, David | AUT | 2020 |
| 4 | Kan, Efim | BUL | 2019 |
| 5 | Leonov, Leonid | AUT | 2013 |
| 6 | Stasiv, Oleksandr | UKR | 1986 |
| 7 | Wickramasinghe, Nathaniel | AUT | 1985 |
| 8 | Fruehauf, Norbert Ing. | AUT | 1983 |
| 9 | Fuertler, Oliver | AUT | 1959 |
| 10 | Nicolussi, Hieronymus | AUT | 1945 |
| 11 | Soyka, Rupert | AUT | 1945 |
| 12 | Kern, Julian | AUT | 1942 |
| 13 | Abadjian, Vahram Dr. | AUT | 1929 |
| 14 | Karelina, Polina | BAH | 1925 |
| 15 | Radnaev, Leo | AUT | 1925 |
| 16 | Brandl, Michael | AUT | 1920 |
| 17 | Hyassat, Milana | AUT | 1907 |
| 18 | Armeniakos, Sotiris | GRE | 1901 |
| 19 | El Gebaly, Yousef | AUT | 1897 |
| 20 | Wu, Chenshan | AUT | 1895 |
| 21 | Kravchuk, Aleksandr Dr. | AUT | 1893 |
| 22 | Reisinger, Heinz DI. | AUT | 1855 |
| 23 | Seikmann, Jim | AUT | 1854 |
| 24 | Brsanovic, Petar | AUT | 1841 |
| 25 | Hedwig, Sangye | AUT | 1835 |
| 26 | Hampel, Otfried Mag. | AUT | 1830 |
| 27 | Wirthumer, Gunter | AUT | 1818 |
| 28 | Gerold, Arnold | AUT | 1811 |
| 29 | Buchhas, Johann | AUT | 1799 |
| 30 | Lappe, Manfred Dkfm | AUT | 1797 |
| 31 | Gold, Arthur | AUT | 1788 |
| 32 | Mayrhuber, Franz | AUT | 1782 |
| 33 | Karasevych, Andrii | UKR | 1773 |
| 34 | Reif, Werner DI. | ITA | 1759 |
| 35 | Sah, Eray Zeki | TUR | 1759 |
| 36 | Kornfehl, Christoph | AUT | 1753 |
| 37 | Kutschker, Alexander | AUT | 1749 |
| 38 | Veladzic, Isak | AUT | 1748 |
| 39 | Ruck, Helmut Mag. | AUT | 1735 |
| 40 | Badrakova, Kseniya | AUT | 1728 |
| 41 | Mandzhieva, Altana | AUT | 1721 |
| 42 | Berghold, Fabian-Elija | AUT | 1719 |
| 43 | Scharf, Manfred | AUT | 1716 |
| 44 | Kellner, Nikolaus | AUT | 1715 |
| 45 | Kotliar, Anfisa | AUT | 1711 |
| 46 | Peyrl, Leo | AUT | 1711 |
| 47 | Aichinger, Johannes | AUT | 1709 |
| 48 | Radnaev, Mikael | AUT | 1708 |
| 49 | Paseka, Christian | AUT | 1704 |
| 50 | Röhrbacher, Franz | AUT | 1700 |
| 51 | Schwarhofer, Barbara | AUT | 1682 |
| 52 | Stetsyuk, Artem | AUT | 1682 |
| 53 | Ganahl, Herbert | AUT | 1678 |
| 54 | Aboulenein-Djamshidian, Aryan | AUT | 1676 |
| 55 | Knittel-Templ, Paula | AUT | 1669 |
| 56 | Scherngell, Juan | AUT | 1653 |
| 57 | Balogh, Gerda | HUN | 1649 |
| 58 | Hellerschmid, Ewald | AUT | 1620 |
| 59 | Oehme, Raphaele | AUT | 1606 |
| 60 | Liu, Jin | AUT | 1587 |
| 61 | Knittel-Templ, Richard | AUT | 1584 |
| 62 | Aboulenein-Djamshidian, Kimia | AUT | 1561 |
| 63 | Zikic, Goran | AUT | 1560 |
| 64 | Tschandl, Julius Henry | AUT | 1551 |
| 65 | Gockner, Hans | AUT | 1549 |
| 66 | Wang, Yufan | AUT | 1519 |
| 67 | Usova, Viktoriia | AUT | 1484 |
| 68 | Tardi, Noah | AUT | 1478 |
| 69 | Neuhold, Maximilian | AUT | 1326 |
| 70 | Bogner, Kilian | AUT | 0 |
| 71 | Friedrich, Luca | AUT | 0 |
| 72 | Hillbrand, Leopold | AUT | 0 |