Japan Open 2025 Masters Participants

The Japan Open 2025 will take place from September 19 to September 23 in Tokyo, Japan. This tournament is separated into 2 categories – Masters and Challengers. The Masters section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Japan, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2611), GM Vaibhav Suri (2568), GM Paul Velten (2536), GM Susanto Megaranto (2483), GM Swayams Mishra (2446), IM Junhyeok Lee (2435), IM Thanh Tu Tran (2412), IM Arif Abdul Hafiz (2386), IM Zhaoqi Liu (2364), FM Mirai Aoshima (2354), FM Shou Otsuka (2329), IM Shinya Kojima (2318), IM Ryosuke Nanjo (2311), FM KaiLin Chen (2264), FM Sehyun Kwon (2253), CM Michael Owen (2222), Muxi Chen (2189), FM Kohei Yamada (2186), Samuel Song (2175), CM Kan Nakahara (2171). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Challengers
More Asian events: 23rd RCC International Fide Rated Classical Cup / 24th RCC International Fide Rated Rapid Cup / 25th RCC International Fide Rated Blitz Cup / Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 /  Dasman Classical Chess Championship 2025 / Sukanun Chess 2025 / 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship 

Japan Open 2025 Masters Participants