European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2025

The 9th edition of the European Small Nations Team Chess Championship starts this week in Larnaca, Cyprus, and will be held from 14th-23rd November in the Sun Hall Hotel.

The event gathers 10 teams from Andorra, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino, and each team consists of four players + one reserve player.

The European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2025 will be played in 9 rounds, round robin system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30-second increment for each move starting from the move one.

The top-seeded teams are Faroe Islands (average rating of players 2339), Luxembourg (average rating of players 2269) and Andorra (average rating of players 2267). The top-rated players in the field are GM Helfi Dam Ziska (FAI, 2543), GM Oscar De La Riva Aguado (AND, 2439), IM Hogni Egilstoft Nielsen (FAI, 2389), IM Michael Wiedenkeller (LUX, 2388), GM Amir Bagheri (MNC, 2356) and GM Igor Efimov (MNC, 2331).

European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2025 participants

1. Andorra (RtgAvg:2267 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	De La Riva Aguado, Oscar	2439	AND
2	FM	Ribera Veganzones, Serni	2291	AND
3	FM	Gomez Anadon, Daniel	2199	AND
4		Mateu Guiu, Esteve	2140	AND
5		Gonzalez Garcia, Marc	2112	AND
2. Cyprus (RtgAvg:2167 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	FM	Isaakidis, Alexandros	2248	CYP
2	FM	Michaelides, Konstantinos	2245	CYP
3	CM	Antoniou, Rafail	2124	CYP
4		Konstantinidis, Konstantinos	2052	CYP
5		Constantinou, Samuel Johannes	1950	CYP
3. Faroe Islands (RtgAvg:2339 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Ziska, Helgi Dam	2543	FAI
2	IM	Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft	2389	FAI
3	FM	Apol, Luitjen Akselsson	2318	FAI
4		Nielsen, Jon I Horni	2104	FAI
5		Petersen, Elias	2100	FAI
4. Guernsey (RtgAvg:1883 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Holland, Christopher	2068	GCI
2	CM	Morgan, Jamie	1845	GCI
3	CM	Owen, Garth I	1807	GCI
4	WCM	Nevska, Gerda	1798	GCI
5	CM	Brookfield, Toby	1813	GCI
5. Jersey (RtgAvg:1938 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	CM	Mooney, Graham	1918	JCI
2		Kolin, Mateusz	1826	JCI
3		Perchard, Matthew	1755	JCI
4	CM	Belzo, Krzysztof	2075	JCI
5	CM	Wojciechowski, Paul	1932	JCI
6. Liechtenstein (RtgAvg:2065 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Krieger, Markus	2168	LIE
2	FM	Mannhart, Marcel	2087	LIE
3	CM	Heron, Andrew	2097	LIE
4		Frick, Renato	1908	LIE
5		Schaedler, Martin	1863	LIE
7. Luxembourg (RtgAvg:2269 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Wiedenkeller, Michael	2388	LUX
2	IM	Berend, Fred	2222	LUX
3	FM	Linster, Philippe	2224	LUX
4	WGM	Berend, Elvira	2241	LUX
5		Mertens, Marc	2111	LUX
8. Malta (RtgAvg:2095 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	CM	Novak, Attila Robert	2155	MLT
2	CM	Pace, Colin	2112	MLT
3		Portelli, Matthew	2080	MLT
4	CM	Darmanin, Jake	2032	MLT
5	FM	Zerafa, Patrick	2009	MLT
9. Monaco (RtgAvg:2198 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Bagheri, Amir	2356	MNC
2	GM	Efimov, Igor	2331	MNC
3		Ribbegren, Karl Johan	2121	MNC
4		Berthaut, Alexandre	1985	MNC
5	FM	Verdier, Patrice	1949	MNC
10. San Marino (RtgAvg:1864 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	FM	Volpinari, Danilo	1955	SMR
2	FM	Righi, Ezio	1884	SMR
3		Leardini, Mirko	1833	SMR
4	CM	Piva, Michele	1731	SMR
5		Berardi, Giancarlo	1783	SMR