European Rapid Chess Championships 2025 LIVE

The European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2025 will take place from November 28 to November 30 in Pristina, Albania. This tournament has 2 sections – Rapid and Blitz. The Rapid section is an 11-round Swiss system with a time control of 15 min + 10 sec/move. For more events from Albania, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

More than 370 players will participate in this tournament, and the top-seeded among them are GM Jaime Santos Latasa (2667), GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2653), GM Baadur Jobava (2646), GM Jorden Van Foreest (2637), GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2630), GM David Anton Guijarro (2619), GM Rasmus Svane (2619), GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (2605), GM Zaven Andriasian (2604), GM Alexander Motylev (2603), GM Igor Kovalenko (2601), GM Maxime Lagarde (2600), GM Christian Bauer (2588), GM Daniel Dardha (2583), GM Alan Pichot (2577), GM Kiril Georgiev (2570), GM Paulius Pultinevicius (2566), GM Ivan Salgado Lopez (2554), GM Vojtech Plat (2553), GM Denis Kadric (2550). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Blitz
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European Rapid Chess Championships 2025 Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	ESP	2667
2	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2653
3	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2646
4	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2637
5	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2630
6	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2619
7	GM	Svane, Rasmus	GER	2619
8	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	ESP	2605
9	GM	Andriasian, Zaven	ARM	2604
10	GM	Motylev, Alexander	ROU	2603
11	GM	Kovalenko, Igor	UKR	2601
12	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	FRA	2600
13	GM	Bauer, Christian	FRA	2588
14	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2583
15	GM	Pichot, Alan	ESP	2577
16	GM	Georgiev, Kiril	BUL	2570
17	GM	Pultinevicius, Paulius	LTU	2566
18	GM	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	ESP	2554
19	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2553
20	GM	Kadric, Denis	MNE	2550
21	GM	Pechac, Jergus	SVK	2541
22	GM	Jovanovic, Zoran	CRO	2538
23	GM	Saric, Ante	CRO	2538
24	IM	Droin, Augustin	FRA	2537
25	GM	Georgiev, Vladimir	MKD	2535
26	GM	Warmerdam, Max	NED	2535
27	GM	Martinovic, Sasa	CRO	2534
28	IM	Sahidi, Samir	SVK	2524
29	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2518
30	GM	Kozul, Zdenko	CRO	2514
31	IM	Baidetskyi, Valentin	AUT	2507
32	GM	Bosiocic, Marin	CRO	2506
33	GM	Livaic, Leon	CRO	2504
34	IM	Alexakis, Dimitris	GRE	2500
35	IM	Stojanovski, Dejan	MKD	2494
36	GM	Maurizzi, Marcandria	FRA	2489
37	GM	Santos Ruiz, Miguel	ESP	2486
38	GM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2482
39	GM	Paichadze, Luka	GEO	2480
40		Bacrot, Alexandre	FRA	2478
41	IM	Peyrer, Konstantin	AUT	2475
42	IM	Kalezic, Blazo	MNE	2473
43	GM	Van Foreest, Lucas	NED	2471
44	GM	Dragnev, Valentin	AUT	2456
45	IM	Saraci, Nderim	KOS	2453
46	GM	Demuth, Adrien	FRA	2451
47	IM	Kilic, Eray	TUR	2445
48	IM	Plenca, Jadranko	CRO	2430
49	GM	Gokerkan, Cem Kaan	TUR	2428
50	IM	Schneider, Ilja	GER	2426
51	GM	Ioannidis, Evgenios	GRE	2418
52	IM	Krause, Benedict	GER	2417
53	IM	Costachi, Mihnea	ROU	2413
54	IM	Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros	GRE	2386
55	FM	Krallis, Christos	GRE	2383
56	FM	Salna, Aleksandras	LTU	2382
57	IM	Govciyan, Pavel	FRA	2381
58	IM	Karacsonyi, Gellert	HUN	2380
59	IM	D`costa, Lorin	ENG	2377
60	FM	Uruci, Endrit	KOS	2370
61	FM	Ondozi, Murtez	KOS	2367
62	GM	Arnaudov, G. Petar	BUL	2365
63	CM	Asllani, Muhamet	KOS	2364
64	IM	Kourousis, Epameinondas	CZE	2357
65	GM	Mohr, Georg	SLO	2355
66		Danov, Lyubomir	BUL	2343
67	FM	Makridis, Dimitrios	GRE	2331
68		Nainys, Zanas	LTU	2330
69	FM	Dalaud, Dorian	FRA	2323
70	IM	Pilaj, Herwig	AUT	2319
71	FM	Djurovic, Peko	MNE	2313
72	FM	Musovic, Armin	MNE	2305
73		Garner, Isaac	GER	2305
74	FM	Porras Mateo, Felipe	AND	2298
75	FM	Milovic, Jovan	MNE	2292
76	FM	Ribeiro, Gustavo	POR	2289
77	IM	Degtiarev, Evgeny	GER	2287
78	FM	Dovgaliuk, Oleksandr	UKR	2280
79	FM	Vukcevic, Nemanja	MNE	2279
80		Upleger, Martin	GER	2271
81	FM	De Vleeschauwer, Maarten	BEL	2268
82	CM	Herega, Nejc	SLO	2239
83		Ramaj, Ergit	ALB	2232
84	FM	Akhayan, Ruben	BEL	2227
85	FM	Veleshnja, Zino	ALB	2227
86	FM	Makolli, Perparim	KOS	2225
87	CM	Molina Carretero, Daniel	ESP	2222
88	IM	Podlesnik, Bogdan	MNE	2212
89	IM	Maier, Christian	GER	2209
90	CM	Saraci, Korab	KOS	2205
91		Tweedie, Steven	SCO	2204
92	FM	Baranciuc, Alexandr	MDA	2201
93	FM	Boci, Mateu	ALB	2200
94		Tzouganakis, Panteleimon	GRE	2199
95	CM	Aymerich Verdaguer, Eduard	ESP	2194
96		Stoinev, Metodi	BUL	2194
97	FM	Redzisz, Michal	POL	2193
98	FM	Ochedzan, Tymon	POL	2191
99	FM	Wahedi, Ahmad Siar	GER	2189
100		Avdiu, Bardh	KOS	2187
101	FM	Kukelko, Alexey	UKR	2186
102	CM	Triadu Cassa, Jordi	ESP	2173
103		Sarabando, Rodrigo Andias	POR	2172
104		Bouroutzakis, Georgios	GER	2165
105	IM	Sadiku, Bedri	KOS	2162
106		Mehmeti, Shqipdon	KOS	2159
107	CM	Aliyev, Elnur	AZE	2157
108	WGM	Krasteva, Beloslava	BUL	2153
109	FM	Xheladini, Mahmut	KOS	2153
110	FM	Stamatiou, Rodolfos	GRE	2152
111	AIM	Greicius, Pijus	LTU	2150
112		Krasniqi, Alban	KOS	2150
113	IM	Sivan, Yaacov	ISR	2146
114		Lohr, Maximilian	GER	2146
115	FM	Meyer, Falko	GER	2142
116		Kelmendi, Bajrush	ENG	2142
117		Yilmazer, Emir Arda	TUR	2142
118	FM	Promyshlyanskiy, Vitaliy	UKR	2141
119	FM	Vatter, Hans-Joachim	GER	2136
120	WFM	Tomasi, Elise	FRA	2132
121	CM	Skuhala, Luka	SLO	2130
122		Kelmendi, Arsim	KOS	2127
123		Szakmary, Domonkos	HUN	2121
124	FM	Szalay-Ocsak, Bank	HUN	2120
125	FM	Zymberi, Astrit	KOS	2117
126		Kiratzopoulos, Efthimios	GRE	2114
127		Rigopoulos-Tsigkos, Alexandros	GRE	2114
128		Lindholm, Jere	FIN	2108
129		Uruci, Besim	KOS	2108
130		Sejdiu, Bekim	KOS	2107
131		Terryn, Ezra	BEL	2107
132		Kola, Elvis	ALB	2104
133	CM	Zeneli, Klendi	ALB	2101
134		Ijzermans, Gijs	NED	2100
135	CM	Kotyk, Michael	GER	2098
136	CM	Kukushkin, Ivan	BUL	2097
137		Afonso, Joao Pedro	POR	2096
138	WFM	Caku, Kler	ALB	2095
139		Goncalves, Lucas Jordao	POR	2093
140		Martins, Diogo Faria Oliveira	POR	2089
141		De Vries, Joel	NED	2087
142	FM	Bognar, Csaba Dr.	HUN	2083
143		Sutbas, Batuhan	TUR	2082
144	FM	Berisha, Enver	KOS	2081
145		Mcgowan, Daniel	SCO	2080
146		Hatzl, Johannes	AUT	2079
147		Kollari, Sulejman	KOS	2077
148		Kuipers, Dustin	GER	2073
149		Zygouris, Hristos	GRE	2070
150	FM	Rama, Lorenc	ALB	2069
151		Kues, Hendrik	GER	2068
152		Lindner, Mihael	SLO	2068
153	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	FIN	2064
154		Hrisomalis, Theodoros	GRE	2062
155		Karacsonyi, Bank	HUN	2061
156		Velkoski, Stojan	MKD	2061
157		Kollmann, Christoph	AUT	2060
158	FM	Ribeiro, Rodrigo	POR	2059
159	CM	Grodotzki, Kenneth	GER	2055
160		Rama, Rame	KOS	2050
161		Babrauskas, Darius	LTU	2048
162		Fetiu, Bujar	KOS	2048
163		Burns, Michael	MKD	2047
164	CM	Bregu, Riza	ALB	2046
165		Uruci, Ardit	KOS	2044
166		Bislimi, Mentor	KOS	2043
167		Hoti, Safet	GER	2041
168		Cotic, Borna	CRO	2039
169	WFM	Froewis, Annika	AUT	2031
170		Kabo, Melsed	ALB	2030
171		Serifovic, Faruk	ECU	2030
172	FM	Plesec, Damjan	SLO	2028
173		Mcadam, Mark Dr.	GER	2028
174		Shala, Behxhet	KOS	2027
175		Bajraktari, Perparim	KOS	2023
176		Beqa, Naim	KOS	2022
177		Almeida, Joao Pedro Dias	POR	2020
178		Olcina Monells, Jordi	ESP	2019
179	AFM	Murati, Ramus	KOS	2017
180		Kollari, Sabahajdin	KOS	2011
181		Nicholas, Koichi B	ENG	2011
182	WFM	Karacsonyi, Kata	HUN	2007
183		Markocic, Tine	SLO	2006
184		Pavleski, Nikola	MKD	2004
185	WFM	Siskou, Evangelia	GRE	2002
186		Stoychev, Ognian	BUL	2002
187		Destic, Elena	FRA	1998
188		Krasniqi, Avni	KOS	1998
189		Ozates, Mert	TUR	1997
190		Shapkaroski, Goce	MKD	1993
191	FM	Viskelis, Darius	LTU	1992
192		Rahimi, Rahim	GER	1991
193		Schoonackers, Jeroen	NED	1988
194		Bujupi, Fatmir	KOS	1986
195		Gashi, Shyqri	KOS	1986
196		Shkurti, Bashkim	KOS	1986
197		Fetiu, Qamil	KOS	1985
198		Hasku, Dashnor	KOS	1984
199		Kohtz, Andreas	GER	1982
200		Moracchini, Margaux	FRA	1981
201		Bimbashi, Hamze	KOS	1978
202		Fejza, Xhavit	KOS	1974
203		Lushtaku, Osman	KOS	1972
204		Jusufi, Ahmet	KOS	1971
205		Ribinskas, Gediminas	LTU	1971
206	WCM	Omeri, Eklea	ALB	1966
207		Hopson, Kevin Mike	GER	1963
208		Strikovic, Adnan	MNE	1963
209		Qorri, Fatmir	KOS	1962
210		Recica, Hysni	KOS	1962
211	WFM	Stangl, Anita Dr.	GER	1957
212		Asani, Adem	KOS	1957
213		Prokshaj, Imer	KOS	1957
214		Shaliapin, Yurii	SUI	1954
215		Kastrati, Kastriot	KOS	1950
216		Lalinovci, Gani	KOS	1948
217		Morina, Fadil	KOS	1948
218		Aliu, Besnik	KOS	1946
219		Odell Johansson, Leo	SWE	1944
220		Cetta, Ujkan	KOS	1940
221		Neto, Dinis Fonseca	POR	1940
222		Karacsonyi, Luca	HUN	1939
223		Aliti, Rrahman	KOS	1935
224		Boshnjakaj, Hysen	KOS	1935
225		Mena, Rilind	MKD	1935
226		Almeida, Marta Dias	POR	1933
227		Rexhepi, Halit	SUI	1932
228		Hoxha, Deme	KOS	1929
229		Sharku, Avdarmon	KOS	1928
230		Basha, Lir	KOS	1927
231		Deda, Dede	KOS	1924
232		Dilji, Emell	KOS	1922
233		Masha, Rexhep	ALB	1918
234		Shala, Shemsi	KOS	1918
235	WCM	Valente, Sofia	POR	1917
236		Kastrati, Labinot	KOS	1916
237		Cros Garcia, Marc	ESP	1914
238		Qorrolli, Qemajl	KOS	1912
239		Kurbogaj, Xhevdet	KOS	1911
240		Cekic, Ekrem	MNE	1907
241		Siil, Marko	EST	1904
242		Zeka, Isa	KOS	1901
243		Berisha, Besim	KOS	1898
244		Vidikjevski, Vancho	MKD	1896
245		Dimitriou, Georgios	GRE	1890
246		Sadiku, Ylber	KOS	1889
247		Shtavica, Alaudin	KOS	1886
248		Tutinas, Romualdas	LTU	1885
249		Gkegkas, Michail	GER	1883
250		Halvarsson, Gustav	SWE	1883
251		Zurnaxhiu, Xheladin	KOS	1878
252		Aira, Leonardo	SWE	1877
253		Soldo, Dario	AUT	1876
254		Bunjaku, Lulzim	GER	1875
255		Jonuzi, Arlind	MKD	1875
256		Slagter, Maxim	BEL	1875
257		Canovic, Damir	MNE	1873
258		Schacht, David	GER	1873
259		Topalli, Ismet	KOS	1869
260		Osmani, Arif	KOS	1867
261		Mendes, Pedro Miguel Gomes	POR	1865
262		Almeida, Tomas Ccm	POR	1864
263		Georgieva, Emilia	BUL	1864
264		Rama, Adem	KOS	1859
265		Aliti, Arsim	KOS	1858
266		Hematyar, Fardin	NED	1858
267		Zenuni, Hysen	KOS	1857
268		Tepe, Mario	GER	1855
269		Fazliu, Avni	KOS	1854
270		Siddharth, Gopakumar	ENG	1846
271		Bytyqi, Gzim	KOS	1844
272		Hernandez Sibajas, Nelson	ESP	1843
273		Rrotlla, Sali	KOS	1843
274		Bellanica, Afrim	KOS	1842
275		Uruci, Valentin	KOS	1841
276		Ismajli, Shaban	KOS	1839
277		Mustafi, Meljiman	KOS	1838
278		Zejak, Petar	MNE	1837
279		Stefanoski, Daniel	MKD	1835
280	WCM	Siekanska, Zuzanna	POL	1832
281		Kleinert, Juergen	GER	1830
282		Vermue, Albert	NED	1830
283		Shapkaroski, Jane	MKD	1828
284	AFM	Aleksovski, Aleksandar	MKD	1827
285		Babamusta, Andi	ALB	1826
286		Kojic, Safet	MNE	1826
287		Shtiza, Brendon	ALB	1820
288		Krstevski, Pavel	MKD	1815
289		Kelmendi, Isak	FIN	1802
290		Banovi, Alit	ITA	1800
291		Gjorgjevski, Janco	MKD	1800
292		Shumanov, Blagoj	MKD	1800
293		Omeri, Korado	ALB	1796
294		Qarri, Orik	KOS	1794
295		Sopjani, Sefer	KOS	1793
296		Sopjan, Agim	FIN	1790
297		Husar, Matjaz	SLO	1788
298		Krasniqi, Ismet	KOS	1786
299		Ajradinoska, Indzi	MKD	1785
300		Tabakovski, Dino	MKD	1785
301		Halabaku, Tasim	KOS	1781
302		Hasani, Bajram	KOS	1779
303		Ojstersek, Jurij	SLO	1776
304		Ademi, Benjamin	KOS	1764
305		Alves, Jose Pedro Figueiredo	POR	1757
306		Recica, Jona	KOS	1746
307		Poldoja, Ants	EST	1733
308		Halili, Etnik	FRA	1727
309		Mirzazada, Nazrin	AZE	1725
310		Sivan, Guy	ISR	1692
311		Krstevski, Vladimir	MKD	1691
312		Krasniqi, Troi	KOS	1681
313		Shtiza, Diamant	ALB	1676
314		Beijoco, Bernardo	POR	1675
315	WCM	Ndreko, Ailin	ALB	1663
316		Ribeiro, Margarida	POR	1655
317		Ruli, Sufjan	KOS	1654
318		Sahiti, Anuar	KOS	1653
319		Burns, Elisaveta	MKD	1649
320		Limanmera, Sara	KOS	1645
321		Bubnys, Marius	LTU	1636
322		Ruli, Sumeja	KOS	1624
323		Buzhala, Jakob	KOS	1614
324		Montenegro, Matias	POR	1609
325		Femic, Radonja	MNE	1603
326		Sharku, Uvejs	KOS	1602
327		Rexhepi, Dua	KOS	1597
328		Tanchev, Jovan	MKD	1574
329		Nikolaidis, Ioannis St	GRE	1545
330		Musliu, Bled	KOS	1533
331		Siskos, Ioannis	GRE	1533
332		Matos, Maria Rita	POR	1532
333		Jovanovski, Jovan	MKD	1530
334		Fejzullahu, Jon	MKD	1527
335		Kontautas, Mantas	LTU	1525
336		Recica, Rron	KOS	1524
337		Pinto, Maria Rita Oliveira	POR	1521
338		Belovska, Sofija	MKD	1509
339		Burns, Kayla	MKD	1509
340		Limanmera, Rejana	KOS	1509
341		Burns, Joshua Benjamin	MKD	1507
342		Melani, Engjell	ALB	1495
343		Shtiza, Ted	ALB	1483
344		Tafaki, Despoina Theocharia	GRE	1475
345		Fonseca, Constanca	POR	1474
346		Teixeira, Bernardo Gomes	POR	1472
347		Pllana, Alba	KOS	1465
348		Tanchev, Hristijan	MKD	1461
349		Pllana, Jon	KOS	1448
350		Fernandes, Miguel Casanova	POR	1439
351		Caku, Mia	ALB	1410
352		Alakbarov, Mahammadali	AZE	0
353		Berisha, Unika	KOS	0
354		Groos, Anton	GER	0
355		Halimi, Blerim	KOS	0
356		Hasanaj, Agron	KOS	0
357		Hoxhaj, Ylli	KOS	0
358		Karadolami, Binela	KOS	0
359		Karagjyzi, Ema	KOS	0
360		Karagjyzi, Klejdi	KOS	0
361		Koyun, Cinar	TUR	0
362		Krasniqi, Gem	KOS	0
363		Limanmera, Era	KOS	0
364		Muhaxheri, Agon	KOS	0
365		Nikci, Lek	KOS	0
366		Onat, Ahmet	TUR	0
367		Onat, Elif	TUR	0
368		Paul, Jan Henrik	GER	0
369		Pavlovski, Gligorij	MKD	0
370		Saraci, Lorenda	KOS	0
371		Shehu, Lisa	KOS	0
372		Sokoli, Arber	KOS	0
373		Sokoli, Besjana	KOS	0
374		Sustickas, Vilis	SUI	0