24th IPCA World Chess Championship 2025 Participants
The 24th IPCA World Chess Championship 2025 is taking place July 22 – July 30 in Goa, India. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from India, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top seeded players are IM Marcin Molenda (2376), IM Andrei Gurbanov (2291), FM Sargis Sargissyan (2206), FM Serik Soltanov (2203), IM Andrei Obodchuk (2185), FM Ilia Lipilin (2161), Domagoj Glazar (2060), FM Vit Vaclav Valenta (2016), Chamal Gedgafov (2016), WIM Liliana Leszner (2005), Alimzhan Ayapov (1994), IM Eugenio Campos (1992), James Infiesto (1978), Evgeniya Zakharova (1962), Mikhail Dzenisenia (1961), Kumar A. Naveen (1958), Artem Anfinogenov (1954), AIM Sonom Sundui (1952), Juraj Zavarsky (1942), Jiri Novak (1936). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More events from Asia : All India Below 1600 IInd Narendraji Firodiya Chashak Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament / 3rd CHESS HUB U1800 CLASSICAL 2025 / 9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship 2025 / Liaocheng Dongchangfu Cup Rising Stars Tournament 2025
24th IPCA World Chess Championship 2025 Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Molenda, Marcin | POL | 2376 |
| 2 | IM | Gurbanov, Andrei | ISR | 2291 |
| 3 | FM | Sargissyan, Sargis | ARM | 2206 |
| 4 | FM | Soltanov, Serik | KAZ | 2203 |
| 5 | IM | Obodchuk, Andrei | FID | 2185 |
| 6 | FM | Lipilin, Ilia | FID | 2161 |
| 7 | Glazar, Domagoj | CRO | 2060 | |
| 8 | FM | Valenta, Vit Vaclav | CZE | 2016 |
| 9 | Gedgafov, Chamal | FID | 2016 | |
| 10 | WIM | Leszner, Liliana | POL | 2005 |
| 11 | Ayapov, Alimzhan | KAZ | 1994 | |
| 12 | IM | Campos, Eugenio | ANG | 1992 |
| 13 | Infiesto, James | PHI | 1978 | |
| 14 | Zakharova, Evgeniya | FID | 1962 | |
| 15 | Dzenisenia, Mikhail. | FID | 1961 | |
| 16 | Naveen, Kumar A. | IND | 1958 | |
| 17 | Anfinogenov, Artem | FID | 1954 | |
| 18 | AIM | Sundui, Sonom | MGL | 1952 |
| 19 | Zavarsky, Juraj | SVK | 1942 | |
| 20 | Novak, Jiri | CZE | 1936 | |
| 21 | Alekseev, Mikhail | FID | 1916 | |
| 22 | FM | Venkata, Krishna Karthik K | IND | 1905 |
| 23 | Maikenov, Bakytzhan | KAZ | 1899 | |
| 24 | Denisov, Denis | FID | 1895 | |
| 25 | WFM | Gerasimova, Svetlana | FID | 1884 |
| 26 | Gayimnazarov, Bahadir | UZB | 1884 | |
| 27 | CM | Samarth, J Rao | IND | 1873 |
| 28 | Khlypovka, Lada | FID | 1872 | |
| 29 | Khishigbayar, Mijgee | MGL | 1869 | |
| 30 | Perez, Gilbert | CAN | 1866 | |
| 31 | Safronov, Grigoriy | FID | 1842 | |
| 32 | Babanov, Aleksandr | FID | 1826 | |
| 33 | Tsapalin, Sergey | FID | 1822 | |
| 34 | Rakhatbekov, Tilegen | KGZ | 1803 | |
| 35 | Ghimire, Bishwo Bijay | NEP | 1775 | |
| 36 | Doan, Thu Huyen | VIE | 1734 | |
| 37 | Serebriakov, Sergei | FID | 1728 | |
| 38 | Ergashev, Ilkhom | UZB | 1724 | |
| 39 | Ibraimov, Kubanychbek | KGZ | 1719 | |
| 40 | Huszar, Katalin | SVK | 1707 | |
| 41 | Shankar, Ramakrishnan | IND | 1707 | |
| 42 | Pamarthi, Audietya Aazadh | IND | 1704 | |
| 43 | Vaibhav, Gautam | IND | 1674 | |
| 44 | Nikitskaya, Varvara | FID | 1653 | |
| 45 | Kannan.V, | IND | 1652 | |
| 46 | Ezhilarasi, G | IND | 1649 | |
| 47 | Ashwin, R | IND | 1645 | |
| 48 | Tran, Thi Bich Thuy | VIE | 1607 | |
| 49 | Eshmuratov, Abbas | UZB | 1599 | |
| 50 | Pratham, Poddar | IND | 1596 | |
| 51 | Yesu, Babuk | IND | 1593 | |
| 52 | Nabhneel, Das | IND | 1584 | |
| 53 | Rama Rajasekhara, Reddi | IND | 1577 | |
| 54 | Neha, Verma | IND | 1569 | |
| 55 | ACM | Suresh, Agarwal | IND | 1553 |
| 56 | Uday, Kumar Tummagunta | IND | 1548 | |
| 57 | AIM | Prakash, Banskar | IND | 1539 |
| 58 | Amandu, Jignesh | IND | 1539 | |
| 59 | Kulkarni, Shreesh | IND | 1529 | |
| 60 | Ramesh, Majji | IND | 1527 | |
| 61 | Klein, Djimmy | FRA | 1512 | |
| 62 | Nikhil, G | IND | 1493 | |
| 63 | Khadeeja, Fatima | IND | 1491 | |
| 64 | Jinay, Ankitbhai Shah | IND | 1487 | |
| 65 | AFM | Praveen, Kumar D | IND | 1485 |
| 66 | Boldis, Norbert | SVK | 1485 | |
| 67 | Azimjonov, Abdurahmon | UZB | 1482 | |
| 68 | Aditya, Asaram Ghule | IND | 1476 | |
| 69 | Sharon, Rachel Aby | IND | 1476 | |
| 70 | Kanishri, R P | IND | 1467 | |
| 71 | Venkatesan, J | IND | 1467 | |
| 72 | Iniyan, Gopinathen | IND | 1461 | |
| 73 | Adam, T | IND | 1457 | |
| 74 | ACM | Mehta, Charvi | IND | 1451 |
| 75 | Sonu, Bist | IND | 1447 | |
| 76 | Dushyant, Pal | IND | 1444 | |
| 77 | Kumratova, Amina | FID | 1428 | |
| 78 | Nidhi, Kesavarao Baipotu | IND | 1427 | |
| 79 | Sreenivas, S Krishnan | IND | 1426 | |
| 80 | Praneeth, K S S R A | IND | 1423 | |
| 81 | Keerthana, A | IND | 1419 | |
| 82 | Dinesh, Kumar | IND | 1415 | |
| 83 | Aralov, Anvar | UZB | 0 | |
| 84 | Boldisova, Katarina | SVK | 0 | |
| 85 | Budragchaa, Serdamba | MGL | 0 | |
| 86 | Burada, Siva Babu | IND | 0 | |
| 87 | Dhanusya, S G | IND | 0 | |
| 88 | Durkasri, M | IND | 0 | |
| 89 | Ergashov, Nurmuhammad | UZB | 0 | |
| 90 | Kambarova, Aiganym | KAZ | 0 | |
| 91 | Normuminov, Uralbek | UZB | 0 | |
| 92 | Priyanka, Kumari | IND | 0 | |
| 93 | Sarat, Kumar Parida | IND | 0 | |
| 94 | Sobethaa, V S | IND | 0 | |
| 95 | Tharunsaai, M K | IND | 0 | |
| 96 | Vanek, Bohumil | CZE | 0 | |
| 97 | Vikas, Chandra | IND | 0 |