Maia Chess Festival 2025 – Masters LIVE
The Maia Chess Festival 2025 is taking place August 22 – August 30 in Maia, Portugal. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Portugal check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The tournament is separated in 2 categories – Masters and U2000. In Masters section of the tournament the top rated player is GM Pouya Idani (2593), followed by GM Manuel Perez Candelario (2572) and GM Mikhail Gurevich (2570). Top is completed by GM Ilia Smirin (2564), GM Sergey A. Fedorchuk (2558), GM Carlos Albornoz Cabrera (2544), GM Evgeny Postny (2530), IM Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina (2494), FM Imran Md (2480), GM Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez (2477), GM Pierre Bailet (2451), GM Kevin Barry Spraggett (2426), GM Zaur Mammadov (2421), IM Yuval Yaniv (2420), IM Fabrizio Bellia (2397), IM André Miguel Vale Ventura Sousa (2395), IM Kevin Terrieux (2394), IM Cristian Vasquez Toledo (2391), IM V S Raahul (2378), GM Aleksa Strikovic Ugrenovic (2375). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Maia Chess Festival 2025 – Masters Participants
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Idani, Pouya | IRI | 2593 |
| 2 | GM | Perez Candelario, Manuel | ESP | 2572 |
| 3 | GM | Gurevich, Mikhail | BEL | 2570 |
| 4 | GM | Smirin, Ilia | ISR | 2564 |
| 5 | GM | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | UKR | 2558 |
| 6 | GM | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos | CUB | 2544 |
| 7 | GM | Postny, Evgeny | ISR | 2530 |
| 8 | IM | Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys | MEX | 2494 |
| 9 | FM | Md, Imran | IND | 2480 |
| 10 | GM | Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando | ESP | 2477 |
| 11 | GM | Bailet, Pierre | FRA | 2451 |
| 12 | GM | Spraggett, Kevin Barry | CAN | 2426 |
| 13 | GM | Mammadov, Zaur | AZE | 2421 |
| 14 | IM | Yaniv, Yuval | ISR | 2420 |
| 15 | IM | Bellia, Fabrizio | ITA | 2397 |
| 16 | IM | Sousa, André Miguel Vale Ventura | POR | 2395 |
| 17 | IM | Terrieux, Kevin | FRA | 2394 |
| 18 | IM | Vasquez Toledo, Cristian | CHI | 2391 |
| 19 | IM | Raahul, V S | IND | 2378 |
| 20 | GM | Strikovic Ugrenovic, Aleksa | SRB | 2375 |
| 21 | IM | Sathvik, Adiga | IND | 2375 |
| 22 | GM | Campora Sivori, Daniel Hugo | ARG | 2363 |
| 23 | FM | Portela Peleteiro, Alberto | ESP | 2361 |
| 24 | IM | Kavutskiy, Konstantin | USA | 2357 |
| 25 | IM | Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad | TJK | 2351 |
| 26 | FM | Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja | TJK | 2343 |
| 27 | IM | Savitha, Shri B | IND | 2341 |
| 28 | FM | Llari, Marc | FRA | 2341 |
| 29 | WGM | Balabayeva, Xeniya | KAZ | 2332 |
| 30 | FM | Sanz Wawer, Daniel | ESP | 2320 |
| 31 | FM | Koster, Ramon | NED | 2311 |
| 32 | FM | Ternault, Mathieu | FRA | 2276 |
| 33 | FM | Gonçalves, Samuel Jesus Pereira | POR | 2264 |
| 34 | WIM | Gomez Barrera, Javiera Belen | CHI | 2263 |
| 35 | WGM | Mammadova, Narmin | AZE | 2261 |
| 36 | WGM | Yao, Lan | ENG | 2261 |
| 37 | WIM | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | NED | 2260 |
| 38 | FM | Le Goff, Ronan | FRA | 2254 |
| 39 | NM | Fidalgo, André Neves | POR | 2250 |
| 40 | FM | Cabezas Ayala, Iván Rafael | ESP | 2247 |
| 41 | IM | Klinova, Masha | ISR | 2242 |
| 42 | GM | Bellón Lopez, Juan Manuel | SWE | 2240 |
| 43 | CM | Ryabukhin, Roman | POR | 2236 |
| 44 | FM | Shoshin, Kirill | FID | 2222 |
| 45 | FM | Mhango, Banele | RSA | 2221 |
| 46 | NM | Monteiro, Paulo Alexandre Gomes | POR | 2220 |
| 47 | NM | Ferreira, Luis Pedro Oliveira | POR | 2216 |
| 48 | Kikkert, Robert | NED | 2212 | |
| 49 | Vioque Gonzalez, Nicolas | ESP | 2203 | |
| 50 | WIM | Chitlange, Sakshi | IND | 2193 |
| 51 | Gonzalez Lopez, Lucas 2013 | ESP | 2187 | |
| 52 | IM | Mannion, Stephen Richard | SCO | 2179 |
| 53 | Abdulkarimli, Eljan | AZE | 2175 | |
| 54 | WFM | Prado Acebo, Ines | ESP | 2173 |
| 55 | FM | Bezemer, Arno | NED | 2172 |
| 56 | WIM | Gaw, Chloe | USA | 2172 |
| 57 | Novais, Carlos João Fernandes | POR | 2172 | |
| 58 | WIM | Fernandez, Maria Florencia | ARG | 2163 |
| 59 | FM | Fernández López, Rubén | ESP | 2160 |
| 60 | CM | Villiers, Thomas | ENG | 2158 |
| 61 | Morais, Miguel Almeida | POR | 2155 | |
| 62 | Karaca, Yigit | TUR | 2153 | |
| 63 | WFM | Siekanska, Maria | POL | 2151 |
| 64 | Mitul, K H | IND | 2148 | |
| 65 | Afonso, João Pedro Pinto Costa | POR | 2144 | |
| 66 | Vedant, Garg | IND | 2140 | |
| 67 | WIM | Kaldarova, Ayaulym | KAZ | 2138 |
| 68 | CM | Vaidyanathan, Kannan | USA | 2135 |
| 69 | Rodriguez Ferreirós, Andrés | ESP | 2131 | |
| 70 | Garcia Martinez, Marcos | ESP | 2129 | |
| 71 | Van Der Werf, Joel | NED | 2123 | |
| 72 | Millan Soto, Miguel | ESP | 2122 | |
| 73 | Menard, Baptiste | FRA | 2121 | |
| 74 | NM | Farias, David Nuno Moita Esteves | POR | 2117 |
| 75 | Govoreanu, Matei | BEL | 2113 | |
| 76 | Toniolo, Samuel | ITA | 2111 | |
| 77 | Decker, Nils | GER | 2110 | |
| 78 | CM | Lacroix, Romain | FRA | 2107 |
| 79 | Araújo, Ricardo França Paulo Duarte | POR | 2107 | |
| 80 | NM | Sousa, João Alexandre Coutinho Dinis | POR | 2103 |
| 81 | Nguyen, Khoi | BEL | 2102 | |
| 82 | Pavel, Sebastian-Ionut | FID | 2102 | |
| 83 | Verkholantcev, Andrei | ESP | 2100 | |
| 84 | Llamazares Lopez, Marcos | ESP | 2096 | |
| 85 | Roquero Redondo, Miguel | ESP | 2096 | |
| 86 | Payne, Matthew J | ENG | 2089 | |
| 87 | Avadhoot, Lokesh Bhakti Brahme | IND | 2083 | |
| 88 | Merkel, Luis | GER | 2082 | |
| 89 | Stewart, Ashley | ENG | 2081 | |
| 90 | CM | Dias, Ivo Rodrigues | POR | 2080 |
| 91 | Moreto Quintana, Alex | ESP | 2080 | |
| 92 | Rebollo Montes, Bernardo | ESP | 2074 | |
| 93 | Cabañas López, Manuel Anxo | ESP | 2061 | |
| 94 | Treccozzi, Riccardo | ITA | 2060 | |
| 95 | Ribeiro, Orlando Camilo Duarte | POR | 2059 | |
| 96 | Palacios Gonzalez, Miguel | ESP | 2057 | |
| 97 | Rossi, Gabriele Valerio | ITA | 2055 | |
| 98 | Van Dam, Niels | NED | 2054 | |
| 99 | Le, Dang Thanh An | VIE | 2046 | |
| 100 | AIM | Koch-Muller, Oscar | DEN | 2043 |
| 101 | Gil Lopez, Alejandro | ESP | 2043 | |
| 102 | Hollmann, Thomas | GER | 2043 | |
| 103 | WIM | De Seroux, Camille | SUI | 2039 |
| 104 | WFM | Silva, Mariana Sofia Teixeira Da | POR | 2039 |
| 105 | Marin Dorta, Alejandro | ESP | 2038 | |
| 106 | Pintor, Simão Maciel Abranches | POR | 2038 | |
| 107 | Braun, Michael | GER | 2037 | |
| 108 | Lemasle, Raphael | FRA | 2037 | |
| 109 | Fayel, Nicolas | FRA | 2035 | |
| 110 | Frescura, Davide | ITA | 2032 | |
| 111 | CM | Aravindhan, Achyuth | NED | 2031 |
| 112 | CM | Yun, Hungi | KOR | 2031 |
| 113 | Graña Castañal, Andres | ESP | 2027 | |
| 114 | FM | Kandic, Milan | SRB | 2026 |
| 115 | Rolle, Lorenzo Anthony | ITA | 2024 | |
| 116 | Masoumi, Shahin Cazares | USA | 2023 | |
| 117 | Patiño Romarís, Juan Roberto | ESP | 2020 | |
| 118 | Torres, Ricardo Jorge Ferreira | POR | 2020 | |
| 119 | Bernardo, Daniel Madureira | POR | 2017 | |
| 120 | Almeida, João Pedro Dias | POR | 2016 | |
| 121 | Turner, Justin | AUS | 2012 | |
| 122 | Herraiz Gómez, Iker | ESP | 2005 | |
| 123 | Lucchi, Alessandro | ITA | 1990 | |
| 124 | González Regueiro, Rodrigo | ESP | 1987 | |
| 125 | Ferreira, Vasco Capitão Mendes | POR | 1974 | |
| 126 | Duque, Raquel Dos Santos | POR | 1970 | |
| 127 | Lopez Palomar, Jose | ESP | 1970 | |
| 128 | Romero Barkouk, Rayan | ESP | 1970 | |
| 129 | Gunesli, Eymen Giray | TUR | 1968 | |
| 130 | Sgaria, Marco | ITA | 1966 | |
| 131 | Silva, Rui Jorge Sampaio Da | POR | 1963 | |
| 132 | Auvray, Juliette | FRA | 1955 | |
| 133 | Garcia De La Fuente, Alvaro | ESP | 1921 | |
| 134 | Mehta, Hursh | USA | 1920 |