Ljubljana Chess Festival 2025 LIVE

The 2025 edition of the Ljubljana Chess Festival is taking place 28 April – May 04 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia. This year’s edition of the open tournament is full of young talents, including Pranav V, Hasan Huseyin Celik, Maksym Goroshkov, Feliks Tulchynskyi, Bhattacherjee Aayush, Sohum Lohia, Rudi Olenik Campa, Nik Javornik, Das Sriansh, Miras Assylov, etc. They will have to meet established Grandmasters of the likes of Maxim Lagarde, Chongsheng Zeng, Diptayan Ghosh, Brandon Jacobson, and Sankal Gupta. Scroll down for the full participants list and live games.

Ljubljana has a long and rich chess tradition. For many years, the traditional international Ljubljana Open was organized in Ljubljana, which unfortunately died in 2009. In 2013, Velim Minister Darja Kapš recognized the potential of the capital of Slovenia for the organization of the most prestigious tournaments in the world. Together with the chess player Indira Bajt, they organized the first Ljubljana Chess Festival in March 2014. The one-day chess festival with a rich fund (11,000 euros), an interesting cultural program and eminent guests attracted 250 chess players from all over Europe and set the following standards of the organization. With the establishment of the Chess Club Ljubljana from the end of 2015, the capital gained a new chess drive. Every year (with the exception of the period of the pandemic), an interesting one-day chess spectacle takes place in the capital. Chessdom has been closely following the event since its first edition, that was won by Vladimir Dobrov and we will provide live games, reports, and information on Ljubljana 2025 as well. The event will be featured at the Chessdom Newsletter, for which you can signup for FREE with your email in the form below

Ljubljana Chess 2025 live games

Ljubljana Chess 2025 participants

1	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2628
2	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	FRA	2622
3	GM	Zeng, Chongsheng	CHN	2574
4	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2573
5	GM	Jacobson, Brandon	USA	2570
6	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2548
7	GM	Subelj, Jan	SLO	2528
8	GM	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	UKR	2511
9	GM	Sebenik, Matej	SLO	2491
10	IM	Roshka, Yevgeniy	UKR	2488
11	GM	Baldauf, Marco	GER	2457
12	IM	Celik, Hasan Huseyin	TUR	2440
13	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	IND	2431
14	IM	Cukrowski, Filip	POL	2398
15	IM	Degraeve, Remy	FRA	2393
16	IM	Thorfinnsson, Bjorn	ISL	2386
17	FM	Goroshkov, Maksym	SLO	2382
18	FM	Tulchynskyi, Feliks	UKR	2380
19	GM	Thorfinnsson, Bragi	ISL	2375
20	GM	Tratar, Marko	SLO	2374
21	FM	Citak, Selim	TUR	2368
22	FM	Aayush, Bhattacherjee	IND	2360
23	FM	Lohia, Sohum	ENG	2354
24	IM	Karthik, Rajaa	IND	2346
25	FM	Srebrnic, Marko	SLO	2338
26	FM	Becker, Matthias	GER	2320
27	FM	Schippers, Maurice	NED	2315
28	FM	Olenik Campa, Rudi	SLO	2306
29	IM	Lejlic, Samir	SWE	2301
30	IM	Mazi, Leon	SLO	2297
31	FM	Beletic, Daniel	SLO	2291
32	IM	Unuk, Laura	SLO	2285
33		Hiti, Domen	SLO	2282
34	FM	Javornik, Nik	SLO	2280
35	FM	Sriansh, Das	IND	2278
36	FM	Nayak, Rajesh	IND	2277
37	IM	Claverie, Raul	ARG	2274
38	FM	Pecnik, Leo	CRO	2274
39	FM	Stevanic, David	SLO	2269
40	FM	Assylov, Miras	KAZ	2264
41	FM	Priansh, Das	IND	2262
42	IM	Mencinger, Vojko	SLO	2259
43	CM	Krylov, Aleksey	RUS	2255
44	CM	Lauda, Alexandr	MDA	2255
45		Skrbec, Leon	SLO	2255
46	FM	Kozlovic, Jernej	SLO	2251
47		Plaskan, Jure	SLO	2248
48		Zamar Kodelja, Jurij	SLO	2240
49	FM	Varga, Csaba Zoltan	HUN	2238
50	CM	Mondrzycki, Bartlomiej	POL	2232
51		Jacobs, Florian	NED	2226
52		Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa	ITA	2219
53	FM	Meers, Hubert	POL	2213
54	CM	Marchesich, Giovanni	ITA	2212
55	CM	Gireman, Ja	IND	2208
56	CM	Herega, Nejc	SLO	2201
57	CM	Musial, Tomasz	POL	2199
58	FM	Ciolek, Andreas	GER	2198
59		Zupancic, Jernej	SLO	2193
60		Rekuc, Patryk	POL	2188
61		Asaka, Samuel	AUS	2187
62		Slagter, David	NED	2186
63	FM	Mendez Machado, Andre	PAN	2157
64		Gregoric, Andraz	SLO	2151
65	FM	Rosh, Jain	IND	2150
66	CM	Zhukovskyi, Oleksandr	UKR	2147
67	WFM	Khrapko, Marharyta	GER	2146
68		Pattnayak, Nilsu	IND	2146
69	CM	Zhukovskyi, Myhaylo	UKR	2141
70	FM	Pniaczek, Marek	POL	2132
71	CM	Vaupot, Luka	SLO	2130
72		Centrih, Aleks	SLO	2128
73	CM	Debevec, Blaz	SLO	2117
74	CM	Jankowiak, Tomasz	POL	2110
75		Cepon, Dusan	SLO	2102
76		Jendrowiak, Maciej	POL	2097
77		Zuzek, Bor	SLO	2090
78		Keber, Aljosa	SLO	2076
79		Mostertman, Xander	NED	2076
80		Engesser, Jonas	GER	2075
81		Kersic, Matej	SLO	2075
82		Mestek, Igor	SLO	2071
83		Basdar, Atakan	TUR	2069
84		Ivanec, Dezider	SLO	2056
85		Shevkunov, Vladyslav	USA	2050
86		Python, Noe	SUI	2047
87	WFM	Zagorac, Lara	CRO	2041
88		Smirnov, Maksim	SLO	2039
89		Demsar, Maks	SLO	2036
90		Srebrnic, Vojko	SLO	2030
91		Gasparac, Gregor	SLO	2028
92		Zupancic, Urban	SLO	2028
93	WFM	Shuqja, Klean	ALB	2024
94	CM	Schnell, Sebastian Narayana	PAN	2023
95		Susnik, Matej	SLO	2023
96		Markosek, Bine	SLO	2018
97		Belyaletdinov, Leonard	SLO	2010
98	FM	Zaninotto, Franco	ITA	1990
99		Logar, Metod	SLO	1983
100	FM	Praznik, Anton	SLO	1982
101		Pirs, Matjaz	SLO	1982
102		Westenthanner, Paul	GER	1981
103		Schippers, Philippe	NED	1979
104		Veselic, Maks	SLO	1973
105		Karaalioglu, Zeynel Mansur	TUR	1971
106		Labrovic, Jakov	CRO	1969
107	WFM	Kheerthi, Ganta	IND	1967
108		Sharapova, Polina	UKR	1961
109		Kryston, Aleksander	POL	1960
110		Vaupot, Kajetan	SLO	1958
111		Bruna, Matous	CZE	1956
112		Egli, Urs	SUI	1956
113		Seemann, Pola	POL	1953
114		Skarlovnik, Aljaz	SLO	1952
115		Kelbl, Jakob	SLO	1951
116		Albin, Sajan	IND	1947
117		Medvesek, Janez	SLO	1944
118		Zlindra, Aljaz	SLO	1941
119		Spelec, Darko	SLO	1938
120		Benoit, Hugues	FRA	1934
121		Omahen, Gasper	SLO	1930
122		Konopatskyi, Aleksandr	SLO	1918
123		Abel, Sajan	IND	1905
124		Dal, Emir Saygin	TUR	1902
125		Akkus, Muhammed Ali	TUR	1900
126		Yekeler, Kerem Sarp	TUR	1899
127		Mendoza, Jemaicah Yap	PHI	1895
128		Skube, Zan	SLO	1895
129		Mihic, Adam	SLO	1891
130		Danicic, Anze	SLO	1890
131		Krstic, David	SLO	1878
132		Hermannsson, Sigurbjorn	ISL	1870
133		Vodnik, Val	SLO	1864
134		Moessmer, Patrick	GER	1859
135		Palka, Dominika	POL	1850
136		Siddharth, Gopakumar	ENG	1845
137		Zhou, Tony	HKG	1844
138		Benko, Bostjan	SLO	1842
139		Juranovic, Ljudevit	CRO	1835
140		Macek, Inti	SLO	1825
141		Asici, Poyraz Efe	TUR	1824
142		Jaksa, Ema	SLO	1822
143		Markus, David	SLO	1818
144		Glavac, Leo	SLO	1815
145		Vignati, Andrea	ITA	1810
146	II	Crnjakovič, Tom	SLO	1809
147		Papler, Peter	SLO	1797
148		Berezovskii, Arina	ISR	1796
149		Babarovic, Fran	SLO	1794
150		Sever, Gasper	SLO	1789
151		Bucan, Luka	SLO	1773
152		Moczala, Maja	POL	1771
153		Dobrovolska-Rakhnina, Bozhena	UKR	1765
154		Zitnik, Urban	SLO	1759
155		Rozman, Roman	SLO	1740
156		Bajec, Borut	SLO	1732
157		Samotorcan, Gal	SLO	1732
158		Mulec, Dejan	SLO	1723
159		Johan, Jobsy	IND	1700
160		Rossi, Anna Giulia	ITA	1696
161		Levacic, Matic	SLO	1691
162		Boom, Harrie	NED	1686
163		Verbic, Jan	SLO	1679
164		Lovrič, Tit	SLO	1676
165		Ovnik, Jaka	SLO	1667
166		Zupan, Blaz	SLO	1663
167		Purisic, Radenko	SLO	1653
168		Markovcic, Gregor	SLO	1639
169		Krevh, Hana	SLO	1634
170		Hudoklin, Jurij	SLO	1623
171		Hlebec, Jure	SLO	1616
172		Kartashov, Nikita	SLO	1611
173		Premerl, Ana Kaja	SLO	1602
174		Velkov, Ilija	MKD	1597
175		Tomazin Kosorok, Tadej	SLO	1585
176		Contala, Noel	SLO	1570
177		Preda, Emma Maria	ITA	1569
178		Lukas Oven, Leonard	SLO	1514
179		Soba, Franc	SLO	1513
180		Markovcic, Masa	SLO	1437
181		Hetzer, Margarete	GER	1433
182		Zakarliuka, Platon	SLO	1409
183	II	Aleksandrov, Boris	SLO	0
184		Bodeau, Nicolas	FRA	0
185		Brank, Jakob	SLO	0
186		Karim Abdelaziz, Mohamed	EGY	0
187		Redzic, Rusmir	SLO	0
188		Ugrinovic, Dimitrije	SRB	0
189		Yahia Eltorky, Ahmed	EGY	0
190		Zuiev, Lev	SLO	0