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Multiple upsets at the start of EWICC in Rhodes

01 Apr, 2025by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The 25th edition of the European Women’s Chess Championship commenced today in Rhodes, Greece. The opening ceremony of the event took place shortly before the start of the first round with the attendance by the ECU Secretary General Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou and ECU Treasurer Mr. Ion Dobronauteanu. The Chief Arbiter Mr. Marco Biagioli announced the start of the round, and the ECU Secretary General made the first ceremonial move in the top-board game between GM Nino Batsiashvili (GEO, 2473) and WIM Jasmin-Denise Schloffer (AUT, 2188) to inaugurate the start of the competition.

EWICC Rhodes: European Women’s Chess Championship 2025 / EIWCC preview / Live games with computer analysis / List of European Women Chess Champions

The first round was marked with many upsets. The biggest happened in the game on the second board where WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) defeated IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454). Injac had a winning position and a mate in two tactical motive, but she missed it in a huge time trouble and entered a lost rooks endgame. Kirtadze was precise in the simplified position with a huge edge and scored a victory. Replay: Anastasia Kirtadze – Teodora Injac : A missed mate in two

16-year-old WFM Bozhena Piddubna (UKR, 2145) started the tournament with a win against 10th-seeded IM Klaudia Kulon (POL, 2401). After the amazing European Women’s Chess Championship 2024 where she earned 166.4 elo points, Bozhena Piddubna opened the 2025 Championship in the same fashion! Klaudia Kulon had a big edge after the opening, but the Ukrainian youngster found a way for equalization, Kulon missed a mating net around her King in the endgame and fell into a mating trap without a way to escape.

Two-time European Women’s Chess Champion GM Natalia Zhukova (UKR, 2306) lost the first round against WFM Andrea Bochnickova (SVK, 2051). Zhukova had a passive position in the opening, and Bochnickova had safe play with huge space advantage. Trying to activate pieces, Zhukova lost the pawn and Andre Bochnickova converted a complex endgame into a win.

Among a few other surprising losses by the rating favourites, the first round saw 17 draws, including games by the top seeded IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE, 2445), IM Dinara Wagner (GER, 2440), IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO, 2429), GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL, 2426), IM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette (FRA, 2389) and others.

The second round starts tomorrow at 14:00 CET (15:00 local time) and brings interesting encounters. Live games with commentaries by GM Alojzije Jankovic and Dragana Nikolovska can be followed through the ECU TV platform or ECU YouTube channel. All photos by Jim Laga

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European Women’s Chess Championship 2025 round 1 results


1 GM Batsiashvili, Nino GEO 2473 1 – 0 WIM Schloffer, Jasmin-Denise AUT 2188
2 WFM Kirtadze, Anastasia GEO 2180 1 – 0 IM Injac, Teodora SRB 2454
3 IM Arabidze, Meri GEO 2447 1 – 0 WIM Terbe, Zsuzsanna HUN 2179
4 WGM Rodshtein, Tereza CZE 2171 ½ – ½ IM Tsolakidou, Stavroula GRE 2445
5 IM Wagner, Dinara GER 2440 ½ – ½ WFM Bochnickova, Simona SVK 2167
6 Abdinova, Narmin AZE 2165 ½ – ½ IM Javakhishvili, Lela GEO 2429
7 GM Ushenina, Anna UKR 2428 1 – 0 WIM Pavlidou, Ekaterini GRE 2160
8 WFM Yildiz, Elif Zeren TUR 2160 ½ – ½ GM Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2426
9 GM Khotenashvili, Bella GEO 2418 1 – 0 WGM Eric, Jovana SRB 2147
10 WFM Piddubna, Bozhena UKR 2145 1 – 0 IM Kulon, Klaudia POL 2401
11 WGM Beydullayeva, Govhar AZE 2400 1 – 0 WGM Zaksaite, Salomeja LTU 2137
12 WIM Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela ROU 2136 0 – 1 GM Danielian, Elina ARM 2398
13 IM Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante FRA 2389 ½ – ½ WGM Chelushkina, Irina SRB 2134
14 WFM Cornileau, Juliette FRA 2130 0 – 1 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM 2388
15 IM Fataliyeva, Ulviyya AZE 2387 1 – 0 WFM Dicen, Elis Denele ENG 2129
16 WFM Nadzamova, Viktoria SVK 2122 0 – 1 IM Narva, Mai EST 2380
17 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina ESP 2380 1 – 0 WIM Berke, Ana CRO 2119
18 WFM Koridze, Lile GEO 2115 0 – 1 IM Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra POL 2376
19 IM Atalik, Ekaterina TUR 2375 1 – 0 WFM Deak-Sala, Emilia AUT 2112
20 WIM Heinatz, Gundula SUI 2111 ½ – ½ IM Milliet, Sophie FRA 2371
21 GM Socko, Monika POL 2369 1 – 0 FM Paasikangas, Johanna FIN 2106
22 WCM Zagorac, Lara CRO 2106 0 – 1 IM Roebers, Eline NED 2367
23 IM Bulmaga, Irina ROU 2362 1 – 0 WCM Tsetskhladze, Mariam GEO 2105
24 WIM Vidic, Teja SLO 2100 ½ – ½ IM Kiolbasa, Oliwia POL 2360
25 IM Guichard, Pauline FRA 2355 ½ – ½ WFM Ter-Avetisjana, Agnesa Stepania LAT 2100
26 WIM Hapala, Elisabeth AUT 2092 ½ – ½ IM Gaponenko, Inna UKR 2349
27 IM Mammadova, Gulnar AZE 2342 ½ – ½ WFM Khachatryan, Anna ARM 2091
28 WFM Szente Varga, Fruzsina HUN 2083 ½ – ½ WGM Sliwicka, Alicja POL 2342
29 IM Savina, Anastasia FRA 2331 1 – 0 WFM Sivanandan, Bodhana ENG 2073
30 WFM Grapsa, Georgia GRE 2065 0 – 1 IM Brunello, Marina ITA 2330
31 WGM Toncheva, Nadya BUL 2329 1 – 0 WFM Rida, Ruqayyah ENG 2065
32 WCM Huseynova, Lala AZE 2065 0 – 1 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2326
33 WGM Antolak, Julia POL 2314 1 – 0 WCM Acarbay, Algi TUR 2052
34 WFM Bochnickova, Andrea SVK 2051 1 – 0 GM Zhukova, Natalia UKR 2306
35 IM Unuk, Laura SLO 2301 1 – 0 WFM Shuqja, Klean ALB 2049
36 WIM Korenova, Martina CZE 2045 1 – 0 FM Kochavi, Dana ISR 2301
37 WGM Heinemann, Josefine GER 2297 1 – 0 Mihaljevic, Eva CRO 2039
38 WFM Caku, Kler ALB 2036 0 – 1 WGM Radeva, Viktoria BUL 2297
39 WGM Yao, Lan ENG 2294 1 – 0 WIM Zvereva, Marija MNC 2033
40 WFM Subramanian, Anusha ENG 2026 0 – 1 IM Zimina, Olga ITA 2293
41 WGM Doluhanova, Evgeniya UKR 2287 ½ – ½ Donghvani, Nia GEO 2025
42 WCM Hariharan, Shambavi ENG 2024 0 – 1 WIM Mkrtchyan, Mariam ARM 2282
43 WGM Sieber, Fiona GER 2276 ½ – ½ WCM Bhatia, Kanishka SCO 2012
44 Valkova, Angelika UKR 2001 0 – 1 FM Avramidou, Anastasia GRE 2275
45 WIM Allahverdiyeva, Ayan AZE 2266 1 – 0 Kiousi, Panagiota GRE 1998
46 WFM Tirpan, Ceren TUR 1996 ½ – ½ WGM Krasteva, Beloslava BUL 2257
47 CM Smietanska, Wiktoria POL 2254 1 – 0 Alexandri, Dimitra GRE 1995
48 Krkyasharyan, Sona ARM 1989 0 – 1 WGM Schneider, Jana GER 2251
49 WIM Schippke, Manon FRA 2247 0 – 1 Golsta, Madara LAT 1979
50 AFM Golsta, Ramona LAT 1943 0 – 1 WIM Urh, Zala SLO 2244
51 WIM Wikar, Martyna POL 2239 1 – 0 Karadas, Hena TUR 1931
52 Alexandri, Vasiliki GRE 1927 0 – 1 WGM Gevorgyan, Maria ARM 2234
53 FM Jarocka, Liwia POL 2231 1 – 0 Nenova, Andzhelika BUL 1903
54 WFM Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira Da POR 1893 ½ – ½ WGM Calzetta Ruiz, Monica ESP 2230
55 WGM Sandu, Mihaela ROU 2230 ½ – ½ Nahapetyan, Ani ARM 1887
56 Kalyva, Kyriaki GRE 1885 0 – 1 FM Zherebtsova, Alexandra MNE 2229
57 WGM Rudzinska, Michalina POL 2223 1 – 0 Chasouraki, Chrysi GRE 1843
58 Kosma, Maria GRE 1826 1 – 0 WGM Khurtsilava, Inga GEO 2214
59 WIM Velikic, Adela SRB 2214 1 – 0 Mitraka, Chrysoula-Paraskevi SCO 1820
60 Bania, Eleni GRE 1809 0 – 1 WIM Lehaci, Miruna-Daria ROU 2212
61 WIM Lach, Aleksandra POL 2208 ½ – ½ Harutyunyan, Gabriela ARM 1793
62 Recica, Jona KOS 1716 0 – 1 WGM Mamedjarova, Turkan AZE 2206
63 WFM Dwilewicz, Katarzyna POL 2203 1 – 0 WCM Saraci, Ndriqona KOS 1692
64 Korinioti, Myrto GRE 1667 0 – 1 WIM Gaboyan, Susanna ARM 2200
65 WFM Mgeladze, Kesaria GEO 2200 1 – 0 Kaka, Rengina Tsampika GRE 1509
66 Lamprianou, Marianna GRE 1498 0 – 1 WIM Ibrahimova, Sabina AZE 2199
67 WFM Prado Acebo, Ines ESP 2199 1 – 0 Revelioti, Eleni Nefeli GRE 1470
68 Lamprianou, Despoina GRE 0 0 – 1 WFM Karacsonyi, Kata HUN 2198