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Teodora Injac with eight consecutive victory in Rhodes

With only two rounds left of the European Women Individual Championship 2025, IM Teodora Injac continues her stampede, scoring an eight consecutive win. IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454) kept the sole lead in the event after defeating IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM, 2388) in today’s 9th round. The wins of Teodora Injac could have been a a perfect 9 out of 9, but in a bizarre game in round 1 she missed a mate in two

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Today’s round was opened by the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparasvhili who played the first ceremonial move on the top board game between IM Teodora Injac and IM Lilit Mkrtchian.

IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454) kept the sole lead in the event after defeating IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM, 2388) in today’s 9th round. The position was very balanced out of the opening, but Lilit Mrktchian had a passive approach and allowed her opponent to take the edge and valuable space advantage. Teodora Injac transformed the advantage into a pawn up, activated her pieces, locked Mkrtchian into defensive mode and forced her on resignation.

IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU, 2362) was victorious with whites against WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) who suffered her second loss in a row after a fantastic start at the European Women’s Chess Championship 2025. As in most of her games in the event, Bulmaga had some issues in the opening and slightly worse position, but then took the initiative and used her opponent’s mistakes to gain the advantage in the late middlegame. A few moves before the time control were inaccurate by both sides, but Irina Bulmaga played it better for a decisive advantage which was further improved and converted into a win after Kirtadze’s piece blunder.

Scoring 7.5 points, Irina Bulmaga closely follows the leader, and there is a full point gap between her and a group of seven players who tie for the third place with the score of 6.5 points (each).

The 10th penultimate round of the European Women’s Chess Championship 2025 brings interesting pairings, and a direct encounter for the top between IM Irina Bulmaga and IM Teodora Injac.

The 10th round starts tomorrow at 14:00 CET (15:00 local time) and live games with commentaries by GM Alojzije Jankovic and Dragana Nikolovska can be followed through the ECU TV platform or ECU YouTube channel. Photos by Mark Livshitz, Jim Laga and ECU TV

EIWCC 2025 round 9 results


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