25th European Women’s Chess Championship – detailed information

The 25th European Women’s Chess Championship is taking place from 31 March to 11 April in *****Rodos Palace Conference Hotel Rhodes, Greece. The event gathers nearly 140 players coming from 34 European federations, including 7 Grandmasters, 22 Woman Grandmasters, 25 International Masters and 20 Woman International Masters. The top seeded players are GM Nino Batsiashvili (GEO, 2473), IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454), IM Meri Arabidze (GEO, 2447), IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE, 2445), IM Dinara Wagner (GER, 2440), IM Olga Badelka (AUT, 2429), IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO, 2429), GM Anna Ushenina (UKR, 2428), GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL, 2426), and GM Bella Khotenashvili (GEO, 2418). European Women’s Chess Championship 2024 was won by IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva (AZE, 2387) who will be defending her title, which she won last year in the same venue. Scroll down for the full list of participants.

Live games with computer analysis / List of European Women Chess Champions

The Championship will be played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes until the end of the game, with 30-second increment for each move, starting from move one. The European Women’s Chess Championship 2025 is a qualification event for the FIDE Women’s World Chess Cup. According to the decision of the ECU, at least 10 players will qualify.

The total prize fund of the event is 60.000 EUR, with 10.000 EUR reserved for the Winner. Live broadcast of the games together with commentaries by GM Alojzije Jankovic and Dragana Nikolovska can be followed through the ECU TV platform, or the ECU YouTube channel.

European Women Chess Championship 2025 participants