European Women Chess Club Cup 2024

Whatever we say about the state of the European chess it will be little. The continent has never had a more stable and clear calendar, with a ton of exciting events (from Corporate Championship to Youth events and Women dedicated events). All this under the structured organization by the European Chess Union with its two flagship events – the European Individual Chess Championship and the European Chess Club Cup.

The European Chess Club Cup 2024 takes place from 19 to 25 October in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. 85 teams registered for the Open section, represented by 585 players see the full list here. The European Women Chess Club Cup 2024 has 18 teams.

Top seeded is Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo, which is just shy of 2500 average rating. Team captain is Almira Skripchenko and the players are Aleksandra Goryachkina, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Rameshbabu Vaishali, Elisabeth Paehtz, and the captain herself.

Their closest opponent is Garuda Ajka BSK with average rating 2459, headed by captain Csaba Balogh. There we find the Olympic gold medalist on board 3 Deshmukh Divya, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Bella Khotenashvili, Teodora Injac, and Zsoka Gaal.

Third seeded are TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana with Nana Dzagnidze, Zhu Jiner, Olga Badelka, Laura Unuk, Zala Urh, and are captained by Borki Predojevic.

The @ECUonline Women Club Cup with top players – @DivyaDeshmukh05, @saraakhadem,Goryachkina, @chessvaishali, @ElliPaehtz,Assaubayeva, Dzagnidze, Batsiashvili, @Marselef13,Tsolakidou, Osmak,@andy_rekt_chess, Manakova,@IrinaBulmaga, Zhu, Injac,@LauraUnuk 💥https://t.co/HYbZjad9Sb

— Chessdom (@chessdom) October 18, 2024

European Women Chess Club Cup 2024 participants

1. Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo (RtgAvg:2489 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Skripchenko, Almira
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	2533	FID
2	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	2478	ESP
3	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2487	IND
4	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2458	GER
5	IM	Skripchenko, Almira	2365	FRA
2. Garuda Ajka BSK (RtgAvg:2459 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Balogh, Csaba
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	2487	KAZ
2	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2501	IND
3	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	2423	GEO
4	IM	Injac, Teodora	2424	SRB
5	WIM	Gaal, Zsoka	2398	HUN
3. TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana (RtgAvg:2437 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Predojevic, Borki
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2513	GEO
2	GM	Zhu, Jiner	2499	CHN
3	IM	Badelka, Olga	2430	FID
4	IM	Unuk, Laura	2304	SLO
5	WIM	Urh, Zala	2239	SLO
4. SuperChess Club (RtgAvg:2426 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Motylev, Alexander
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	2467	GEO
2	IM	Wagner, Dinara	2436	GER
3	IM	Efroimski, Marsel	2399	ISR
4	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	2402	ROU
5	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	2383	AZE
5. Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica (RtgAvg:2418 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Lazic, Dragan
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	2426	AZE
2	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	2405	BUL
3	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2438	FID
4	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2402	AZE
6. MSK CENTAR (RtgAvg:2353 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Stojcevski, Zoran
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2439	GRE
2	IM	Narva, Mai	2415	EST
3	WGM	Krasteva, Beloslava	2274	BUL
4	WGM	Radeva, Viktoria	2282	BUL
5	WIM	Pogorelskikh, Sofia	2176	SRB
7. Gambit Bonnevoie (RtgAvg:2331 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Visintin, Roberto
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Osmak, Yuliia	2465	UKR
2	WGM	Babiy, Olga	2338	UKR
3	WGM	Khalafova, Narmin	2278	AZE
4	WGM	Berend, Elvira	2244	LUX
8. Schachgesellschaft Solingen A (RtgAvg:2241 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Bashylina, Luisa
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	FM	Van Foreest, Machteld	2303	NED
2	WIM	Muetsch, Annmarie	2290	BEL
3	WFM	Bashylina, Luisa	2121	GER
4	WFM	Karacsonyi, Kata	2250	HUN
9. Crvena zvezda – Data Driven Lab (RtgAvg:2235 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Raicevic, Dragoljub
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Bivol, Alina	2345	FID
2	WIM	Velikic, Adela	2253	SRB
3	WFM	Zhurova, Anna	2199	FID
4	WIM	Srdanovic, Jovana	2142	SRB
10. SK JAVES Modra (RtgAvg:2206 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Banas, Kamil
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	WGM	Navrotescu, Andreea	2352	FRA
2	WGM	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya	2302	UKR
3	WFM	Ivekovic, Tihana	2124	CRO
4	WFM	Walter, Ema	2044	SVK
11. Rudar Kostolac (RtgAvg:2189 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Maksimovic, Boban
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	WGM	Savitha, Shri B	2348	IND
2	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	2301	BUL
3	WFM	Mihajlovic, Milena	2065	SRB
4	WFM	Grozdanovic, Anastasia	2041	SRB
5	WCM	Dimitrijevic, Andjela	1884	SRB
12. Napredak Zenica (RtgAvg:2078 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Popovic, Darko
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	WGM	Manakova, Maria	2185	SRB
2	WIM	Drljevic, Ljilja	2102	SRB
3	WIM	Djukic, Sandra	2118	SRB
4		Popadic, Milica	1805	BIH
5		Tomic, Milanka	1907	BIH
13. Schachgesellschaft Solingen B (RtgAvg:2078 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Muedder, Melanie
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	2335	UKR
2		Sereda, Yaroslava	1960	GER
3		Muedder, Melanie	1931	GER
4		Rudolph, Eva	1852	GER
5		Trunz, Michelle	2084	GER
14. Wasa SK (RtgAvg:2076 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Wenzel, Birger
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	WGM	Rogule, Laura	2266	LAT
2	WIM	Johansson, Viktoria	2021	SWE
3	WIM	Mariano-Wagman, Cristine Rose	1962	PHI
4	WIM	Borisova, Borislava	1936	SWE
5	WIM	Marcetic, Marija	2053	SRB
15. Rishon Le Zion (RtgAvg:2061 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Lahav, Adi
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	WIM	Lahav, Michal	2193	ISR
2	WFM	Tashkinova, Sofiia	2066	ISR
3	WFM	Reprun, Nadejda	1965	ISR
4		Federovski, Adi	2019	ISR
5		Vardi, Shlomit	1845	ISR
16. She Plays To Win Lionesses (RtgAvg:2052 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: D`Costa, Lorin
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	WIM	Kanyamarala, Trisha	2160	IRL
2	WFM	Varney, Zoe	2031	ENG
3	WFM	Rida, Ruqayyah	2022	ENG
4		Ashton, Alannah	1876	ENG
5		Zhu, Yaoyao	1995	ENG
17. SK Zmaj (RtgAvg:1976 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Simonovic, Miroslav
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	2368	POL
2		Zhezhovska, Monika	1985	MKD
3		Jovanovic, Anja	1863	SRB
4		Agarwal, Amaya	1688	ENG
18. Tallinn Chess Club (RtgAvg:1966 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Olde, Margareth
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	WIM	Olde, Margareth	2146	EST
2	WCM	Olde, Grete	1919	EST
3		Shadrina, Eva	1812	EST
4	WFM	Brokko, Margit	1986	EST