Multiple upsets at the start of EWICC in Rhodes

Sergio — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:02:27 +0000

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.

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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

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Multiple upsets at the start of EWICC in Rhodes