The Prime Minister of China HE Li Qiang is visiting the 5-star hotel Rodos Palace these days, the venue of the upcoming WCF Rodos International Tournament in Greece. WCF organizers said, “We are always honored to co-operate with Rodos Palace, a hotel preferred by famous politicians, celebrities and businesses for many years now.”

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The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss, FIDE rated and open to all players with a FIDE ID number. The time limit for each player is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 15 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment for every move played, starting from the 1st move.

Participants

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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

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Today’s round was opened by ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili who addressed the players, while the delegate of the Israel Chess Federation Mr. Moshe Slav played the first ceremonial move on the top-board game between WFM Anastasia Kirtadze and IM Sophie Milliet to inaugurate the start of the round.

IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454) today defeated IM Mai Narva (EST, 2380) to join WFM Anastasia Kirtadze on the top. Injac had a slightly better position out of the opening, but the game was full of turnovers and inaccuracies on both sides. Mai Narva made a fatal mistake with 33…b4?? blundering a mate motive, and Teodora Injac used that to win the game in the next few moves.

WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) played on the top board with white pieces against IM Sophie Milliet (FRA, 2371). A very solid game that was in range of equality for most of the time finished in a draw after tense fights, with the threefold repetition in a drawn rooks endgame.

The leading duo is followed by four players who score 5.5/7 points each: GM Bella Khotenashvili (GEO, 2418), IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM, 2388), IM Sophie Milliet (FRA, 2371), and IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU, 2362).

The 8th 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 Jim Laga

EIWCC 2025 round 7 results

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List of participants in the World Amateur Chess Championship 2024

The event is open to all women players representing national federations listed as ECU members, without rating or title limitations. The Championship will be played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with 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 official hotel and the playing venue of the event is *****Rodos Palace Conference Hotel.

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The 24th European Women’s Championship is a qualification event for the FIDE Women’s World Cup. According to the decision of the ECU at least 10 players will qualify*.
*Under the current FIDE Women’s World Cup regulations, FIDE is the only body responsible for rules
of FIDE Women’s World Cup the qualification spots.

The total prize fund of the Championship is 60.000 EUR, with 10.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event.

The deadline for registrations and bookings is 14 February 2025.

Contact information:
Mr. Giannis Kalesis,
Email: chess.at.events@gmail.com
Official Website: http://ewcc2025.com

More than 300 players from 40 countries participated in the event and the new world champions are:

U8 Rapid – Ashwath Kaushik
GU8 Rapid – Sivanandan Bodhana
U10 Rapid – Shilon Rahav Eliran
GU10 Rapid – Onipko Kateryna
U12 Rapid – Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan
GU12 Rapid – Hnatyshyn Anastasiia
U14 Rapid – Hagner Bennet
GU14 Rapid – Karas Eugenia
U16 Rapid – Chyzy Jakub
GU16 Rapid – Omonova Umida
U18 Rapid – Nogerbek Kazybek
GU18 Rapid – Hryzlova Sofiia

U8 Blitz – Jakhria Kushal
GU8 Blitz – Sivanandan Bodhana
U10 Blitz – Negrean Andrei
GU10 Blitz – Onipko Kateryna
U12 Blitz – Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan
GU12 Blitz – Hnatyshyn Anastasiia
U14 Blitz – Gurel Ediz
GU14 Blitz – Seemann Pola
U16 Blitz – Petrovskyi Vadym
GU16 Blitz – Omonova Umida
U18 Blitz – Nogerbek Kazybek
GU18 Blitz – Nurgali Nazerke

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Photo: Niki Riga

The Winners are:

U17 – Can Isik
GU17 – Can Isil
U15 – Andreev Konstantin (FIDE)
GU15 – Akat Elifnaz
U13 – Morkunas Gustas
GU13 – Kirtadze Anastasia
U11 – Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan
GU11 – Aydogan Arya
U9 – Sason Noam
GU9 – Veselow Zoe
U7 – Jakhria Kushal
GU7 – Sivanandan Bodhana

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The Championships are open tournaments for players registered or approved by their federation. ECU member federations shall have the right to send as many players as they wish.   All players must not hold any title above CM (or WCM for women) in the sections Under-1700 and Under-2000. All players must not hold any title above FM (or WFM for women) in the section Under-2300.

A player must not have a published FIDE rating of 2300 or greater for at least one year prior to the registration deadline of the event. For the Under-2000 section, a player must not have a published FIDE rating of 2000 or greater for at least one year prior to the start of the Championship. For the Under-1700 section, a player must not have a published FIDE rating of 1700 or greater for at least one year prior to the start of the championship. In case a player exceeds the rating of 1700 or 2000 after the registration deadline, he/she will play the upper rating category.

The registration for the event shall be done online by filling the entry form and sending it fulfilled to the organizers. Entries must be sent by the registration deadline 20 February 2019 by email to: chess.at.holidays@gmail.com

There will be separate championships for categories Under-2300, Under-2000 and Under-1700. In each rating section, a separate championship for women shall be organized only if there are at least 10 women entries otherwise the women’s event will be merged with men (open).T he championship is organized in a 9-round Swiss system, in accordance with FIDE Laws of Chess and the ECU Tournament Rules. The rate of play will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

The total prize fund of the event is 4.000 EUR and the winners of each category receive the relevant title: European Amateur Chess Champion under 1700 under 2000 and 2300.

The Official Regulations of European Amateur Chess Championship 2019 can be downloaded below.

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Registration_form_EACC_2019

Contact information:

Nikos Kalesis – FIDE International Organiser
Tel. (+30) 6938326161
* Christina Ioannidou – Tournament Secretariat
Email: chess.at.holidays@gmail.com

The event is organized by Organizing Committee of Rhodes Chess Club “Knight”, in collaboration with Decentralized Administration of South Aegean Region and Municipality of Rhodes in a 9-round Swiss format.

Top seed is Israeli GM Evgeny Postny (2642), while the first prize is 2,500 €.

Tournament website/ Standings and statistics