The winner of the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Anna Muzychuk is the top seeded player
The event will gather the best female chess players from Europe to compete for this prestigious title and the rich prize fund of 75.000 EUR.
So far, 146 players registered for the Championship, including seven former European Women Champions. The top seeds of the tournament are Muzychuk sisters – former World Chess Champion Mariya and 2017 World Chess Championship runner up Anna, followed by double European Champion Kateryna Lagno, 2002 European Chess Champion and former World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova, Georgians Nana Dzagnidze and Nino Batsiashvili, etc. Find the full list of participants in the European Women’s Chess Championship 2017 below.
The championship will be played according to the Swiss system in 11 rounds, with the time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Games will be live daily on Chessdom.com live broadcast section and also for mobile phones at the Chess Arena phone application.
The 18th Individual European Chess Championship for women is qualification event for the next World Women Championship. According to current FIDE regulations and the decision of the ECU Board, 14 players will qualify. More information on the official website of the European Chess Union
The Championship is organized by the Latvian Chess Federation under the auspices of the European Chess Union.
Riga is a city with long lasting chess traditions, great respect for culture, sports and art and we are delighted to welcome the best women players of Europe to compete here for the title of a champion.
European Women Chess 2017 participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2587 |
| 2 | GM | Muzychuk Mariya | UKR | 2546 |
| 3 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | RUS | 2543 |
| 4 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2528 |
| 5 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | ECX | 2527 |
| 6 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2496 |
| 7 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | RUS | 2478 |
| 8 | WGM | Girya Olga | RUS | 2470 |
| 9 | GM | Socko Monika | POL | 2462 |
| 10 | GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | HUN | 2459 |
| 11 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2456 |
| 12 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2454 |
| 13 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2452 |
| 14 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2452 |
| 15 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | POL | 2449 |
| 16 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2446 |
| 17 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2445 |
| 18 | IM | Galliamova Alisa | RUS | 2444 |
| 19 | IM | Daulyte Deimante | LTU | 2443 |
| 20 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2438 |
| 21 | GM | Danielian Elina | ARM | 2437 |
| 22 | IM | Atalik Ekaterina | TUR | 2429 |
| 23 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | RUS | 2426 |
| 24 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM | 2425 |
| 25 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | FRA | 2420 |
| 26 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2416 |
| 27 | IM | Szczepkowska Karina | POL | 2414 |
| 28 | IM | Vega Gutierrez Sabrina | ESP | 2413 |
| 29 | FM | Pustovoitova Daria | RUS | 2411 |
| 30 | IM | Khurtsidze Nino | GEO | 2400 |
| 31 | IM | Melia Salome | GEO | 2400 |
| 32 | WGM | Hoolt Sarah | GER | 2398 |
| 33 | IM | Houska Jovanka | ENG | 2397 |
| 34 | IM | Nechaeva Marina | RUS | 2395 |
| 35 | IM | Zimina Olga | ITA | 2395 |
| 36 | WGM | Tsolakidou Stavroula | GRE | 2395 |
| 37 | IM | Bulmaga Irina | ROU | 2394 |
| 38 | WGM | Michna Marta | GER | 2389 |
| 39 | IM | Ziaziulkina Nastassia | BLR | 2387 |
| 40 | IM | Ovod Evgenija | RUS | 2382 |
| 41 | IM | Charochkina Daria | RUS | 2381 |
| 42 | IM | Savina Anastasia | RUS | 2378 |
| 43 | WGM | Papp Petra | HUN | 2378 |
| 44 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | RUS | 2376 |
| 45 | GM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | SCO | 2374 |
| 46 | IM | Arabidze Meri | GEO | 2373 |
| 47 | WIM | Osmanodja Filiz | GER | 2370 |
| 48 | WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | TUR | 2367 |
| 49 | Badelka Olga | BLR | 2362 | |
| 50 | WGM | Babiy Olga | UKR | 2359 |
| 51 | IM | Mammadova Gulnar | AZE | 2357 |
| 52 | IM | Lazarne Vajda Szidonia | HUN | 2355 |
| 53 | IM | Gara Anita | HUN | 2354 |
| 54 | FM | Brunello Marina | ITA | 2354 |
| 55 | IM | Milliet Sophie | FRA | 2352 |
| 56 | WGM | Mammadzada Gunay | AZE | 2348 |
| 57 | WGM | Osmak Iulija | UKR | 2348 |
| 58 | WIM | Warakomska Anna | POL | 2343 |
| 59 | FM | Antova Gabriela | ECX | 2335 |
| 60 | WGM | Worek Joanna | CZE | 2330 |
| 61 | WGM | Gara Ticia | HUN | 2325 |
| 62 | WGM | Malakhova Elizaveta | UKR | 2324 |
| 63 | WGM | Mamedjarova Zeinab | AZE | 2322 |
| 64 | WGM | Cosma Elena-Luminita | ROU | 2316 |
| 65 | WGM | Buksa Nataliya | UKR | 2314 |
| 66 | WGM | Berzina Ilze | LAT | 2297 |
| 67 | IM | Gvetadze Sofio | GEO | 2292 |
| 68 | IM | Galojan Lilit | ARM | 2290 |
| 69 | WGM | Doluhanova Evgeniya | UKR | 2287 |
| 70 | WIM | Fataliyeva Ulviyya | AZE | 2287 |
| 71 | WFM | Travkina Anastasia | RUS | 2287 |
| 72 | WGM | Ambartsumova Karina | RUS | 2282 |
| 73 | WIM | Unuk Laura | SLO | 2275 |
| 74 | WIM | Fuchs Judith | GER | 2274 |
| 75 | WGM | Golubenko Valentina | CRO | 2271 |
| 76 | WGM | Mamedjarova Turkan | AZE | 2267 |
| 77 | WIM | Zaksaite Salomeja | LTU | 2262 |
| 78 | WGM | Ozturk Kubra | TUR | 2261 |
| 79 | WGM | Sandu Mihaela | ROU | 2261 |
| 80 | WIM | Rakhmangulova Anastasiya | UKR | 2260 |
| 81 | WGM | Calzetta Ruiz Monica | ESP | 2257 |
| 82 | FM | Kazarian Anna-Maja | NED | 2257 |
| 83 | IM | Sedina Elena | ITA | 2253 |
| 84 | WFM | Ivanenko Olga I. | UKR | 2252 |
| 85 | WIM | Narva Mai | EST | 2249 |
| 86 | WIM | Komiagina Maria | RUS | 2247 |
| 87 | WGM | Abdulla Khayala | AZE | 2241 |
| 88 | WIM | Mammadova Narmin | AZE | 2240 |
| 89 | WIM | Drljevic Ljilja | SRB | 2237 |
| 90 | WIM | Kantane Anna | POL | 2230 |
| 91 | WGM | Toma Katarzyna | POL | 2229 |
| 92 | WIM | Balaian Alina | RUS | 2229 |
| 93 | WIM | Gevorgyan Maria | ARM | 2227 |
| 94 | FM | Stetsko Lanita | BLR | 2226 |
| 95 | WIM | Lickrastina Agnese | LAT | 2223 |
| 96 | WFM | Zherebtsova Alexandra | RUS | 2222 |
| 97 | WFM | Movileanu Daniela | ITA | 2213 |
| 98 | WIM | Semenova Elena | RUS | 2212 |
| 99 | WIM | Isgandarova Khayala | TUR | 2211 |
| 100 | WFM | Exler Veronika | AUT | 2208 |
| 101 | WFM | Paramzina Anastasya | RUS | 2202 |
| 102 | WFM | Balajayeva Khanim | AZE | 2196 |
| 103 | WIM | Pavlidou Ekaterini | GRE | 2180 |
| 104 | WGM | Erneste Inguna | LAT | 2168 |
| 105 | WIM | Utiatskaja Irina | RUS | 2152 |
| 106 | WFM | Sazonova Anastasia | RUS | 2143 |
| 107 | IM | Petrenko Svetlana | MDA | 2136 |
| 108 | WFM | Gueci Tea | ITA | 2132 |
| 109 | WFM | De Seroux Camille | SUI | 2122 |
| 110 | WIM | Tsiganova Monika | EST | 2111 |
| 111 | WFM | Olde Margareth | EST | 2110 |
| 112 | WFM | Caglar Sila | TUR | 2093 |
| 113 | WFM | Vidruska Renate | LAT | 2093 |
| 114 | WFM | Hapala Elisabeth | AUT | 2091 |
| 115 | Krumina Linda | LAT | 2090 | |
| 116 | WCM | Arda Cagil Irmak | TUR | 2089 |
| 117 | Azimova Karina | RUS | 2072 | |
| 118 | WFM | Baptista Ana Filipa | POR | 2071 |
| 119 | WIM | Makka Ioulia | GRE | 2069 |
| 120 | WFM | Beydullayeva Govhar | AZE | 2054 |
| 121 | WCM | Sinitsina Anastassia | EST | 2052 |
| 122 | WFM | Grapsa Georgia | GRE | 2049 |
| 123 | Otikova Elina | LAT | 2049 | |
| 124 | WCM | Ozbay Ece | TUR | 2035 |
| 125 | WGM | Kouvatsou Maria | GRE | 2016 |
| 126 | WCM | Sibajeva Marija | LTU | 2011 |
| 127 | WFM | Narva Regina | EST | 2000 |
| 128 | Heinatz Maria | SUI | 1990 | |
| 129 | Limanovska Elizabete | LAT | 1990 | |
| 130 | Parhomenko Margarita | LAT | 1987 | |
| 131 | Chan Naruna | RUS | 1981 | |
| 132 | WCM | Gundogan Sinem Cagla | TUR | 1885 |
| 133 | Harlinska Sandra | LAT | 1881 | |
| 134 | Zykiene Rita | LTU | 1838 | |
| 135 | Maklakova Nellija | LAT | 1829 | |
| 136 | Vainovska Valentina | LAT | 1792 | |
| 137 | WCM | Zvereva Margarita | RUS | 1771 |
| 138 | Ristoja Aulikki | FIN | 1716 | |
| 139 | Nikolajeva Marija | LAT | 1673 | |
| 140 | Golsta Madara | LAT | 1619 | |
| 141 | Norlamo Sarabella | FIN | 1619 | |
| 142 | Golsta Ramona | LAT | 1560 | |
| 143 | Atte Rebeka | LAT | 1498 | |
| 144 | Ni Mhuireagain Eibhia | IRL | 1496 | |
| 145 | Ivanova Katrina Telma | LAT | 1340 | |
| 146 | Mieze Natalja | LAT | 1223 |
