European Women Chess Championship 2022 takes place on August 19th – September 1st, 2022 in the Don Giovanni hotel Prague (Czech Republic). 125 players from 27 European federations registered for the event. There are 107 titled players, with 7 Grandmasters, 21 International masters, 23 Women Grandmasters, 28 Women International masters and a total of 108 titled players. The top seeded players are Nana Dzagnidze, Lela Javakhishvili, Antoaneta Stefanova, Nino Batsiashvili, Gunay Mammadzada, Elina Danielian, Monika Socko, Anna Ushenina, Ulviyya Fataliyeva, Jolanta Zawadzka, Mai Narva, Nurgyul Salimova, Irina Bulmaga, Sophie Milliet, Teodora Injac, Stavroula Tsolakidou. Scroll down for the full participants list. Live games from the EIWCC 2022
The event will be played in 11 rounds, Swiss system, with 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. The 2022 European Individual Women Chess Championship is a qualification event for the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2023. According to the FIDE regulations and the ECU Board decision, 9 players will qualify. Total Prize fund of the event is 60,000 euros with 10,000 reserved for the Winner of the event.
Chief Arbiter of the event is IA Jirina Prokopova, deputy Chief Arbiters – IA Thomas Strobl, IA Jan Sikora, and the members of the Appeal Committee – Geert Bailleul, Petr Pisk, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou.
European Women Chess 2022 participants list
| 1 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2531 |
| 2 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2476 |
| 3 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2472 |
| 4 | GM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2466 |
| 5 | IM | Mammadzada Gunay | AZE | 2466 |
| 6 | GM | Danielian Elina | ARM | 2441 |
| 7 | GM | Socko Monika | POL | 2423 |
| 8 | GM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2423 |
| 9 | WGM | Fataliyeva Ulviyya | AZE | 2413 |
| 10 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | POL | 2412 |
| 11 | WGM | Narva Mai | EST | 2405 |
| 12 | IM | Salimova Nurgyul | BUL | 2404 |
| 13 | IM | Bulmaga Irina | ROU | 2403 |
| 14 | IM | Milliet Sophie | FRA | 2391 |
| 15 | WGM | Injac Teodora | SRB | 2389 |
| 16 | IM | Tsolakidou Stavroula | GRE | 2388 |
| 17 | IM | Daulyte-Cornette Deimante | FRA | 2384 |
| 18 | IM | Melia Salome | GEO | 2384 |
| 19 | WIM | Kiolbasa Oliwia | POL | 2383 |
| 20 | IM | Mammadova Gulnar | AZE | 2380 |
| 21 | IM | Sargsyan Anna M. | ARM | 2378 |
| 22 | WGM | Antolak Julia | POL | 2378 |
| 23 | IM | Vega Gutierrez Sabrina | ESP | 2366 |
| 24 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM | 2362 |
| 25 | IM | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | POL | 2360 |
| 26 | IM | Cyfka Karina | POL | 2352 |
| 27 | IM | Unuk Laura | SLO | 2350 |
| 28 | WGM | Balajayeva Khanim | AZE | 2344 |
| 29 | IM | Brunello Marina | ITA | 2341 |
| 30 | IM | Zimina Olga | ITA | 2340 |
| 31 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2339 |
| 32 | WGM | Beydullayeva Govhar | AZE | 2339 |
| 33 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2335 |
| 34 | Roebers Eline | NED | 2324 | |
| 35 | WGM | Heinemann Josefine | GER | 2321 |
| 36 | IM | Lazarne Vajda Szidonia | HUN | 2313 |
| 37 | WIM | Gaal Zsoka | HUN | 2313 |
| 38 | IM | Garcia Martin Marta | ESP | 2305 |
| 39 | WGM | Sandu Mihaela | ROU | 2297 |
| 40 | FM | Schulze Lara | GER | 2297 |
| 41 | WGM | Babiy Olga | UKR | 2296 |
| 42 | WGM | Rapport Jovana | SRB | 2294 |
| 43 | WGM | Belenkaya Dina | ISR | 2293 |
| 44 | WGM | Movsesian Julia | CZE | 2291 |
| 45 | WIM | Blagojevic Tijana | SRB | 2291 |
| 46 | WGM | Papp Sarah | GER | 2290 |
| 47 | WGM | Radeva Viktoria | BUL | 2289 |
| 48 | WFM | Rudzinska Michalina | POL | 2287 |
| 49 | WIM | Mkrtchyan Mariam | ARM | 2285 |
| 50 | WIM | Sieber Fiona | GER | 2280 |
| 51 | WGM | Doluhanova Evgeniya | UKR | 2278 |
| 52 | WIM | Gaboyan Susanna | ARM | 2270 |
| 53 | FM | Antova Gabriela | BUL | 2269 |
| 54 | FM | Krasteva Beloslava | BUL | 2269 |
| 55 | WIM | Urh Zala | SLO | 2262 |
| 56 | WIM | Sliwicka Alicja | POL | 2260 |
| 57 | WIM | Gueci Tea | ITA | 2254 |
| 58 | WGM | Eric Jovana | SRB | 2244 |
| 59 | WIM | Gajcin Marina | SRB | 2244 |
| 60 | WIM | Rakhmangulova Anastasiya | UKR | 2244 |
| 61 | WIM | Kubicka Anna | POL | 2237 |
| 62 | FM | Van Foreest Machteld | NED | 2235 |
| 63 | WGM | Calzetta Ruiz Monica | ESP | 2230 |
| 64 | WGM | Gevorgyan Maria | ARM | 2216 |
| 65 | WGM | Paramzina Anastasya | FID | 2216 |
| 66 | WIM | Richterova Natasa | CZE | 2215 |
| 67 | IM | Sedina Elena | ITA | 2213 |
| 68 | WGM | Richtrova Eliska | CZE | 2204 |
| 69 | WFM | Terbe Zsuzsanna | HUN | 2196 |
| 70 | WFM | Kucharska Honorata | POL | 2193 |
| 71 | WIM | Lehaci Miruna-Daria | ROU | 2186 |
| 72 | WFM | Polterauer Chiara | AUT | 2183 |
| 73 | WIM | Martynkova Olena | LTU | 2182 |
| 74 | WIM | Kanakova Natalie | CZE | 2171 |
| 75 | WFM | Ciolacu Alessia-Mihaela | ROU | 2169 |
| 76 | FM | Toncheva Nadya | BUL | 2164 |
| 77 | WIM | Pavlidou Ekaterini | GRE | 2158 |
| 78 | WFM | Levitan Ronit | ISR | 2158 |
| 79 | WGM | Rodshtein Tereza | CZE | 2154 |
| 80 | WIM | Utiatskaja Irina | FID | 2154 |
| 81 | WIM | Lach Aleksandra | POL | 2152 |
| 82 | WIM | Ibrahimova Sabina | AZE | 2146 |
| 83 | FM | Kazarian Anna-Maja | NED | 2139 |
| 84 | WIM | Dolzhykova Kateryna | UKR | 2139 |
| 85 | WFM | Nilssen Ellen Fredericia | DEN | 2139 |
| 86 | WIM | Shpanko Nadiia | SLO | 2136 |
| 87 | WFM | Pipiras Filipa Fortuna | POR | 2135 |
| 88 | WFM | Dwilewicz Katarzyna | POL | 2131 |
| 89 | WGM | Huda Maryana | UKR | 2128 |
| 90 | WIM | Petrova Irina | UKR | 2127 |
| 91 | WFM | Schloffer Jasmin-Denise | AUT | 2127 |
| 92 | Hrebenshchykova Yelyzaveta | UKR | 2123 | |
| 93 | Koubova Anna Marie | CZE | 2122 | |
| 94 | Tsirulnik Maritsa | UKR | 2089 | |
| 95 | WFM | Lhotska Anna | CZE | 2081 |
| 96 | WFM | Koridze Lile | GEO | 2081 |
| 97 | WFM | Sankova Stella | SVK | 2067 |
| 98 | Hnatyshyn Anastasiia | UKR | 2061 | |
| 99 | WFM | Sevcikova Lucia | SVK | 2058 |
| 100 | WFM | Vanduyfhuys Daria | BEL | 2054 |
| 101 | WFM | Froewis Annika | AUT | 2044 |
| 102 | WFM | Hajiyeva Laman | AZE | 2042 |
| 103 | Butenandt Svenja | GER | 2032 | |
| 104 | WFM | Head Louise | ENG | 2024 |
| 105 | WIM | Sochorova Petra | CZE | 2019 |
| 106 | WFM | Bashylina Luisa | GER | 2018 |
| 107 | Tashkinova Sofiia | ISR | 2011 | |
| 108 | WFM | Grineva Marianna | UKR | 2006 |
| 109 | Kordzadze Nino | AUT | 1993 | |
| 110 | WFM | Folkova Martina | CZE | 1991 |
| 111 | WFM | Pribylova Sofie | CZE | 1981 |
| 112 | Katter Katharina | AUT | 1960 | |
| 113 | WFM | Lomaia Diana | GEO | 1955 |
| 114 | Acarbay Algi | TUR | 1951 | |
| 115 | WFM | Svobodova Michaela | CZE | 1943 |
| 116 | WCM | Ismayil Malak | AZE | 1941 |
| 117 | WCM | Marcinczyk Monika | POL | 1934 |
| 118 | Dvorakova Olga | CZE | 1921 | |
| 119 | Kochavi Dana | ISR | 1894 | |
| 120 | Trasakova Adela | CZE | 1862 | |
| 121 | WFM | Tsotsonava Elene | GEO | 1858 |
| 122 | Orian Noga | ISR | 1855 | |
| 123 | WCM | Shatil Or | ISR | 1842 |
| 124 | Soares Sara Joana De Moura Pe | POR | 1648 | |
| 125 | Markova Karolina | CZE | 1635 | |
