The European Women’s Chess Championship 2023 will take place from 17-30 March 2023 in Petrovac, Montenegro. The event is open for all women players from National Chess Federations members of the European Chess Union (ECU) without rating or title limitations and according to the decisions of the ECU Board and General Assembly.
The Championship will be played according to the Swiss System, 11 rounds. The rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for every move starting from move 1. The official venue of the European Women’s Chess Championship 2022 is Hotel “Palas” Petrovac. The total prize fund of the tournament is 80.000 EUR with 10.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event. The top eight seeds are Bela Khotenashvili, Valentina Gunina, Gunay Mammadzada, Marsel Efroimski, Yuliia Osmak, Lela Javakhishvili, Irina Bulmaga, Antoaneta Stefanova.
European Women’s Chess Championship 2023 – List of registered players (as of 08.03.2023):
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Khotenashvili, Bela | GEO | 2491 |
| 2 | GM | Gunina, Valentina | FID | 2478 |
| 3 | IM | Mammadzada, Gunay | AZE | 2472 |
| 4 | IM | Efroimski, Marsel | ISR | 2451 |
| 5 | IM | Osmak, Yuliia | UKR | 2445 |
| 6 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2443 |
| 7 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2438 |
| 8 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2435 |
| 9 | IM | Arabidze, Meri | GEO | 2433 |
| 10 | GM | Socko, Monika | POL | 2432 |
| 11 | GM | Danielian, Elina | ARM | 2431 |
| 12 | IM | Badelka, Olga | FID | 2428 |
| 13 | IM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | AZE | 2427 |
| 14 | WGM | Wagner, Dinara | GER | 2411 |
| 15 | IM | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | POL | 2406 |
| 16 | IM | Buksa, Nataliya | UKR | 2405 |
| 17 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | FRA | 2404 |
| 18 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | BUL | 2392 |
| 19 | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | POL | 2391 |
| 20 | IM | Narva, Mai | EST | 2389 |
| 21 | IM | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | POL | 2388 |
| 22 | WGM | Beydullayeva, Govhar | AZE | 2388 |
| 23 | IM | Guichard, Pauline | FRA | 2379 |
| 24 | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2379 |
| 25 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | FID | 2372 |
| 26 | WGM | Balajayeva, Khanim | AZE | 2372 |
| 27 | IM | Sargsyan, Anna M. | ARM | 2371 |
| 28 | IM | Melia, Salome | GEO | 2366 |
| 29 | IM | Bivol, Alina | FID | 2365 |
| 30 | IM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | ESP | 2361 |
| 31 | IM | Mammadova, Gulnar | AZE | 2358 |
| 32 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2358 |
| 33 | IM | Cyfka, Karina | POL | 2350 |
| 34 | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | UKR | 2349 |
| 35 | IM | Brunello, Marina | ITA | 2346 |
| 36 | IM | Savina, Anastasia | FRA | 2345 |
| 37 | IM | Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante | FRA | 2344 |
| 38 | WGM | Heinemann, Josefine | GER | 2343 |
| 39 | WIM | Mkrtchyan, Mariam | ARM | 2343 |
| 40 | WIM | Velikic, Adela | SRB | 2329 |
| 41 | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | UKR | 2322 |
| 42 | WGM | Klek, Hanna Marie | GER | 2314 |
| 43 | IM | Garcia Martin, Marta | ESP | 2306 |
| 44 | IM | Ovod, Evgenija | FID | 2305 |
| 45 | IM | Unuk, Laura | SLO | 2297 |
| 46 | IM | Zimina, Olga | ITA | 2295 |
| 47 | IM | Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia | HUN | 2294 |
| 48 | WIM | Urh, Zala | SLO | 2294 |
| 49 | FM | Krasteva, Beloslava | BUL | 2292 |
| 50 | IM | Kulon, Klaudia | POL | 2290 |
| 51 | Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta | UKR | 2289 | |
| 52 | FM | Schulze, Lara | GER | 2277 |
| 53 | WGM | Antolak, Julia | POL | 2276 |
| 54 | WIM | Sliwicka, Alicja | POL | 2272 |
| 55 | FM | Zhapova, Yana | FID | 2269 |
| 56 | WGM | Radeva, Viktoria | BUL | 2247 |
| 57 | WIM | Olde, Margareth | EST | 2234 |
| 58 | WGM | Mamedjarova, Turkan | AZE | 2229 |
| 59 | WIM | Gueci, Tea | ITA | 2227 |
| 60 | WGM | Abdulla, Khayala | AZE | 2221 |
| 61 | WIM | Sieber, Fiona | GER | 2217 |
| 62 | WIM | Gajcin, Marina | SRB | 2215 |
| 63 | WFM | Rudzinska, Michalina | POL | 2212 |
| 64 | WGM | Sandu, Mihaela | ROU | 2211 |
| 65 | WIM | Kubicka, Anna | POL | 2211 |
| 66 | WGM | Chelushkina, Irina | SRB | 2207 |
| 67 | WIM | Ibrahimova, Sabina | AZE | 2207 |
| 68 | WIM | Lehaci, Miruna-Daria | ROU | 2202 |
| 69 | FM | Toncheva, Nadya | BUL | 2192 |
| 70 | WIM | Richterova, Natasa | CZE | 2190 |
| 71 | WIM | Zaksaite, Salomeja | LTU | 2187 |
| 72 | WGM | Calzetta Ruiz, Monica | ESP | 2185 |
| 73 | FM | Jarocka, Liwia | POL | 2181 |
| 74 | WIM | Pavlidou, Ekaterini | GRE | 2178 |
| 75 | IM | Sedina, Elena | ITA | 2170 |
| 76 | WIM | Lach, Aleksandra | POL | 2170 |
| 77 | WIM | Shpanko, Nadiia | SLO | 2164 |
| 78 | WFM | Mayrhuber, Nikola | AUT | 2162 |
| 79 | WGM | Huda, Maryana | UKR | 2160 |
| 80 | WIM | Gaboyan, Susanna | ARM | 2160 |
| 81 | WFM | Zherebtsova, Alexandra | FID | 2155 |
| 82 | WFM | Ivekovic, Tihana | CRO | 2132 |
| 83 | WFM | Kejzar, Petra | SLO | 2128 |
| 84 | WIM | Hrescak, Ivana | SLO | 2127 |
| 85 | WFM | Spalir, Monika | SLO | 2125 |
| 86 | WFM | Allahverdiyeva, Ayan | AZE | 2124 |
| 87 | WIM | Petrova, Irina | UKR | 2123 |
| 88 | WFM | Froewis, Annika | AUT | 2123 |
| 89 | WFM | Koridze, Lile | GEO | 2122 |
| 90 | Tsirulnik, Maritsa | UKR | 2121 | |
| 91 | WFM | Hajiyeva, Laman | AZE | 2118 |
| 92 | FM | Paasikangas, Johanna | FIN | 2115 |
| 93 | WFM | Dwilewicz, Katarzyna | POL | 2114 |
| 94 | WIM | Berke, Ana | CRO | 2107 |
| 95 | WFM | Vujnovic, Patricija | CRO | 2103 |
| 96 | WGM | Makropoulou, Marina | GRE | 2102 |
| 97 | WFM | Pogorelskikh, Sofia | SRB | 2102 |
| 98 | WIM | Vidic, Teja | SLO | 2097 |
| 99 | Abdinova, Narmin | AZE | 2090 | |
| 100 | WIM | Milovic, Aleksandra | MNE | 2077 |
| 101 | WFM | Hapala, Elisabeth | AUT | 2072 |
| 102 | Slaba, Andrea | SVK | 2061 | |
| 103 | Valkova, Angelika | UKR | 2055 | |
| 104 | WFM | Dylag, Emilia | POL | 2052 |
| 105 | Walter, Ema | SVK | 2048 | |
| 106 | WFM | Koljevic, Nikolina | MNE | 2042 |
| 107 | WFM | Aydin, Gulenay | TUR | 2039 |
| 108 | WFM | Pirvulescu, Ekaterina | ROU | 2032 |
| 109 | WFM | Skvortsova, Alena | FID | 2032 |
| 110 | WFM | Tsotsonava, Elene | GEO | 2030 |
| 111 | Maione, Melissa | ITA | 2028 | |
| 112 | Donghvani, Nia | GEO | 2025 | |
| 113 | WCM | Ismayil, Malak | AZE | 2011 |
| 114 | WFM | Mihailova, Alina | MDA | 1986 |
| 115 | WFM | Ter-Avetisjana, Agnesa Stepania | LAT | 1974 |
| 116 | Mashchenko, Tamila | UKR | 1956 | |
| 117 | Bluebaum, Johanna | GER | 1954 | |
| 118 | WFM | Lomaia, Diana | GEO | 1950 |
| 119 | WIM | Makka, Ioulia | GRE | 1949 |
| 120 | Manova, Ivana | MKD | 1923 | |
| 121 | WCM | Silva, Mariana Sofia T. | POR | 1920 |
| 122 | Petrovska, Katerina | MKD | 1907 | |
| 123 | WFM | Shuqja, Klean | ALB | 1884 |
| 124 | Buchholz, Maja Patricia | GER | 1883 | |
| 125 | WFM | Karaivanova, Petya | BUL | 1875 |
| 126 | WCM | Kostina, Veronika | SUI | 1855 |
| 127 | WFM | Bakalarz, Grazyna | LUX | 1847 |
| 128 | Popovic, Mateja | MNE | 1832 | |
| 129 | Kobak, Polina | ARM | 1815 | |
| 130 | WFM | Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira Da | POR | 1792 |
| 131 | Zhezhovska, Monika | MKD | 1761 | |
| 132 | Golsta, Ramona | LAT | 1760 | |
| 133 | Gamal, Alaa | ENG | 1748 | |
| 134 | Humbatova, Nazli | AZE | 1737 | |
| 135 | Baglay, Kseniya | UKR | 1732 | |
| 136 | Huseynova, Lala | AZE | 1694 | |
| 137 | Bassari, Senem Gul | TUR | 1524 | |
| 138 | WCM | Saraci, Rinesa | KOS | 1503 |
| 139 | Ivanovic, Tara | MNE | 1472 | |
| 140 | Recica, Jona | KOS | 1231 | |
| 141 | Maras, Marija Mia | MNE | 1051 |
