European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2023 opened yesterday in Petrovac, Montenegro!

The Opening ceremony of the event was attended by the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, ECU Honorary Vice President and the Vice President of the Montenegro Chess Federation Mr. Veselin Draskovic, the Minister of Youth and Sports of Montenegro Mr. Vasilije Lalosevic, who addressed the players and distinguished guests.

The 23^rd edition of the European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2023 takes place from 17th-30th March in Hotel “Palas” Petrovac, Montenegro. The Championship will be played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 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 event gathers more than 140 players from 34 European federations and the top-seeds are: GM Bella Khotenashvili (GEO, 2491), GM Valentina Gunina (FIDE, 2478), IM Gunay Mammadzada (AZE, 2472), IM Marsel Efroimski (ISR, 2451), IM Yuliia Osmak (UKR, 2445), IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO, 2443), IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU, 2438), GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL, 2433), IM Meri Arabidze (GEO, 2433), and GM Monika Socko (POL, 2432).

The pairings of the 1st round :

Pairings/Results

Round 1 on 2023/03/18 at 15:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	2491	0		0	WIM	Lehaci, Miruna-Daria	2202	68
2	69	FM	Toncheva, Nadya	2192	0		0	GM	Gunina, Valentina	2478	2
3	3	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	2472	0		0	WIM	Richterova, Natasa	2190	70
4	71	WIM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	2187	0		0	IM	Efroimski, Marsel	2451	4
5	5	IM	Osmak, Yuliia	2445	0		0	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	2185	72
6	73	FM	Jarocka, Liwia	2181	0		0	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	2443	6
7	7	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	2438	0		0	WIM	Pavlidou, Ekaterini	2178	74
8	75	WIM	Lach, Aleksandra	2170	0		0	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2433	8
9	9	IM	Arabidze, Meri	2433	0		0	WIM	Shpanko, Nadiia	2164	76
10	77	WFM	Mayrhuber, Nikola	2162	0		0	GM	Socko, Monika	2432	10
11	11	GM	Danielian, Elina	2431	0		0	WIM	Gaboyan, Susanna	2160	78
12	79	WFM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	2155	0		0	IM	Badelka, Olga	2428	12
13	13	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	2427	0		0	WFM	Ivekovic, Tihana	2132	80
14	81	WFM	Kejzar, Petra	2128	0		0	WGM	Wagner, Dinara	2411	14
15	15	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	2406	0		0	WIM	Hrescak, Ivana	2127	82
16	83	WFM	Spalir, Monika	2125	0		0	IM	Buksa, Nataliya	2405	16
17	17	IM	Milliet, Sophie	2404	0		0	WFM	Allahverdiyeva, Ayan	2124	84
18	85	WIM	Petrova, Irina	2123	0		0	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	2391	18
19	19	IM	Narva, Mai	2389	0		0	WFM	Froewis, Annika	2123	86
20	87	WFM	Koridze, Lile	2122	0		0	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	2388	20
21	21	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2388	0		0		Tsirulnik, Maritsa	2121	88
22	89	WFM	Hajiyeva, Laman	2118	0		0	IM	Guichard, Pauline	2379	22
23	23	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	2379	0		0	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	2115	90
24	91	WFM	Dwilewicz, Katarzyna	2114	0		0	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2372	24
25	25	WGM	Balajayeva, Khanim	2372	0		0	WIM	Berke, Ana	2107	92
26	93	WGM	Makropoulou, Marina	2102	0		0	IM	Sargsyan, Anna M.	2371	26
27	27	IM	Melia, Salome	2366	0		0	WFM	Pogorelskikh, Sofia	2102	94
28	95	WIM	Vidic, Teja	2097	0		0	IM	Bivol, Alina	2365	28
29	29	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	2361	0		0		Abdinova, Narmin	2090	96
30	97	WFM	Hapala, Elisabeth	2072	0		0	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	2358	30
31	31	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2358	0		0		Slaba, Andrea	2061	98
32	99		Valkova, Angelika	2055	0		0	IM	Cyfka, Karina	2350	32
33	33	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	2349	0		0	WFM	Dylag, Emilia	2052	100
34	101		Walter, Ema	2048	0		0	IM	Brunello, Marina	2346	34
35	35	IM	Savina, Anastasia	2345	0		0	WFM	Koljevic, Nikolina	2042	102
36	103	WFM	Aydin, Gulenay	2039	0		0	IM	Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante	2344	36
37	37	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	2343	0		0	WFM	Skvortsova, Alena	2032	104
38	105	WFM	Pirvulescu, Ekaterina	2030	0		0	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	2343	38
39	39	WIM	Velikic, Adela	2329	0		0	WFM	Tsotsonava, Elene	2030	106
40	107		Maione, Melissa	2028	0		0	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	2322	40
41	41	WGM	Klek, Hanna Marie	2314	0		0		Donghvani, Nia	2025	108
42	109	WCM	Ismayil, Malak	2011	0		0	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	2306	42
43	43	IM	Ovod, Evgenija	2305	0		0	WFM	Ter-Avetisjana, Agnesa Stepania	1974	110
44	111		Mashchenko, Tamila	1956	0		0	IM	Unuk, Laura	2297	44
45	45	IM	Zimina, Olga	2295	0		0		Bluebaum, Johanna	1954	112
46	113	WFM	Lomaia, Diana	1950	0		0	IM	Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia	2294	46
47	47	WIM	Urh, Zala	2294	0		0	WIM	Makka, Ioulia	1949	114
48	115		Manova, Ivana	1923	0		0	FM	Krasteva, Beloslava	2292	48
49	49	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	2290	0		0	WCM	Silva, Mariana Sofia T.	1920	116
50	117		Petrovska, Katerina	1907	0		0		Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	2289	50
51	51	FM	Schulze, Lara	2277	0		0	WFM	Shuqja, Klean	1884	118
52	120	WFM	Karaivanova, Petya	1875	0		0	WGM	Antolak, Julia	2276	52
53	53	WIM	Sliwicka, Alicja	2272	0		0	WCM	Kostina, Veronika	1855	121
54	122	WFM	Bakalarz, Grazyna	1847	0		0	FM	Zhapova, Yana	2269	54
55	55	WGM	Radeva, Viktoria	2247	0		0		Popovic, Mateja	1832	123
56	124		Kobak, Polina	1815	0		0	WIM	Olde, Margareth	2234	56
57	57	WGM	Eric, Jovana	2230	0		0	WFM	Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira Da	1792	125
58	126		Zhezhovska, Monika	1761	0		0	WGM	Mamedjarova, Turkan	2229	58
59	59	WIM	Gueci, Tea	2227	0		0		Golsta, Ramona	1760	127
60	128		Goriachkina, Oksana	1759	0		0	WGM	Abdulla, Khayala	2221	60
61	61	WIM	Sieber, Fiona	2217	0		0		Gamal, Alaa	1748	129
62	130		Humbatova, Nazli	1737	0		0	WIM	Gajcin, Marina	2215	62
63	63	WFM	Rudzinska, Michalina	2212	0		0		Huseynova, Lala	1694	131
64	132		Bassari, Senem Gul	1524	0		0	WGM	Sandu, Mihaela	2211	64
65	65	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	2211	0		0	WCM	Saraci, Rinesa	1503	133
66	134		Ivanovic, Tara	1472	0		0	WGM	Chelushkina, Irina	2207	66
67	67	WIM	Ibrahimova, Sabina	2207	0		0		Recica, Jona	1231	135
68	136		Maras, Marija Mia	1051	0	1			bye
69	119		Buchholz, Maja Patricia	1883	0	0			not paired