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Meri Arabidze is the winner of the European Women’s Chess Championship 2023

After 11 thrilling rounds at the European Women’s Chess Championship 2023 two players emerged on the top tying for the first place with 8.5 points, each: IM Meri Arabidze (GEO, 2433) and IM Oliwia Kiolbasa (POL, 2406). They went the last round with equal points. Thanks to her 8th round victory in direct encounter against the Polish representative, IM Meri Arabidze clinched the European Women’s Chess Champion title. This is the second medal in a short distance for Arabidze, after she won the bronze at the strong Georgian Championship

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IM Oliwia Kiolbasa won silver medal.

Four players scored 8 points (each) to tie for the third place: IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (POL, 2388), IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE, 2358), IM Salome Melia (GEO, 2366) and IM Klaudia Kulon (POL, 2290). Aleksandra Maltsevskaya had the best tiebreaks and claimed bronze. Scroll down for the final standings

The Closing ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening with attendance of ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, ECU Vice President Mr. Alojzije Jankovic, ECU Chief Executive Officer Mr. Erald Dervishi, ECU Honorary Vice President and Vice President of the Montenegro Chess Federation Mr. Veselin Draskovic, and the President of the Montenegro Chess Federation Mr. Jovan Milovic.

The European Women’s Chess Championship 2023 took place from 17th-30th March in Petrovac, Montenegro, with participation of more than 130 players from 34 federations. The total prize fund of the event was 60.000 EUR and according to the ECU Board decision and FIDE regulations, 9 players will qualify for the next FIDE Women’s World Cup.

European Women Chess Championship 2023 final standings

1IMArabidze, MeriGEO24338.5
2IMKiolbasa, OliwiaPOL24068.5
3IMMaltsevskaya, AleksandraPOL23888
4IMTsolakidou, StavroulaGRE23588
5IMMelia, SalomeGEO23668
6IMKulon, KlaudiaPOL22908
7IMJavakhishvili, LelaGEO24437.5
8IMGarifullina, LeyaFID23727.5
9FMToncheva, NadyaBUL21927.5
10IMSargsyan, Anna M.ARM23717.5
11IMGuichard, PaulineFRA23797.5
12IMDaulyte-Cornette, DeimanteFRA23447.5
13IMCyfka, KarinaPOL23507.5
14GMDanielian, ElinaARM24317
15IMBuksa, NataliyaUKR24057
16GMSocko, MonikaPOL24327
17IMBivol, AlinaFID23657
18GMGunina, ValentinaFID24787
19IMOsmak, YuliiaUKR24457
20WGMWagner, DinaraGER24117
21IMMkrtchian, LilitARM23797
IMVega Gutierrez, SabrinaESP23617
23WIMSliwicka, AlicjaPOL22727
24IMBrunello, MarinaITA23467
25IMMammadova, GulnarAZE23587
26WIMZaksaite, SalomejaLTU21877
27IMOvod, EvgenijaFID23057
28GMKhotenashvili, BellaGEO24916.5
29IMBulmaga, IrinaROU24386.5
30WIMMkrtchyan, MariamARM23436.5
31IMEfroimski, MarselISR24516.5
32WFMKoridze, LileGEO21226.5
33WIMKubicka, AnnaPOL22116.5
34IMNarva, MaiEST23896.5
35WFMRudzinska, MichalinaPOL22126.5
36GMZhukova, NataliaUKR23226.5
37WGMKlek, Hanna MarieGER23146.5
38IMMilliet, SophieFRA24046.5
39IMZimina, OlgaITA22956.5
40IMFataliyeva, UlviyyaAZE24276.5
41FMSchulze, LaraGER22776.5
42GMStefanova, AntoanetaBUL24336.5
43WGMBeydullayeva, GovharAZE23886
44IMSavina, AnastasiaFRA23456
45IMUnuk, LauraSLO22976
46IMMammadzada, GunayAZE24726
47IMGaponenko, InnaUKR23496
48WGMRadeva, ViktoriaBUL22476
49FMJarocka, LiwiaPOL21816
50WGMSandu, MihaelaROU22116
51Hrebenshchykova, YelyzavetaUKR22896
52WIMOlde, MargarethEST22346
53WGMEric, JovanaSRB22306
54WIMBerke, AnaCRO21076
55WIMSieber, FionaGER22176
56FMZhapova, YanaFID22696
57WFMKoljevic, NikolinaMNE20426
58IMBadelka, OlgaFID24285.5
59WIMGajcin, MarinaSRB22155.5
60WGMChelushkina, IrinaSRB22075.5
61FMKrasteva, BeloslavaBUL22925.5
62WIMUrh, ZalaSLO22945.5
63IMGarcia Martin, MartaESP23065.5
64WGMAbdulla, KhayalaAZE22215.5
65WIMGaboyan, SusannaARM21605.5
66WGMMamedjarova, TurkanAZE22295.5
67WIMLach, AleksandraPOL21705.5
68WIMLehaci, Miruna-DariaROU22025.5
69WIMRichterova, NatasaCZE21905.5
70WFMFroewis, AnnikaAUT21235.5
WFMPogorelskikh, SofiaSRB21025.5
72WGMZawadzka, JolantaPOL23915.5
73WGMAntolak, JuliaPOL22765.5
74WFMDwilewicz, KatarzynaPOL21145.5
75IMLazarne Vajda, SzidoniaHUN22945.5
76WFMHajiyeva, LamanAZE21185.5
77WIMHrescak, IvanaSLO21275.5
78WFMDylag, EmiliaPOL20525.5
79WFMMayrhuber, NikolaAUT21625.5
80WGMMakropoulou, MarinaGRE21025
81WFMIvekovic, TihanaCRO21325
82WIMShpanko, NadiiaSLO21645
83WFMZherebtsova, AlexandraFID21555
84Kobak, PolinaARM18155
85WFMShuqja, KleanALB18845
86WFMLomaia, DianaGEO19505
87WIMPetrova, IrinaUKR21235
88FMPaasikangas, JohannaFIN21155
89WFMSkvortsova, AlenaFID20325
90Abdinova, NarminAZE20905
91WFMAllahverdiyeva, AyanAZE21245
92WFMKejzar, PetraSLO21285
93Goriachkina, OksanaFID17595
94Donghvani, NiaGEO20254.5
95Valkova, AngelikaUKR20554.5
96WGMCalzetta Ruiz, MonicaESP21854.5
97Golsta, RamonaLAT17604.5
98WFMSpalir, MonikaSLO21254.5
99WFMAydin, GulenayTUR20394.5
100WIMVidic, TejaSLO20974.5
101WFMTer-Avetisjana, Agnesa StepaniaLAT19744.5
102WCMIsmayil, MalakAZE20114.5
103WFMPirvulescu, EkaterinaROU20304.5
104WIMVelikic, AdelaSRB23294.5
105Walter, EmaSVK20484.5
106WFMTsotsonava, EleneGEO20304.5
107WCMSilva, Mariana Sofia T.POR19204.5
108Manova, IvanaMKD19234.5
109Popovic, MatejaMNE18324.5
110WFMKaraivanova, PetyaBUL18754.5
111WGMHeinemann, JosefineGER23434
112WIMMakka, IouliaGRE19494
113WIMIbrahimova, SabinaAZE22074
114Slaba, AndreaSVK20614
115WFMSilva, Ana Ines Teixeira DaPOR17924
116WFMHapala, ElisabethAUT20724
117Bluebaum, JohannaGER19544
118WCMKostina, VeronikaSUI18554
119Humbatova, NazliAZE17374
120Gamal, AlaaENG17484
121Ivanovic, TaraMNE14724
122Tsirulnik, MaritsaUKR21213.5
123Maione, MelissaITA20283.5
124Huseynova, LalaAZE16943.5
125WIMPavlidou, EkateriniGRE21783.5
126WFMBakalarz, GrazynaLUX18473.5
127Mashchenko, TamilaUKR19563.5
128Petrovska, KaterinaMKD19073.5
129Buchholz, Maja PatriciaGER18833.5
130WGMBalajayeva, KhanimAZE23723
131Zhezhovska, MonikaMKD17613
132Bassari, Senem GulTUR15243
133WCMSaraci, RinesaKOS15033
134Recica, JonaKOS12312.5
135Maras, Marija MiaMNE10511
136WIMGueci, TeaITA22271

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