25th European Women's Chess Championship 2025

[LawrenceCooper]

Six English players: https://chess-results.com/tnr1135872.as ... ES&flag=30

[Mick Norris]

The 25th European Women’s Championship is a qualification event for the FIDE Women’s World Cup. According to the decision of the ECU at least 10 players will qualify

Live boards

[LawrenceCooper]

Results of the last round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg No.
1 15 15 IM Fataliyeva Ulviyya AZE 2387 0 1 - 0 0 WFM Dicen Elis Denele ENG 2129 83
1 29 29 IM Savina Anastasia FRA 2331 0 1 - 0 0 WFM Sivanandan Bodhana ENG 2073 97
1 31 31 WGM Toncheva Nadya BUL 2329 0 1 - 0 0 WFM Rida Ruqayyah ENG 2065 99
1 39 39 WGM Yao Lan ENG 2294 0 1 - 0 0 WIM Zvereva Marija MNC 2033 107
1 40 108 WFM Subramanian Anusha ENG 2026 0 0 - 1 0 IM Zimina Olga ITA 2293 40
1 42 110 WCM Hariharan Shambavi ENG 2024 0 0 - 1 0 WIM Mkrtchyan Mariam ARM 2282 42

[LawrenceCooper]

Three wins (Lan Yao, Ruqayyah & Bodhana) and three draws in round 2.

[Mick Norris]

Am I right the next step up from WFM is WIM, which requires norms, and a minimum rating of 2200?

[LawrenceCooper]

Am I right the next step up from WFM is WIM, which requires norms, and a minimum rating of 2200?

Correct.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 3 results

Rd. Bo. No. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg No.
3 6 39 WGM Yao Lan ENG 2294 2 0-1 2 IM Roebers Eline NED 2367 22
3 35 97 WFM Sivanandan Bodhana ENG 2073 1 DRAW 1 CM Smietanska Wiktoria POL 2254 47
3 37 51 WIM Wikar Martyna POL 2239 1 0-1 1 WFM Rida Ruqayyah ENG 2065 99
3 46 108 WFM Subramanian Anusha ENG 2026 ½ DRAW ½ WGM Sliwicka Alicja POL 2342 28
3 49 110 WCM Hariharan Shambavi ENG 2024 ½ DRAW ½ WIM Terbe Zsuzsanna HUN 2179 71
3 57 122 WFM Silva Ana Ines Teixeira Da POR 1893 ½ 0-1 ½ WFM Dicen Elis Denele ENG 2129 83

[Leonard Barden]

Great recoveries by Ruqayyah and Elis from dubious or lost positions!

[Mick Norris]

Unfortunate pairing in round 4

Rd. Bo. No. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg No.
4 28 99 WFM Rida Ruqayyah ENG 2065 2 2 WGM Yao Lan ENG 2294 39
4 35 83 WFM Dicen Elis Denele ENG 2129 1½ 1½ CM Smietanska Wiktoria POL 2254 47
4 40 64 WIM Gaboyan Susanna ARM 2200 1½ 1½ WFM Sivanandan Bodhana ENG 2073 97
4 48 73 WFM Bochnickova Simona SVK 2167 1 1 WFM Subramanian Anusha ENG 2026 108
4 50 79 WGM Zaksaite Salomeja LTU 2137 1 1 WCM Hariharan Shambavi ENG 2024 110

[LawrenceCooper]

Rd. Bo. No. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg No.
4 28 99 WFM Rida Ruqayyah ENG 2065 2 DRAW 2 WGM Yao Lan ENG 2294 39
4 35 83 WFM Dicen Elis Denele ENG 2129 1½ 0-1 1½ CM Smietanska Wiktoria POL 2254 47
4 40 64 WIM Gaboyan Susanna ARM 2200 1½ 1-0 1½ WFM Sivanandan Bodhana ENG 2073 97
4 48 73 WFM Bochnickova Simona SVK 2167 1 1-0 1 WFM Subramanian Anusha ENG 2026 108
4 50 79 WGM Zaksaite Salomeja LTU 2137 1 DRAW 1 WCM Hariharan Shambavi ENG 2024 110

Ruquayyah had done the hard work but needed to find 62 Ne6 followed by Nf4 to retain her final pawn with a winning endgame.

[LawrenceCooper]

Rd. Bo. No. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg No.
5 17 39 WGM Yao Lan ENG 2294 2½ DRAW 2½ IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2429 6
5 25 35 IM Unuk Laura SLO 2301 2½ 1-0 2½ WFM Rida Ruqayyah ENG 2065 99
5 48 110 WCM Hariharan Shambavi ENG 2024 1½ 0-1 1½ WIM Pavlidou Ekaterini GRE 2160 75
5 51 116 Krkyasharyan Sona ARM 1989 1½ DRAW 1½ WFM Dicen Elis Denele ENG 2129 83
5 54 97 WFM Sivanandan Bodhana ENG 2073 1½ DRAW 1½ Chasouraki Chrysi GRE 1843 125
5 55 49 WIM Schippke Manon FRA 2247 1 1-0 1 WFM Subramanian Anusha ENG 2026 108

A miracle save for Elis: https://lichess.org/broadcast/25th-euro ... i/doeYqKVC

[Colin Patterson]

Ouch! Bodhana outplaying 3x Georgian champion Inga Khurtsilava in Round 6, but then walked into a stalemate trap. Very impressive up to that point!

[Christopher Kreuzer]

https://lichess.org/broadcast/25th-euro ... 6/I6KGOyXc

What are the chances that both Elis and Bodhana would be involved in games with stalemate endings? Albeit Elis was losing and Bodhana winning. It is rare to see that at this level.

Elis's opponent was White and played g3, allowing stalemate:
7k/5Q2/3qP2p/7P/p7/P7/5PPK/8 w - - 1 51

Bodhana as Black took the rook, allowing stalemate:
kr6/3Q4/p1p3p1/6P1/2q4p/K7/3p4/1R6 b - - 5 60

[Matt Mackenzie]

White has to find f4! in the first example, any K move also results in ultimate stalemate.

(the forced line after Kg1 is quite pretty)

[LawrenceCooper]

Results of the last round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg No.
6 24 68 WFM Karacsonyi Kata HUN 2198 3 1 - 0 3 WGM Yao Lan ENG 2294 39
6 35 99 WFM Rida Ruqayyah ENG 2065 2½ 0 - 1 2½ WGM Sandu Mihaela ROU 2230 55
6 42 58 WGM Khurtsilava Inga GEO 2214 2 ½ - ½ 2 WFM Sivanandan Bodhana ENG 2073 97
6 52 83 WFM Dicen Elis Denele ENG 2129 2 ½ - ½ 2 Kosma Maria GRE 1826 126
6 61 111 WCM Bhatia Kanishka SCO 2012 1½ 1 - 0 1½ WCM Hariharan Shambavi ENG 2024 110
6 62 108 WFM Subramanian Anusha ENG 2026 1 1 - 0 1½ Bania Eleni GRE 1809 128