European Women's Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 start in Monaco

The European Women’s Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 start this weekend in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. The event will be played from 10-12 January at the Hotel Novotel with the Blitz Championship taking place on Friday, 10th of January, and Rapid tournament being played on 11th and 12th of January.

134 players registered for the European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship 2024, while 148 players coming from 28 countries registered for the Rapid Championship. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Switzerland, 2430 blitz rating & 2491 rapid rating) headlines both fields and defends two golds won last year in Monaco.

*Photo from European Women’s Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2023*

Among the rating favourites are also: GM Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany, 2407 rapid rating), IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (Greece, 2393 rapid rating), GM Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria, 2385 rapid rating), GM Bella Khotenashvili (Georgia, 2361 rapid rating), IM Ekaterina Atalik (Turkey, 2355 rapid rating), GM Pia Cramling (Sweden, 2354 rapid rating).

The total prize fund of the event reaches record-breaking 46.500 EUR, almost equalizing with the 47.000 euros in prizes at the recently concluded European Open Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 in North Macedonia.

Detailed information about the event can be found on the ECU Website.

Starting lists of players of both European Women’s Rapid and Blitz Championships are shown below.

European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship 2024:

European Women’s Rapid Chess Championship 2024:

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2430
2	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2392
3	IM	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	ESP	2379
4	IM	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2378
5	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2368
6	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	ESP	2356
7	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2355
8	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2347
9	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2342
10	GM	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2329
11	IM	Osmak, Yuliia	UKR	2325
12	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2324
13	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2322
14	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2318
15	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2310
16	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2308
17	WGM	Papp, Petra	HUN	2307
18	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	BUL	2303
19	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2296
20	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2289
21	IM	Alexieva, Silvia	FRA	2287
22	GM	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2283
23	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2274
24	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2271
25	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2269
26	IM	Hunt, Harriet V	ENG	2267
27	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2254
28	WIM	Kanyamarala, Trisha	IRL	2248
29	WGM	Benmesbah, Natacha	FRA	2246
30	WGM	Berend, Elvira	LUX	2244
31	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2244
32	IM	Klinova, Masha	ISR	2241
33	WGM	Hejazipour, Mitra	FRA	2236
34	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2233
35	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	ESP	2228
36	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2225
37	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2219
38	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2209
39	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	ESP	2203
40	IM	Gvetadze, Sofio	GEO	2183
41	IM	Purtseladze, Maka	GEO	2178
42	IM	Savina, Anastasia	FRA	2175
43	WFM	Shvedova, Alexandra	ITA	2167
44	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2165
45	WGM	Mirzoeva, Elmira	ENG	2152
46	WFM	Prado Acebo, Ines	ESP	2138
47	WGM	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya	UKR	2127
48	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja	NED	2127
49	WIM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	UKR	2120
50	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	POL	2117
51	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	FRA	2106
52	FM	Schulze, Lara	GER	2106
53	WFM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2100
54	WGM	Dornbusch, Tatiana	MNC	2090
55	WGM	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	UKR	2088
56	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca	ESP	2081
57	WFM	Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia	UKR	2080
58	WIM	De Seroux, Camille	SUI	2078
59	WGM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	LTU	2071
60	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	POL	2052
61	WFM	Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara	ESP	2052
62	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	ESP	2048
63	WIM	Hryzlova, Sofiia	SUI	2038
64	WFM	Caku, Kler	ALB	2038
65	WFM	Polterauer, Chiara	AUT	2032
66	WFM	Cramling Bellon, Anna	SWE	2019
67	WFM	Galvan Cipriani, Viviana	ESP	2014
68	WFM	Froewis, Annika	AUT	2012
69	WCM	De Lomas Busquets, Alba	ESP	2009
70	WFM	Guillo Longares, Cecilia	ESP	2004
71	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	FIN	1999
72	WFM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	GEO	1992
73		Prochaieva, Alina	UKR	1992
74		Bernard, Ines	FRA	1984
75	WFM	Uta, Adeline-Ramona	ROU	1980
76	WFM	Walter, Ema	SVK	1980
77		Moerwald, Magdalena	AUT	1977
78		Follana Albelda, Lucia	ESP	1976
79	WIM	Nicoara, Malina	FRA	1968
80	WIM	Zapata Campos, Lidia Karen	ESP	1964
81	WCM	Dai, Irmak	TUR	1960
82	WFM	Bellaiche, Elise	FRA	1951
83	WFM	Birkholz, Olga	GER	1949
84	WIM	Datuashvili, Nona	GEO	1931
85	WIM	Zvereva, Marija	MNC	1931
86	WCM	Kordzadze, Nino	AUT	1930
87	WFM	Stangl, Anita Dr.	GER	1913
88		Sabiani, Chjara	FRA	1910
89	WIM	Dubois, Martine	MNC	1909
90	WFM	Cornileau, Juliette	FRA	1895
91	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	1894
92		Alfano, Emilie	FRA	1892
93	WFM	Matskevich, Varvara	POL	1888
94	WCM	Berezovsky, Fiorina	MNC	1888
95	WCM	Jose De Ribbegren, Kenia	MNC	1879
96		Mickunaite, Agne	LTU	1860
97		Lordier, Sophia	FRA	1855
98	WCM	Berezovska, Svetlana	MNC	1836
99		Hyassat, Milana	AUT	1830
100		Prochaieva, Tina	UKR	1806
101		Gutierrez Lupion, Nuria	ESP	1805
102		Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta	ROU	1794
103		Iasman, Inna	FRA	1791
104		Mikulinaite, Meta	LTU	1782
105	WIM	Lebel-Arias, Julia	MNC	1777
106		Hristova, Ivelina	BUL	1772
107		Wang, Yi Xuan	FRA	1747
108		Maret, Anna	FRA	1744
109		Milojevic-Daim, Lola-Shaina	FRA	1738
110		Rudzinskaite, Ula	LTU	1738
111		Lefort, Sophie	FRA	1721
112	ACM	Ghitza, Elena	MLT	1715
113		Savich, Svetlana	MNC	1692
114		Prochaieva, Yelyzaveta	UKR	1686
115		Popovtseva, Polina	ENG	1683
116		Tomas, Maureen	FRA	1678
117		Parot De Sousa, Sophie	FRA	1650
118		Savickiene, Virginija	LTU	1644
119		Denis, Monique	FRA	1636
120		Colin, Penelope	FRA	1629
121		Dumitrache, Elisa-Andreea	ROU	1615
122		Savchenko, Iryna	UKR	1585
123		Prochaieva, Olha	UKR	1579
124		Jaskuniene, Dalia	LTU	1577
125		Savilov, Anna	FRA	1564
126		Cadilhac-Seffino, Lea	FRA	1543
127		Lottiau, Leana	FRA	1539
128		Janaszak, Amelia	POL	1526
129		Lea, Melissa	MNC	1489
130		Ribbegren, Kimberly	MNC	1477
131		Svensson, Paula	SWE	1472
132		Golubeva, Alina	MNC	1433
133		Caku, Mia	ALB	0
134		Lytvynenko, Sofi	GER	0

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2491
2	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2407
3	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2393
4	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2385
5	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2361
6	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2355
7	GM	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2354
8	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2354
9	GM	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2348
10	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2346
11	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2344
12	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	ESP	2344
13	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	BUL	2344
14	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2339
15	IM	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2335
16	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2332
17	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2328
18	IM	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	ESP	2315
19	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2309
20	IM	Hunt, Harriet V	ENG	2306
21	IM	Osmak, Yuliia	UKR	2306
22	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2300
23	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2296
24	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2295
25	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2291
26	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	ESP	2282
27	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2279
28	IM	Klinova, Masha	ISR	2275
29	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2275
30	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	ESP	2267
31	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2262
32	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2255
33	WGM	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	GEO	2254
34	IM	Savina, Anastasia	FRA	2251
35	WIM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	UKR	2251
36	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2247
37	WIM	Bensdorp-De Labaca, Marlies	NED	2247
38	IM	Purtseladze, Maka	GEO	2240
39	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2236
40	FM	Schulze, Lara	GER	2213
41	WGM	Hejazipour, Mitra	FRA	2203
42	WGM	Berend, Elvira	LUX	2198
43	WGM	Dornbusch, Tatiana	MNC	2193
44	IM	Gvetadze, Sofio	GEO	2173
45	WFM	Prado Acebo, Ines	ESP	2167
46	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	POL	2166
47	WGM	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya	UKR	2160
48	WGM	Papp, Petra	HUN	2155
49	WFM	Cornileau, Juliette	FRA	2151
50	WIM	Kanyamarala, Trisha	IRL	2150
51	IM	Alexieva, Silvia	FRA	2149
52	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	ESP	2146
53	WGM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	LTU	2144
54	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	FRA	2141
55	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	POL	2138
56	WFM	Choisy, Mathilde	FRA	2134
57	WGM	Mirzoeva, Elmira	ENG	2133
58	WIM	De Seroux, Camille	SUI	2125
59	WIM	Manko, Mariia	SUI	2125
60	WGM	Benmesbah, Natacha	FRA	2120
61	WFM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2113
62	WIM	Datuashvili, Nona	GEO	2105
63	WFM	Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara	ESP	2100
64	WGM	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	UKR	2092
65	WFM	Polterauer, Chiara	AUT	2089
66	WFM	Shvedova, Alexandra	ITA	2073
67	WFM	Caku, Kler	ALB	2070
68	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	FIN	2046
69	WIM	Hryzlova, Sofiia	SUI	2040
70	WIM	Zvereva, Marija	MNC	2038
71	WFM	Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia	UKR	2023
72	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja	NED	2016
73	WFM	Galvan Cipriani, Viviana	ESP	2013
74		Alfano, Emilie	FRA	2010
75	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca	ESP	1994
76		Bernard, Ines	FRA	1994
77	WFM	Cramling Bellon, Anna	SWE	1983
78		Iasman, Inna	FRA	1983
79	WFM	Froewis, Annika	AUT	1979
80	WFM	Uta, Adeline-Ramona	ROU	1977
81		Follana Albelda, Lucia	ESP	1972
82		Hristova, Ivelina	BUL	1968
83	WFM	Walter, Ema	SVK	1966
84	WCM	De Lomas Busquets, Alba	ESP	1962
85	WFM	Birkholz, Olga	GER	1961
86	WIM	Nicoara, Malina	FRA	1959
87		Mickunaite, Agne	LTU	1959
88	WIM	Zapata Campos, Lidia Karen	ESP	1958
89	WFM	Bellaiche, Elise	FRA	1955
90		Moerwald, Magdalena	AUT	1955
91	WCM	Kordzadze, Nino	AUT	1943
92	WFM	Guillo Longares, Cecilia	ESP	1942
93	WFM	Stangl, Anita Dr.	GER	1926
94	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	1915
95	WFM	Matskevich, Varvara	POL	1907
96	WFM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	GEO	1900
97		Milojevic-Daim, Lola-Shaina	FRA	1890
98		Sabiani, Chjara	FRA	1882
99	WCM	Dai, Irmak	TUR	1881
100		Lordier, Sophia	FRA	1866
101	WCM	Jose De Ribbegren, Kenia	MNC	1849
102	WIM	Dubois, Martine	MNC	1832
103		Maret, Anna	FRA	1830
104		Wang, Yi Xuan	FRA	1816
105	ACM	Ghitza, Elena	MLT	1810
106		Prochaieva, Alina	UKR	1807
107		Mikulinaite, Meta	LTU	1792
108		Rudzinskaite, Ula	LTU	1792
109	WIM	Lebel-Arias, Julia	MNC	1785
110	WCM	Berezovska, Svetlana	MNC	1782
111		Savickiene, Virginija	LTU	1767
112		Prochaieva, Tina	UKR	1762
113		Gutierrez Lupion, Nuria	ESP	1752
114		Prochaieva, Yelyzaveta	UKR	1751
115	WCM	Berezovsky, Fiorina	MNC	1744
116		Tomas, Maureen	FRA	1731
117		Beil, Romane	FRA	1712
118		Lefort, Sophie	FRA	1694
119		Colin, Penelope	FRA	1668
120		Parot De Sousa, Sophie	FRA	1661
121		Denis, Monique	FRA	1653
122		Jaskuniene, Dalia	LTU	1651
123		Savchenko, Iryna	UKR	1644
124		Prochaieva, Olha	UKR	1629
125		Savich, Svetlana	MNC	1628
126		Dumitrache, Elisa-Andreea	ROU	1626
127		Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta	ROU	1618
128		Popovtseva, Polina	ENG	1612
129		Janaszak, Amelia	POL	1596
130		Savilov, Anna	FRA	1595
131	WCM	Duchatel, Cyrielle	FRA	1593
132		De Labaca, Julia	FRA	1534
133		Ribbegren, Kimberly	MNC	1519
134		Mezzapesa, Juliette	FRA	1518
135		Dornbusch, Anna	MNC	1511
136		Thoreux-Josso, Ambre	MNC	1510
137		Svensson, Paula	SWE	1505
138		Cauchy, Yvette	FRA	1490
139		Lea, Melissa	MNC	1490
140		Cadilhac-Seffino, Lea	FRA	1484
141		Mandziuk, Varvara	GER	1475
142		Caku, Mia	ALB	1463
143		Lottiau, Leana	FRA	1448
144		Sayol, Rom Anne	FRA	1444
145		Doberchak, Emily Alice	GER	1440
146		Golubeva, Alina	MNC	1415
147		Lahaine, Delphine	MNC	0
148		Lytvynenko, Sofi	GER	0

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