GM Anna Ushenina and IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya win European Women's Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024

The European Women’s Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 took place from 9-13 January in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, featuring a record prize fund of 46.500 euros. The event gathered nearly 150 players from 28 countries who competed for the title.

IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (Poland, 2324 blitz rating) was 12th-seeded in the tournament, and emerged as the sole Winner of the event with the score of 10.5 points. She finished half a point ahead of GM Anna Ushenina (Ukraine, 2329 blitz rating) and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Switzerland, 2430 blitz rating) who tied for the second place scoring 10 points each. Anna Ushenina had better tiebreaks to clinch silver and Alexandra Kosteniuk won bronze medal.

The European Women’s Rapid Chess Championship 2024 was played after the Blitz competition, from 10-11 January. After 11 played rounds, as many as four players tied for the top with the score of 8.5 points each: GM Anna Ushenina (Ukraine, 2348 rapid rating), IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Spain, 2344 rapid rating), IM Yuliia Osmak (Ukraine, 2306 rapid rating) and IM Eline Roebers (Netherlands, 2332 rapid rating). Having the best tiebreaks, Anna Ushenina clinched the title, Sarah Khadem won silver, Yuliia Osmak claimed bronze, and Eline Roebers finished in the fourth place.

Final rankings – Blitz Championship:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2324	10.5
2	GM	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2329	10
3	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2430	10
4	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2322	9.5
5	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2274	9.5
6	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	POL	2117	9
7	IM	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2378	9
8	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2347	9
9	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2225	9
10	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2355	8.5
11	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2296	8.5
12	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2368	8.5
13	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2254	8.5
14	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	ESP	2356	8.5
15	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2392	8.5
16	WGM	Papp, Petra	HUN	2307	8.5
17	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2244	8.5
18	WFM	Shvedova, Alexandra	ITA	2168	8.5
19	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2318	8.5
20	GM	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2283	8.5
21	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2289	8
22	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2342	8
23	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2271	8
24	WIM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	UKR	2120	8
25	IM	Hunt, Harriet V	ENG	2267	8
26	IM	Gvetadze, Sofio	GEO	2183	8
27	WIM	Kanyamarala, Trisha	IRL	2248	8
28	WFM	Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia	UKR	2080	8
29	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2233	7.5
30	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2308	7.5
	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	ESP	2203	7.5
32	IM	Savina, Anastasia	FRA	2175	7.5
33	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	ESP	2228	7.5
34	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	FRA	2106	7.5
35	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2218	7.5
36	IM	Osmak, Yuliia	UKR	2325	7.5
37	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2269	7.5
38	WIM	De Seroux, Camille	SUI	2078	7.5
39	WGM	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya	UKR	2127	7.5
40	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja	NED	2127	7
41	IM	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	ESP	2379	7
42	WFM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2100	7
43	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	ESP	2048	7
44	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	POL	2052	7
45	WFM	Prado Acebo, Ines	ESP	2138	7
46	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2309	7
47	WFM	Cramling Bellon, Anna	SWE	2019	7
48	WFM	Galvan Cipriani, Viviana	ESP	2014	7
49	WGM	Benmesbah, Natacha	FRA	2246	7
50	WGM	Dornbusch, Tatiana	MNC	2090	7
51	WFM	Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara	ESP	2052	7
52	WGM	Berend, Elvira	LUX	2244	7
53	WGM	Hejazipour, Mitra	FRA	2236	7
54	WCM	De Lomas Busquets, Alba	ESP	2007	7
55	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2165	7
56	WFM	Polterauer, Chiara	AUT	2032	7
57	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca	ESP	2081	7
58	WFM	Caku, Kler	ALB	2038	7
59	WFM	Walter, Ema	SVK	1980	6.5
60	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2209	6.5
61	WIM	Hryzlova, Sofiia	SUI	2038	6.5
62	WFM	Bellaiche, Elise	FRA	1951	6.5
63	WFM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	GEO	1991	6.5
64	WFM	Stangl, Anita Dr.	GER	1913	6.5
65	WFM	Uta, Adeline-Ramona	ROU	1980	6.5
66	WFM	Froewis, Annika	AUT	2012	6.5
67		Bernard, Ines	FRA	1984	6.5
68	WGM	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	UKR	2088	6.5
69	IM	Alexieva, Silvia	FRA	2287	6.5
70		Follana Albelda, Lucia	ESP	1976	6.5
71	WFM	Cornileau, Juliette	FRA	1894	6
72		Moerwald, Magdalena	AUT	1977	6
73	WCM	Kordzadze, Nino	AUT	1930	6
74		Prochaieva, Alina	UKR	1992	6
75	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	FIN	1999	6
76	WCM	Dai, Irmak	TUR	1960	6
77		Milojevic-Daim, Lola-Shaina	FRA	1739	6
78	WIM	Datuashvili, Nona	GEO	1931	6
79	WIM	Zvereva, Marija	MNC	1931	6
80	WCM	Berezovsky, Fiorina	MNC	1888	6
81		Lordier, Sophia	FRA	1854	6
82	WFM	Birkholz, Olga	GER	1949	6
83		Rudzinskaite, Ula	LTU	1739	6
84	FM	Schulze, Lara	GER	2106	5.5
85		Mickunaite, Agne	LTU	1860	5.5
86		Sabiani, Chjara	FRA	1910	5.5
87	WFM	Guillo Longares, Cecilia	ESP	2004	5.5
88		Hristova, Ivelina	BUL	1772	5.5
89	WCM	Berezovska, Svetlana	MNC	1836	5.5
90		Lefort, Sophie	FRA	1721	5.5
91		Iasman, Inna	FRA	1791	5.5
92	ACM	Ghitza, Elena	MLT	1715	5.5
93		Gutierrez Lupion, Nuria	ESP	1805	5.5
94	WIM	Dubois, Martine	MNC	1909	5.5
95		Ribreau, Anna	FRA	1755	5.5
96		Prochaieva, Tina	UKR	1806	5
97	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	1894	5
98		Hyassat, Milana	AUT	1830	5
99		Tomas, Maureen	FRA	1678	5
100		Wang, Yi Xuan	FRA	1747	5
101		Savickiene, Virginija	LTU	1645	5
102		Maret, Anna	FRA	1742	5
103		Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta	ROU	1794	5
104		Alfano, Emilie	FRA	1892	4.5
105		Mikulinaite, Meta	LTU	1782	4.5
106		Prochaieva, Yelyzaveta	UKR	1686	4.5
107		Prochaieva, Olha	UKR	1575	4.5
108		Dumitrache, Elisa-Andreea	ROU	1613	4.5
109		Gurevich, Michele	FRA	1589	4.5
110		Parot De Sousa, Sophie	FRA	1650	4.5
111		Janaszak, Amelia	POL	1523	4.5
112		Popovtseva, Polina	ENG	1683	4.5
113		Savchenko, Iryna	UKR	1585	4.5
114		Savilov, Anna	FRA	1563	4.5
115		Jaskuniene, Dalia	LTU	1582	4
116	WIM	Lebel-Arias, Julia	MNC	1777	4
117		Cadilhac-Seffino, Lea	FRA	1543	4
118		Lea, Melissa	MNC	1489	4
119		Lottiau, Leana	FRA	1538	3
120		Golubeva, Alina	MNC	1433	3
121		Caku, Mia	ALB	0	1
122		Lytvynenko, Sofi	GER	0	0
123	IM	Klinova, Masha	ISR	2241	0
124	WFM	Matskevich, Varvara	POL	1887	0
		Denis, Monique	FRA	1636	0
		Colin, Penelope	FRA	1629	0

Final rankings – Rapid Championship:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2348	8.5
2	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	ESP	2344	8.5
3	IM	Osmak, Yuliia	UKR	2306	8.5
4	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2332	8.5
5	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2295	8
6	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2385	8
7	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2491	8
8	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2339	8
9	GM	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2354	8
10	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2255	8
11	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2393	7.5
12	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2354	7.5
13	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2344	7.5
14	IM	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2335	7.5
15	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2296	7.5
16	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2300	7.5
17	WIM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	UKR	2251	7
18	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2407	7
19	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2346	7
20	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2361	7
21	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2328	7
22	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2247	7
23	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2236	7
24	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	POL	2166	7
25	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2279	7
26	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2309	7
27	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	ESP	2267	7
28	WGM	Berend, Elvira	LUX	2198	7
29	IM	Alexieva, Silvia	FRA	2149	7
30	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2291	7
31	IM	Hunt, Harriet V	ENG	2306	7
32	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2262	7
33	IM	Savina, Anastasia	FRA	2251	7
34	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2355	6.5
35	WIM	Hryzlova, Sofiia	SUI	2040	6.5
36	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2275	6.5
37	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja	NED	2016	6.5
38	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	ESP	2282	6.5
39	WFM	Froewis, Annika	AUT	1979	6.5
40	WFM	Shvedova, Alexandra	ITA	2073	6
41	WFM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	GEO	1900	6
42	FM	Schulze, Lara	GER	2213	6
43	WFM	Prado Acebo, Ines	ESP	2167	6
44	WIM	De Seroux, Camille	SUI	2125	6
45	WFM	Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara	ESP	2100	6
46	IM	Gvetadze, Sofio	GEO	2173	6
47	WGM	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya	UKR	2160	6
48	WGM	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	UKR	2092	6
49	WFM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2113	6
50	IM	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	ESP	2315	6
51	WGM	Papp, Petra	HUN	2155	6
52	WGM	Dornbusch, Tatiana	MNC	2193	6
53	WGM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	LTU	2144	6
54	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	POL	2138	6
55	IM	Purtseladze, Maka	GEO	2240	6
56	WIM	Manko, Mariia	SUI	2125	6
57	WFM	Polterauer, Chiara	AUT	2089	6
58	WIM	Kanyamarala, Trisha	IRL	2150	6
59	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca	ESP	1994	6
60	WFM	Galvan Cipriani, Viviana	ESP	2013	6
61	WFM	Walter, Ema	SVK	1966	6
62	WIM	Bensdorp-De Labaca, Marlies	NED	2247	6
63	WIM	Zvereva, Marija	MNC	2038	6
64	WFM	Caku, Kler	ALB	2070	6
65		Mickunaite, Agne	LTU	1958	6
66	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	ESP	2146	5.5
67	WFM	Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia	UKR	2022	5.5
68	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	FRA	2141	5.5
69	WGM	Hejazipour, Mitra	FRA	2203	5.5
70	WGM	Benmesbah, Natacha	FRA	2120	5.5
71	WIM	Datuashvili, Nona	GEO	2105	5.5
72	WFM	Bellaiche, Elise	FRA	1955	5.5
73		Alfano, Emilie	FRA	2010	5.5
74	WFM	Birkholz, Olga	GER	1961	5.5
75		Milojevic-Daim, Lola-Shaina	FRA	1890	5.5
76		Lordier, Sophia	FRA	1866	5.5
77	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	1914	5.5
78		Moerwald, Magdalena	AUT	1955	5.5
79	WIM	Dubois, Martine	MNC	1832	5.5
80		Bernard, Ines	FRA	1994	5
81		Gutierrez Lupion, Nuria	ESP	1752	5
82		Follana Albelda, Lucia	ESP	1972	5
83	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	FIN	2046	5
84	WCM	Kordzadze, Nino	AUT	1943	5
85	WFM	Guillo Longares, Cecilia	ESP	1942	5
86	WCM	De Lomas Busquets, Alba	ESP	1962	5
87	WFM	Matskevich, Varvara	POL	1907	5
88		Prochaieva, Tina	UKR	1763	5
89		Hristova, Ivelina	BUL	1968	5
90	WCM	Berezovsky, Fiorina	MNC	1743	5
91	WFM	Cornileau, Juliette	FRA	2150	5
92		Iasman, Inna	FRA	1983	5
93		Rudzinskaite, Ula	LTU	1791	5
94	WCM	Dai, Irmak	TUR	1881	5
95		Maret, Anna	FRA	1824	5
96		Tomas, Maureen	FRA	1731	5
97	WFM	Stangl, Anita Dr.	GER	1926	5
98		Beil, Romane	FRA	1712	5
99		Popovtseva, Polina	ENG	1612	4.5
100	WFM	Uta, Adeline-Ramona	ROU	1977	4.5
101		Prochaieva, Alina	UKR	1807	4.5
102	WCM	Berezovska, Svetlana	MNC	1781	4.5
103		Dumitrache, Elisa-Andreea	ROU	1626	4.5
104	WCM	Jose De Ribbegren, Kenia	MNC	1848	4.5
105		Janaszak, Amelia	POL	1596	4.5
106	ACM	Ghitza, Elena	MLT	1810	4.5
107		Wang, Yi Xuan	FRA	1815	4.5
108		Prochaieva, Yelyzaveta	UKR	1751	4.5
109		Cadilhac-Seffino, Lea	FRA	1484	4.5
110		Sabiani, Chjara	FRA	1882	4.5
111		Savickiene, Virginija	LTU	1767	4
112		Mikulinaite, Meta	LTU	1793	4
113		De Labaca, Julia	FRA	1534	4
114	WIM	Lebel-Arias, Julia	MNC	1785	4
115		Jaskuniene, Dalia	LTU	1651	4
116		Savchenko, Iryna	UKR	1645	4
117		Golubeva, Alina	MNC	1415	4
118		Lottiau, Leana	FRA	1448	4
119		Ribreau, Anna	FRA	1690	3.5
120		Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta	ROU	1618	3.5
121		Lefort, Sophie	FRA	1694	3.5
122	WCM	Duchatel, Cyrielle	FRA	1592	3.5
123		Parot De Sousa, Sophie	FRA	1661	3.5
124		Prochaieva, Olha	UKR	1629	3.5
125		Thoreux-Josso, Ambre	MNC	1510	3.5
126		Gurevich, Michele	FRA	1614	3.5
127		Savilov, Anna	FRA	1591	3.5
128		Lea, Melissa	MNC	1489	3.5
129		Doberchak, Emily Alice	GER	1438	3.5
130		Mandziuk, Varvara	GER	1475	3.5
131		Caku, Mia	ALB	1463	3.5
132		Mezzapesa, Juliette	FRA	1512	3
133		Cauchy, Yvette	FRA	1487	3
134		Sayol, Rom Anne	FRA	1445	2.5
135		Lytvynenko, Sofi	GER	0	2.5
136		Ribbegren, Kimberly	MNC	1519	2
137		Dornbusch, Anna	MNC	1524	2
138	WFM	Cramling Bellon, Anna	SWE	1983	2
139		Lahaine, Delphine	MNC	0	1.5
140		Monett, Vlessing	MNC	0	1
141	IM	Klinova, Masha	ISR	2275	0

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