The 24th edition of the European Women’s Chess Championship will be held from 18-30 April 2024, in the 5***** “Rodos Palace” Conference Hotel in Rhodes, Greece.
The event will be played in 10 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 each move.
The European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2024 is a qualification event for the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025. According to the decision of the European Chess Union, at least 10 players will qualify* (*Final decision about the granted spots comes by FIDE). The total prize fund of the Championship is 60.000 EUR with 10.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event. Altogether with 20 regular prizes for the best ranked players, the organizers provided special prizes for the two best Greek players. The list of prizes can be seen below.
The event is open to all women players representing national federations listed as ECU members, without rating or title limitations. The deadline for registrations and bookings is the 19th of February 2024. The official hotel and the playing venue of the event is Rodos Palace Conference Hotel.
Tournament schedule:
| Thursday | 18 April | 12:00 – 22:00 | Arrivals / Personal presence of participants |
| Friday | 19 April | 08:00 – 10:00 | Personal presence of participants |
| 11:00 | Technical meeting | ||
| 14:30 | Opening ceremony | ||
| 15:00 | Round 1 | ||
| Saturday | 20 April | 15:00 | Round 2 |
| Sunday | 21 April | 15:00 | Round 3 |
| Monday | 22 April | 15:00 | Round 4 |
| Tuesday | 23 April | 15:00 | Round 5 |
| Wednesday | 24 April | Free day | |
| Thursday | 25 April | 15:00 | Round 6 |
| Friday | 26 April | 15:00 | Round 7 |
| Saturday | 27 April | 15:00 | Round 8 |
| Sunday | 28 April | 15:00 | Round 9 |
| Monday | 29 April | 13:00 | Round 10 |
| 20:00 | Closing ceremony | ||
| Tuesday | 30 April | 11:00 | Departure day |
Detailed information and general regulations can be found on the Official website.
