The European Women’s Chess Championship 2024 will take place from 18-30 April in Rhodes, Greece. More than 180 players from 35 federations registered for the event and the field looks stronger than ever! The Championship will possibly break the participation record despite the absence of Russian players who are not entitled to compete in European events since the Russian Chess Federation moved to the Asian Chess Confederation in March last year.
GM Bella Khotenashvili (Georgia, 2464) is the top-seed according to the current list of players, and the field includes IM Dinara Wagner (Germany, 2457), IM Yuliia Osmak (Ukraine, 2452), IM Marsel Efroimski (Israel, 2449), IM Gunay Mammadzada (Azerbaijan, 2449), GM Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia, 2447), former World Women’s Champions GM Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria, 2434) and GM Anna Ushenina (Ukraine, 2415) and others. The complete list of players can be found below.
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 Womenโs Chess Championship 2024 is a qualification event for the FIDE Womenโs 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. All information about the event can be found here.
European Women’s Chess Championship 2024 – List of players:
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Efroimski, Marsel | ISR | 2467 |
| 2 | GM | Khotenashvili, Bella | GEO | 2455 |
| 3 | IM | Wagner, Dinara | GER | 2455 |
| 4 | IM | Osmak, Yuliia | UKR | 2452 |
| 5 | GM | Batsiashvili, Nino | GEO | 2450 |
| 6 | IM | Mammadzada, Gunay | AZE | 2449 |
| 7 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2447 |
| 8 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2433 |
| 9 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2429 |
| 10 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2424 |
| 11 | GM | Socko, Monika | POL | 2423 |
| 12 | GM | Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2415 |
| 13 | IM | Atalik, Ekaterina | TUR | 2405 |
| 14 | IM | Narva, Mai | EST | 2399 |
| 15 | GM | Danielian, Elina | ARM | 2396 |
| 16 | IM | Buksa, Nataliya | UKR | 2388 |
| 17 | IM | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | POL | 2386 |
| 18 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | FRA | 2386 |
| 19 | IM | Guichard, Pauline | FRA | 2385 |
| 20 | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | HUN | 2384 |
| 21 | IM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | AZE | 2384 |
| 22 | IM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | ESP | 2382 |
| 23 | WIM | Gaal, Zsoka | HUN | 2379 |
| 24 | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2378 |
| 25 | IM | Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante | FRA | 2375 |
| 26 | IM | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | POL | 2374 |
| 27 | WGM | Beydullayeva, Govhar | AZE | 2374 |
| 28 | WGM | Yao, Lan | ENG | 2370 |
| 29 | IM | Roebers, Eline | NED | 2369 |
| 30 | IM | Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann | ESP | 2359 |
| 31 | IM | Brunello, Marina | ITA | 2358 |
| 32 | IM | Garcia Martin, Marta | ESP | 2356 |
| 33 | WGM | Hejazipour, Mitra | FRA | 2356 |
| 34 | WIM | Mkrtchyan, Mariam | ARM | 2352 |
| 35 | IM | Mammadova, Gulnar | AZE | 2351 |
| 36 | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | POL | 2351 |
| 37 | IM | Balajayeva, Khanim | AZE | 2350 |
| 38 | IM | Savina, Anastasia | FRA | 2341 |
| 39 | IM | Melia, Salome | GEO | 2337 |
| 40 | IM | Kulon, Klaudia | POL | 2335 |
| 41 | FM | Schulze, Lara | GER | 2335 |
| 42 | IM | Houska, Jovanka | ENG | 2333 |
| 43 | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | UKR | 2331 |
| 44 | WGM | Radeva, Viktoria | BUL | 2325 |
| 45 | WGM | Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya | UKR | 2323 |
| 46 | WGM | Antolak, Julia | POL | 2309 |
| 47 | WIM | Sliwicka, Alicja | POL | 2309 |
| 48 | WGM | Babiy, Olga | UKR | 2303 |
| 49 | WGM | Heinemann, Josefine | GER | 2303 |
| 50 | WIM | Rudzinska, Michalina | POL | 2302 |
| 51 | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | UKR | 2301 |
| 52 | IM | Zimina, Olga | ITA | 2300 |
| 53 | FM | Peycheva, Gergana | BUL | 2295 |
| 54 | WIM | Benmesbah, Natacha | FRA | 2295 |
| 55 | WFM | Zherebtsova, Alexandra | MNE | 2290 |
| 56 | WIM | Terbe, Julianna | HUN | 2289 |
| 57 | WIM | Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta | UKR | 2288 |
| 58 | WGM | Klek, Hanna Marie | GER | 2287 |
| 59 | WIM | Urh, Zala | SLO | 2287 |
| 60 | WIM | Lach, Aleksandra | POL | 2283 |
| 61 | WGM | Papp, Sarah | GER | 2281 |
| 62 | WIM | Kubicka, Anna | POL | 2278 |
| 63 | WIM | Velikic, Adela | SRB | 2278 |
| 64 | WGM | Movsesian, Julia | CZE | 2274 |
| 65 | WGM | Berend, Elvira | LUX | 2270 |
| 66 | WGM | Sandu, Mihaela | ROU | 2270 |
| 67 | FM | Toncheva, Nadya | BUL | 2257 |
| 68 | WIM | Hryzlova, Sofiia | SUI | 2251 |
| 69 | WGM | Hakimifard, Ghazal | SUI | 2247 |
| 70 | WIM | Lehaci, Miruna-Daria | ROU | 2247 |
| 71 | WGM | Gajcin, Marina | SRB | 2241 |
| 72 | WFM | Starosta, Martyna | POL | 2230 |
| 73 | WFM | Prado Acebo, Ines | ESP | 2228 |
| 74 | WGM | Sieber, Fiona | GER | 2225 |
| 75 | WGM | Krasteva, Beloslava | BUL | 2220 |
| 76 | WGM | Dornbusch, Tatiana | MNC | 2218 |
| 77 | WIM | Mandura, Tijana | SRB | 2218 |
| 78 | WGM | Borosova, Zuzana | SVK | 2216 |
| 79 | WIM | Wikar, Martyna | POL | 2214 |
| 80 | WFM | Manko, Mariia | SUI | 2209 |
| 81 | WGM | Toma, Katarzyna | ENG | 2201 |
| 82 | WIM | Pavlidou, Ekaterini | GRE | 2201 |
| 83 | FM | Jarocka, Liwia | POL | 2200 |
| 84 | WFM | Polterauer, Chiara | AUT | 2194 |
| 85 | WIM | Gaboyan, Susanna | ARM | 2192 |
| 86 | WFM | Nilssen, Ellen Fredericia | DEN | 2192 |
| 87 | WFM | Skuhala, Barbara | SLO | 2188 |
| 88 | WIM | Terbe, Zsuzsanna | HUN | 2178 |
| 89 | WIM | Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela | ROU | 2175 |
| 90 | WIM | Ibrahimova, Sabina | AZE | 2175 |
| 91 | WFM | Levitan, Ronit | ISR | 2174 |
| 92 | WFM | Markantonaki, Haritomeni | GRE | 2167 |
| 93 | WFM | Orian, Noga | ISR | 2163 |
| 94 | WGM | Eric, Jovana | SRB | 2158 |
| 95 | WFM | Ivan-Gal, Hanna Krisztina | HUN | 2155 |
| 96 | WFM | Aydin, Gulenay | TUR | 2152 |
| 97 | WIM | Allahverdiyeva, Ayan | AZE | 2150 |
| 98 | WIM | Olde, Margareth | EST | 2145 |
| 99 | IM | Alexieva, Silvia | FRA | 2144 |
| 100 | WIM | Isgenderova, Hayale | TUR | 2143 |
| 101 | WFM | Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara | ESP | 2143 |
| 102 | WGM | Suleimanova, Ava | UKR | 2139 |
| 103 | FM | Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya | ENG | 2137 |
| 104 | WFM | Walter, Ema | SVK | 2129 |
| 105 | WFM | Koridze, Lile | GEO | 2121 |
| 106 | WFM | Dwilewicz, Katarzyna | POL | 2117 |
| 107 | WFM | Abrisqueta Zudaire, Leyre | ESP | 2115 |
| 108 | WFM | Hajiyeva, Laman | AZE | 2114 |
| 109 | WFM | Guillo Longares, Cecilia | ESP | 2096 |
| 110 | WFM | Kochavi, Dana | ISR | 2096 |
| 111 | WIM | Harmsen, Jessica | NED | 2094 |
| 112 | WFM | Mgeladze, Kesaria | GEO | 2094 |
| 113 | WFM | Pirvulescu, Ekaterina | ROU | 2091 |
| 114 | WCM | Sivanandan, Bodhana | ENG | 2088 |
| 115 | Abdinova, Narmin | AZE | 2085 | |
| 116 | WFM | Kakulidis, Ellen | DEN | 2069 |
| 117 | Tsirulnik, Maritsa | UKR | 2065 | |
| 118 | Tashkinova, Sofiia | ISR | 2064 | |
| 119 | WFM | Stojkovska, Monika | MKD | 2057 |
| 120 | WFM | Peglau, Charis | GER | 2054 |
| 121 | WFM | Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca | ESP | 2052 |
| 122 | Belluire, Beatrice | FRA | 2047 | |
| 123 | FM | Paasikangas, Johanna | FIN | 2046 |
| 124 | WIM | Zvereva, Marija | MNC | 2045 |
| 125 | WFM | Kirtadze, Anastasia | GEO | 2044 |
| 126 | WCM | Rzali, Sabina | AZE | 2039 |
| 127 | WCM | Piddubna, Bozhena | UKR | 2035 |
| 128 | Donghvani, Nia | GEO | 2028 | |
| 129 | WFM | Szente Varga, Fruzsina | HUN | 2025 |
| 130 | Valkova, Angelika | UKR | 2021 | |
| 131 | WFM | Hapala, Elisabeth | AUT | 2015 |
| 132 | Deak-Sala, Emilia | AUT | 2014 | |
| 133 | Bluebaum, Johanna | GER | 2010 | |
| 134 | WFM | Lomaia, Diana | GEO | 2005 |
| 135 | WIM | Makka, Ioulia | GRE | 1983 |
| 136 | Androni, Konstantina | GRE | 1980 | |
| 137 | WFM | Shuqja, Klean | ALB | 1977 |
| 138 | WCM | Silva, Mariana Sofia T. | POR | 1972 |
| 139 | Kordzadze, Nino | AUT | 1972 | |
| 140 | Mashchenko, Tamila | UKR | 1970 | |
| 141 | WCM | Tsetskhladze, Mariam | GEO | 1969 |
| 142 | Esadze, Tamari | GEO | 1965 | |
| 143 | WFM | Janiashvili, Mariami | GEO | 1964 |
| 144 | Federovski, Adi | ISR | 1962 | |
| 145 | Peglau, Dora | GER | 1960 | |
| 146 | Dakic, Marta | SRB | 1957 | |
| 147 | Kroliczek, Gabriela | POL | 1957 | |
| 148 | Stefan, Iulia-Cristiana | ROU | 1946 | |
| 149 | WFM | Stefanidi, Maria-Anna | GRE | 1944 |
| 150 | Follana Albelda, Lucia | ESP | 1936 | |
| 151 | WFM | Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira Da | POR | 1925 |
| 152 | Mihailidou, Magdalini | GRE | 1915 | |
| 153 | WCM | Gajcin, Jasmina | SRB | 1908 |
| 154 | WFM | Grapsa, Georgia | GRE | 1895 |
| 155 | Vardi, Shlomit | ISR | 1894 | |
| 156 | Vasylchuk, Diana | UKR | 1894 | |
| 157 | WFM | Karaivanova, Petya | BUL | 1890 |
| 158 | Alexandri, Dimitra | GRE | 1889 | |
| 159 | AFM | Golsta, Ramona | LAT | 1867 |
| 160 | Tuktamisova, Diana | MDA | 1864 | |
| 161 | Alexandri, Vasiliki | GRE | 1856 | |
| 162 | Kruchak, Lesia | UKR | 1843 | |
| 163 | Chasouraki, Chrysi | GRE | 1827 | |
| 164 | Aliu, Arlinda | KOS | 1821 | |
| 165 | Dereka, Konstantina | GRE | 1821 | |
| 166 | Sanchez Ruiz, Piedad Esmeralda | ESP | 1801 | |
| 167 | WCM | Kalayci, Nino | TUR | 1761 |
| 168 | Bassari, Senem Gul | TUR | 1689 | |
| 169 | WCM | Saraci, Ndriqona | KOS | 1660 |
| 170 | Revelioti, Eleni Nefeli | GRE | 1652 | |
| 171 | Engel, Ecrin Tuana | TUR | 1648 | |
| 172 | Popadyuk, Olga | UKR | 1633 | |
| 173 | Recica, Jona | KOS | 1621 | |
| 174 | Troumouchi, Katholiki | GRE | 1574 | |
| 175 | Torres Torres, Victoria | ESP | 1468 | |
| 176 | Korinioti, Myrto | GRE | 1457 | |
| 177 | Kaka, Rengina Tsampika | GRE | 0 | |
| 178 | Kastrouni, Eirini | GRE | 0 | |
| 179 | Lamprianou, Despoina | GRE | 0 | |
| 180 | Lamprianou, Marianna | GRE | 0 | |
| 181 | Malamousi, Evanthia | GRE | 0 | |
| 182 | Malamousi, Georgia | GRE | 0 | |
| 183 | Palazi, Galatia | GRE | 0 |
