European Women Chess Championship 2022

European Women Chess Championship 2022 takes place on August 19th – September 1st, 2022 in the Don Giovanni hotel Prague (Czech Republic). 125 players from 27 European federations registered for the event. There are 107 titled players, with 7 Grandmasters, 21 International masters, 23 Women Grandmasters, 28 Women International masters and a total of 108 titled players. The top seeded players are Nana Dzagnidze, Lela Javakhishvili, Antoaneta Stefanova, Nino Batsiashvili, Gunay Mammadzada, Elina Danielian, Monika Socko, Anna Ushenina, Ulviyya Fataliyeva, Jolanta Zawadzka, Mai Narva, Nurgyul Salimova, Irina Bulmaga, Sophie Milliet, Teodora Injac, Stavroula Tsolakidou. Scroll down for the full participants list. Live games from the EIWCC 2022

The event will be played in 11 rounds, Swiss system, with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from /move one. The 2022 European Individual Women Chess Championship is a qualification event for the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2023. According to the FIDE regulations and the ECU Board decision, 9 players will qualify. Total Prize fund of the event is 60,000 euros with 10,000 reserved for the Winner of the event.

Chief Arbiter of the event is IA Jirina Prokopova, deputy Chief Arbiters – IA Thomas Strobl, IA Jan Sikora, and the members of the Appeal Committee – Geert Bailleul, Petr Pisk, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou.

European Women Chess 2022 participants list