European Women’s Rapid Chess Championship 2026 LIVE

The European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship 2026 will take place from January 10 to January 11 in Monaco. It is an 11-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 15 min + 10 sec/move. For more events from Monaco, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are Alexandra Kosteniuk (2436), Nino Batsiashvili (2396), Antoaneta Stefanova (2391), Anna Ushenina (2377), Bella Khotenashvili (2362), Meri Arabidze (2362), Eline Roebers (2358), Deimante Daulyte-Cornette (2354), Pia Cramling (2350), Irina Bulmaga (2347), Ekaterina Atalik (2343), Mai Narva (2334), Yuliia Osmak (2330), Lela Javakhishvili (2328), Alicja Sliwicka (2326), Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (2299), Olga Zimina (2297), Oliwia Kiolbasa (2296), Harriet V Hunt (2295), Inna Gaponenko (2294). Scroll down for the full particiipants list.

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European Women’s Rapid Chess Championship 2026 Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2436
2	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2396
3	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2391
4	GM	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2377
5	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2362
6	IM	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2362
7	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2358
8	IM	Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante	FRA	2354
9	GM	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2350
10	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2347
11	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2343
12	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2334
13	IM	Osmak, Yuliia	UKR	2330
14	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2328
15	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2326
16	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2299
17	IM	Zimina, Olga	ITA	2297
18	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	POL	2296
19	IM	Hunt, Harriet V	ENG	2295
20	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2294
21	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2294
22	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2292
23	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2287
24	IM	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	ESP	2285
25	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	ESP	2280
26	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2274
27	IM	Unuk, Laura	SLO	2264
28	WIM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2258
29	WGM	Berend, Elvira	LUX	2251
30	WFM	Caku, Kler	ALB	2251
31	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	POL	2245
32	WGM	Borosova, Zuzana	SVK	2235
33	IM	Badelka, Olga	AUT	2234
34	IM	Buksa, Nataliya	UKR	2233
35	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2230
36	WGM	Papp, Petra	HUN	2225
37	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2224
38	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia	GRE	2223
39	IM	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	HUN	2221
40	WGM	Hejazipour, Mitra	FRA	2221
41	FM	Schulze, Lara	GER	2216
42	WGM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	UKR	2214
43	WGM	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	GEO	2211
44	WGM	Antolak, Julia	POL	2210
45	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	FRA	2194
46	WIM	Manko, Mariia	SUI	2189
47	WIM	Bensdorp-De Labaca, Marlies	NED	2188
48	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2182
49	IM	Gaal, Zsoka	HUN	2181
50	WIM	Lach, Aleksandra	POL	2175
51	WGM	Dornbusch, Tatiana	MNC	2172
52	WIM	Kirtadze, Anastasia	GEO	2167
53	IM	Gvetadze, Sofio	GEO	2160
54	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	ESP	2154
55	WFM	Choisy, Mathilde	FRA	2134
56	WIM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	GEO	2133
57	FM	Jarocka, Liwia	POL	2132
58	FM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	MNE	2128
59	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	POL	2125
60	WGM	Chernyak, Viktoria	ISR	2114
61	WGM	Malicka, Maria	POL	2107
62		Bosc, Seraphina	FRA	2107
63	WFM	Rojickova, Monika	SVK	2102
64	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	FIN	2092
65	WFM	Sevcikova, Lucia	SVK	2090
66	WGM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	LTU	2081
67	WFM	Simkunaite, Gabija	LTU	2076
68	WFM	Cornileau, Juliette	FRA	2071
69	WFM	Dwilewicz, Katarzyna	POL	2060
70	WIM	Sivanandan, Bodhana	ENG	2056
71	WCM	Czarnecka, Lidia	POL	2054
72	WFM	Djidjeli, Sarah	FRA	2050
73	WIM	De Seroux, Camille	SUI	2048
74	WFM	Blanquet, Camille	FRA	2040
75	WFM	Alfano, Emilie	FRA	2034
76		Mickunaite, Agne	LTU	2030
77	WFM	Galvan Cipriani, Viviana	ESP	2026
78	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	2010
79	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca	ESP	2006
80	WFM	Cramling Bellon, Anna	SWE	1987
81		Bellahcene, Sofia	FRA	1982
82	WCM	Ince, Safiye Oyku	MNC	1975
83		Drakaki, Anna-Maria	GRE	1974
84	WFM	Bellaiche, Elise	FRA	1973
85	WFM	Uta, Adeline-Ramona	ROU	1970
86		Follana Albelda, Lucia	ESP	1966
87	WFM	Guillo Longares, Cecilia	ESP	1964
88	WFM	Dylag, Emilia	POL	1963
89	WFM	Stangl, Anita Dr.	GER	1955
90	WIM	Zvereva, Marija	MNC	1953
91		Sterpu, Constanta-Andreea	ROU	1953
92	WIM	Zapata Campos, Lidia Karen	ESP	1944
93	WFM	Zabrzanska, Weronika	POL	1939
94		Lordier, Sophia	FRA	1939
95		Dizdarevic, Barbara	SRB	1930
96		Maret, Anna	FRA	1921
97		Goi, Veronika	ITA	1916
98		Bacrot, Nathalie	FRA	1906
99		Salvador, Lucie	FRA	1905
100		Soares, Sara	POR	1894
101		Prochaieva, Tina	UKR	1889
102	WIM	Krasenkowa, Elena	POL	1884
103		Prochaieva, Alina	UKR	1863
104		Milojevic-Daim, Lola-Shaina	FRA	1861
105		Wang, Yi Xuan	FRA	1858
106		Mikulinaite, Meta	LTU	1849
107		Sliwicka, Weronika	POL	1848
108	WIM	Regan, Natasha K	ENG	1847
109		Delmouly, Manon	FRA	1835
110		Herreman-Boutot, Louise	FRA	1830
111		Bogomolnikova, Zlata	LTU	1812
112	WCM	Jose De Ribbegren, Kenia	MNC	1810
113	WIM	Dubois, Martine	MNC	1805
114		Zonyte, Aukse	LTU	1800
115		Prochaieva, Yelyzaveta	UKR	1793
116	WCM	Berezovsky, Fiorina	MNC	1785
117		Savickiene, Virginija	LTU	1782
118		Rudzinskaite, Ula	LTU	1772
119	WCM	Berezovska, Svetlana	MNC	1764
120		Janaszak, Amelia	POL	1759
121		Pinyol I Llora, Julia	ESP	1752
122	WCM	Duchatel, Cyrielle	FRA	1743
123		Solomon, Eleonora	ITA	1743
124		Bellahcene, Jenna	FRA	1735
125	WCM	Berezovskii, Arina	ISR	1727
126		Waszkowska, Karolina	POL	1689
127	WIM	Lebel-Arias, Julia	MNC	1688
128		De Labaca, Julia	FRA	1649
129		Prochaieva, Olha	UKR	1648
130		Pryimak, Natalya	UKR	1595
131		Cadilhac-Seffino, Lea	FRA	1594
132		Garivier, Jeanne	FRA	1593
133		Lopneva, Christina	FRA	1593
134		Gurevich, Michele	FRA	1571
135		Lea, Melissa	MNC	1564
136		Lottiau, Leana	FRA	1541
137		Baka, Ioanna Aspasia	GRE	1536
138		Lytvynenko, Sofi	GER	1507
139		Golubeva, Alina	MNC	1479
140		Ribbegren, Kimberly	MNC	1469
141		Caku, Mia	ALB	0
142		Ruan, Melodie	MNC	0