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 |