European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship 2026 LIVE

The European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship 2026 will take place on January 09 in Monaco. It is a 13-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 3 min + 2 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 Eline Roebers (2413), Alexandra Kosteniuk (2401), Antoaneta Stefanova (2384), Mai Narva (2375), Meri Arabidze (2357), Anna Ushenina (2351), Ann Matnadze Bujiashvili (2348), Teodora Injac (2344), Bodhana Sivanandan (2332), Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (2315), Klaudia Kulon (2306), Petra Papp (2305), Nataliya Buksa (2301), Yuliia Osmak (2297), Laura Unuk (2295), Elvira Berend (2290), Lela Javakhishvili (2286), Bella Khotenashvili (2285), Irina Bulmaga (2283), Deimante Daulyte-Cornette (2260). Scroll down for the full participants list.

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European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship 2026 Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2413
2	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2401
3	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2384
4	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2375
5	IM	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2357
6	GM	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2351
7	IM	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	ESP	2348
8	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2344
9	WIM	Sivanandan, Bodhana	ENG	2332
10	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2315
11	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2306
12	WGM	Papp, Petra	HUN	2305
13	IM	Buksa, Nataliya	UKR	2301
14	IM	Osmak, Yuliia	UKR	2297
15	IM	Unuk, Laura	SLO	2295
16	WGM	Berend, Elvira	LUX	2290
17	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2286
18	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2285
19	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2283
20	IM	Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante	FRA	2260
21	GM	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2256
22	IM	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	HUN	2256
23	WIM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2256
24	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	ESP	2251
25	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2246
26	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2245
27	IM	Hunt, Harriet V	ENG	2235
28	WGM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	UKR	2235
29	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia	GRE	2234
30	IM	Badelka, Olga	AUT	2232
31	IM	Gaal, Zsoka	HUN	2230
32	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2226
33	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2216
34	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	POL	2208
35	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2208
36	WGM	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	GEO	2207
37	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2206
38	WGM	Hejazipour, Mitra	FRA	2191
39	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2181
40	WGM	Antolak, Julia	POL	2179
41	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2177
42	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	POL	2174
43	WGM	Borosova, Zuzana	SVK	2165
44	FM	Jarocka, Liwia	POL	2164
45	IM	Zimina, Olga	ITA	2162
46	WIM	Kirtadze, Anastasia	GEO	2152
47	IM	Gvetadze, Sofio	GEO	2151
48	WFM	Dwilewicz, Katarzyna	POL	2144
49	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2135
50	WIM	Lach, Aleksandra	POL	2111
51	WGM	Chernyak, Viktoria	ISR	2102
52	WIM	De Seroux, Camille	SUI	2102
53	FM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	MNE	2101
54	FM	Schulze, Lara	GER	2099
55	WGM	Dornbusch, Tatiana	MNC	2098
56	WGM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	LTU	2096
57	WFM	Choisy, Mathilde	FRA	2096
58	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	FRA	2093
59	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	ESP	2081
60	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	POL	2077
61	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	FIN	2075
62	WFM	Simkunaite, Gabija	LTU	2064
63	WFM	Caku, Kler	ALB	2059
64	WIM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	GEO	2041
65	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca	ESP	2025
66	WCM	Czarnecka, Lidia	POL	2021
67	WFM	Djidjeli, Sarah	FRA	2019
68	WCM	Ince, Safiye Oyku	MNC	2018
69	WFM	Rojickova, Monika	SVK	2016
70	WIM	Manko, Mariia	SUI	2014
71	WFM	Cramling Bellon, Anna	SWE	2012
72		Bosc, Seraphina	FRA	1982
73		Mickunaite, Agne	LTU	1981
74	WFM	Uta, Adeline-Ramona	ROU	1973
75	WFM	Sevcikova, Lucia	SVK	1971
76	WFM	Bellaiche, Elise	FRA	1968
77		Prochaieva, Alina	UKR	1968
78	WFM	Galvan Cipriani, Viviana	ESP	1967
79	WFM	Guillo Longares, Cecilia	ESP	1964
80		Bacrot, Nathalie	FRA	1962
81	WFM	Stangl, Anita Dr.	GER	1959
82	WIM	Zapata Campos, Lidia Karen	ESP	1958
83		Follana Albelda, Lucia	ESP	1953
84		Drakaki, Anna-Maria	GRE	1952
85	WIM	Zvereva, Marija	MNC	1948
86	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	1948
87		Salvador, Lucie	FRA	1948
88		Dizdarevic, Barbara	SRB	1930
89		Pinyol I Llora, Julia	ESP	1930
90	WFM	Dylag, Emilia	POL	1927
91		Bellahcene, Sofia	FRA	1925
92	WFM	Cornileau, Juliette	FRA	1924
93	WIM	Krasenkowa, Elena	POL	1896
94	WFM	Alfano, Emilie	FRA	1883
95		Lordier, Sophia	FRA	1882
96		Delmouly, Manon	FRA	1875
97		Bellahcene, Jenna	FRA	1869
98	WIM	Regan, Natasha K	ENG	1865
99		Prochaieva, Tina	UKR	1839
100		Milojevic-Daim, Lola-Shaina	FRA	1830
101	WFM	Zabrzanska, Weronika	POL	1829
102	WCM	Berezovska, Svetlana	MNC	1826
103	WCM	Berezovskii, Arina	ISR	1826
104	WIM	Dubois, Martine	MNC	1814
105	WCM	Berezovsky, Fiorina	MNC	1790
106		Sliwicka, Weronika	POL	1778
107	WCM	Duchatel, Cyrielle	FRA	1772
108		Bogomolnikova, Zlata	LTU	1772
109		Maret, Anna	FRA	1766
110		Soares, Sara	POR	1760
111		Pryimak, Natalya	UKR	1758
112		Prochaieva, Yelyzaveta	UKR	1750
113	WIM	Lebel-Arias, Julia	MNC	1729
114		Mikulinaite, Meta	LTU	1729
115		Zonyte, Aukse	LTU	1707
116		Prochaieva, Olha	UKR	1690
117		Rudzinskaite, Ula	LTU	1688
118		Janaszak, Amelia	POL	1667
119		Savickiene, Virginija	LTU	1635
120		Lytvynenko, Sofi	GER	1629
121		Golubeva, Alina	MNC	1555
122		Lottiau, Leana	FRA	1548
123		Cadilhac-Seffino, Lea	FRA	1534
124		Albaladejo, Sylviane	FRA	1501
125		Lea, Melissa	MNC	1485
126		Baka, Ioanna Aspasia	GRE	1476
127		Lopneva, Christina	FRA	1462