Six rounds have been played at the European Women’s Chess Championship 2025, and 16-year-old WFM Anastasia Kirtadze stunned again, taking the sole lead in the tournament with impressive score of 5.5/6 points.
The 77th seed in the tournament, WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) today scored against IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (POL, 2376). Having black pieces, Kirtadze quickly equalized and gained a pawn up, although, Maltsevskaya had a compensation and the position was in range of equality. Both players were in a time trouble already at the 30th move, but Kirtadze had a more practical position with a pawn up. Finally, the Polish representative made a mistake by trading Rooks, and entered a lost Bishop vs Knight endgame with a pawn down, and Anastasia Kirtadze was precise to pull off a victory.
With a score of 5.5/6 points, Anastasia Kirtadze earns 165 ELO points, and performs in the tournament with outstanding 2795 performance. More importantly, she heads to tomorrow’s free day as the sole leader of the event.
Four players score 5/6 points each to closely follow the leader: IM Mai Narva (EST, 2380), GM Bella Khotenashvili (GEO, 2418), IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454) and IM Sophie Milliet (FRA, 2371).
GM Bella Khotenashvili and IM Mai Narva today drew against each-other in a direct encounter. After the game, Bella Khotenashvili joined us in the studio analyzing her games from the tournament. IM Teodora Injac scored her fifth consecutive win after a tough loss in the first round. She defeated IM Eline Roebers (NED, 2367) after a thrilling and very complex game. IM Sophie Milliet was victorious against GM Monika Socko (POL, 2369) after showing a great technique in the Rooks endgame.
The players will have a well-deserved free day tomorrow, and the games continue on Monday, 7th of April, at 14:00 CET (15:00 local time).
All results, rankings and pairings can be found here.
Detailed information can be found on the Official website.
Photos by Jim Laga and ECUTV