Seven rounds have been already played at the European Women’s Chess Championship 2025 in Rhodes, Greece, and WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) and IM Teodora Injac tie for the top scoring 6/7 points each.
Today’s round was opened by ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili who addressed the players, while the delegate of the Israel Chess Federation Mr. Moshe Slav played the first ceremonial move on the top-board game between WFM Anastasia Kirtadze and IM Sophie Milliet to inaugurate the start of the round.
IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454) today defeated IM Mai Narva (EST, 2380) to join WFM Anastasia Kirtadze on the top. Injac had a slightly better position out of the opening, but the game was full of turnovers and inaccuracies on both sides. Mai Narva made a fatal mistake with 33…b4?? blundering a mate motive, and Teodora Injac used that to win the game in the next few moves.
WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) played on the top board with white pieces against IM Sophie Milliet (FRA, 2371). A very solid game that was in range of equality for most of the time finished in a draw after tense fights, with the threefold repetition in a drawn rooks endgame.
The leading duo is followed by four players who score 5.5/7 points each: GM Bella Khotenashvili (GEO, 2418), IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM, 2388), IM Sophie Milliet (FRA, 2371), and IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU, 2362).
The 8th round starts tomorrow at 14:00 CET (15:00 local time) and live games with commentaries by GM Alojzije Jankovic and Dragana Nikolovska can be followed through the ECU TV platform or ECU YouTube channel.
All results, rankings and pairings can be found here.
Detailed information can be found on the official website.
