Teodora Injac is the leader of European Women’s Chess Championship 2025

Eight rounds were played at the European Women’s Chess Championship 2025 and IM Teodora Injac made a spectacular comeback after the loss in the first round, taking the sole lead in the tournament. IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454) suffered a tough loss in the first round against WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) where she had a mate in two motive to win the game, but missed it and entered a lost rooks endgame. She has now won seven consecutive games to leap on the top and take the sole lead in the tournament with only three rounds to go!

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IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454) today scored against GM Bella Khotenashvili (GEO, 2418). Playing with black pieces, Injac equalized from the early stage in the opening, but then made a few inaccuracies that caused engine showing a slight edge for Khotenashvili. Teodora Injac then found a brilliant tactical motive and Khotenashvili miscalculated and accepted the sacrifice which brought her king into inescapable mating net. Injac chased white’s king all way to h5 square, forcing Bella Khotenashvili to resign.

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Playing on the second board, IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM, 2388) defeated WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) and the latter suffered the first loss in the tournament. Mkrtchian had a better position from the opening, and gradually improved the advantage to eventually win the game and join the race for the top.

IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU, 2362) defeated IM Sophie Milliet (FRA, 2371) with Black pieces after a very complex game. Bulmaga had a troublesome position after the opening, but Sophie Milliet misplayed it, allowing her opponent to take the edge. Irina Bulmaga found a nice motive of exchange sacrifice, getting two connected passed pawns in the center – that happened to be the match winners.

Scoring 6.5 points each, IM Irina Bulmaga and IM Lilit Mkrtchian follow the leader, trailing by half a point.

The 9th 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 the ECU YouTube channel. Photos by Jim Laga and ECU TV

European Women Individual Chess Championship round 8 results

1	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2418	0 – 1	6	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2454
2	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	2388	1 – 0	6	Kirtadze, Anastasia	GEO	2180
3	IM	Milliet, Sophie	FRA	2371	0 – 1	5½	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2362
4	GM	Danielian, Elina	ARM	2398	1/2-1/2	5	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2473
5	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2380	1/2-1/2	5	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2447
6	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2445	1/2-1/2	5	Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante	FRA	2389
7	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2429	1 – 0	5	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	ESP	2380
8	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2367	0 – 1	5	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2428
9	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	AZE	2342	1/2-1/2	4½	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2400
10	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2376	1 – 0	4½	Smietanska, Wiktoria	POL	2254
11	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia	GRE	2275	1 – 0	4½	Socko, Monika	POL	2369
12	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	POL	2360	1 – 0	4½	Jarocka, Liwia	POL	2231
13	IM	Savina, Anastasia	FRA	2331	1/2-1/2	4½	Urh, Zala	SLO	2244
14	IM	Unuk, Laura	SLO	2301	0 – 1	4½	Velikic, Adela	SRB	2214
15	WGM	Radeva, Viktoria	BUL	2297	1 – 0	4½	Rodshtein, Tereza	CZE	2171
16	WFM	Karacsonyi, Kata	HUN	2198	0 – 1	4½	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	UKR	2287
17	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2329	1 – 0	4½	Khachatryan, Anna	ARM	2091
18	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2401	1 – 0	4	Wikar, Martyna	POL	2239
19	WGM	Krasteva, Beloslava	BUL	2257	1 – 0	4	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2355
20	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	POL	2326	1/2-1/2	4	Schneider, Jana	GER	2251
21	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2306	1/2-1/2	4	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	MNE	2229
22	WGM	Gevorgyan, Maria	ARM	2234	1 – 0	4	Kochavi, Dana	ISR	2301
23	WIM	Gaboyan, Susanna	ARM	2200	1/2-1/2	4	Heinemann, Josefine	GER	2297
24	WIM	Ibrahimova, Sabina	AZE	2199	1/2-1/2	4	Yao, Lan	ENG	2294
25	IM	Zimina, Olga	ITA	2293	1/2-1/2	4	Sandu, Mihaela	ROU	2230
26	WIM	Terbe, Zsuzsanna	HUN	2179	– – +	4	Sieber, Fiona	GER	2276
27	WIM	Allahverdiyeva, Ayan	AZE	2266	0 – 1	4	Mgeladze, Kesaria	GEO	2200
28	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2349	1/2-1/2	4	Abdinova, Narmin	AZE	2165
29	WIM	Schloffer, Jasmin-Denise	AUT	2188	0 – 1	3½	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2440
30	WFM	Yildiz, Elif Zeren	TUR	2160	1/2-1/2	3½	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	2387
31	WIM	Pavlidou, Ekaterini	GRE	2160	0 – 1	3½	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2375
32	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2342	1/2-1/2	3½	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2145
33	IM	Brunello, Marina	ITA	2330	1 – 0	3½	Zaksaite, Salomeja	LTU	2137
34	WFM	Dicen, Elis Denele	ENG	2129	0 – 1	3½	Antolak, Julia	POL	2314
35	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	ARM	2282	1 – 0	3½	Nadzamova, Viktoria	SVK	2122
36	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	ESP	2230	1/2-1/2	3½	Cornileau, Juliette	FRA	2130
37	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	POL	2223	0 – 1	3½	Hapala, Elisabeth	AUT	2092
38	WGM	Khurtsilava, Inga	GEO	2214	1 – 0	3½	Zagorac, Lara	CRO	2106
39	WIM	Lehaci, Miruna-Daria	ROU	2212	1/2-1/2	3½	Tirpan, Ceren	TUR	1996
40	WGM	Eric, Jovana	SRB	2147	1 – 0	3½	Lach, Aleksandra	POL	2208
41	WGM	Mamedjarova, Turkan	AZE	2206	1 – 0	3½	Sivanandan, Bodhana	ENG	2073
42		Donghvani, Nia	GEO	2025	1 – 0	3½	Dwilewicz, Katarzyna	POL	2203
43	WFM	Ter-Avetisjana, Agnesa Stepania	LAT	2100	1 – 0	3½	Prado Acebo, Ines	ESP	2199
44	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2426	1/2-1/2	3	Grapsa, Georgia	GRE	2065
45	WIM	Vidic, Teja	SLO	2100	1 – 0	3	Bochnickova, Simona	SVK	2167
46	WGM	Chelushkina, Irina	SRB	2134	0 – 1	3	Korenova, Martina	CZE	2045
47	WFM	Shuqja, Klean	ALB	2049	0 – 1	3	Berke, Ana	CRO	2119
48		Nenova, Andzhelika	BUL	1903	0 – 1	3	Koridze, Lile	GEO	2115
49		Recica, Jona	KOS	1716	0 – 1	3	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	2112
50	WIM	Heinatz, Gundula	SUI	2111	0 – 1	3	Caku, Kler	ALB	2036
51	WCM	Tsetskhladze, Mariam	GEO	2105	0 – 1	3	Krkyasharyan, Sona	ARM	1989
52	WFM	Subramanian, Anusha	ENG	2026	0 – 1	2½	Paasikangas, Johanna	FIN	2106
53	WFM	Rida, Ruqayyah	ENG	2065	1 – 0	2½	Alexandri, Dimitra	GRE	1995
54	WFM	Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira Da	POR	1893	1/2-1/2	2½	Huseynova, Lala	AZE	2065
55	WCM	Acarbay, Algi	TUR	2052	1/2-1/2	2½	Golsta, Madara	LAT	1979
56		Chasouraki, Chrysi	GRE	1843	0 – 1	2½	Bochnickova, Andrea	SVK	2051
57		Mihaljevic, Eva	CRO	2039	1/2-1/2	2½	Golsta, Ramona	LAT	1943
58	WCM	Bhatia, Kanishka	SCO	2012	1 – 0	2½	Kosma, Maria	GRE	1826
59		Mitraka, Chrysoula-Paraskevi	SCO	1820	0 – 1	2	Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela	ROU	2136
60		Nahapetyan, Ani	ARM	1887	1 – 0	2	Zvereva, Marija	MNC	2033
61		Korinioti, Myrto	GRE	1667	0 – 1	2	Valkova, Angelika	UKR	2001
62		Kiousi, Panagiota	GRE	1998	0 – 1	2	Alexandri, Vasiliki	GRE	1927
63		Karadas, Hena	TUR	1931	1 – 0	2	Kalyva, Kyriaki	GRE	1885
64		Harutyunyan, Gabriela	ARM	1793	1 – 0	1½	Bania, Eleni	GRE	1809
65		Revelioti, Eleni Nefeli	GRE	1470	– – +	1½	Hariharan, Shambavi	ENG	2024
66		Kaka, Rengina Tsampika	GRE	1509	1/2-1/2	1½	Saraci, Ndriqona	KOS	1692
67		Lamprianou, Marianna	GRE	1498	1 – 0	1	Lamprianou, Despoina	GRE	0