Teodora Injac shines at the European Women Individual Chess Championship [Final report]

Teodora Injac stunned pundits at the European Women Individual Chess Championship 2025 – starting with a missed mate in 2 and loss in the first round, she continued to 9 consecutive victories and clinching the title a round before the end. Teodora Injac’s gold is the first ever European Women Individual title for Serbia Updated list of European Women Chess Champions

Teodora Injac finished with 9,5/11, added 18,7 ELO points to her rating with performance of 2592. She finished 1,5 points ahead of silver medalist Irina Bulmaga and bronze medalist Mai Narva. However, Injac met only two GM opponents, Natalia Zhukova and Bella Khotenashvili, and thus could not complete a norm.

European Women's Chess Championship 2025 concluded yesterday in Rhodes, Greece. #ewcc2025

The Closing ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening in the playing venue with the attendance of the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, ECU Secretary General Mr.… pic.twitter.com/9PNBWI0gYf

— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) April 12, 2025

New European champion! Teodora Injac from Serbia ! She made an epic comeback and after she lost first game, won next 9 in a row!!! Amazing result & amazing life accomplishment! She fully deserved it – for her attitude, commitment and mental strength, congratulations! pic.twitter.com/hgSQuxec1K

— Miodrag Perunovic (@TheButcherChess) April 11, 2025

The success of Teodora Injac underlines an amazing generation of Serbian chess players. Last year the European Individual Champion in the open section was also from Serbia, as Aleksandar Indjic won EICC 2024. Before Injic and Injac, Serbia did not have individual gold medals on the European scene.

Photo edit by OnTheQueenside, modification of an original image by US Open. Asked where is the men champion Indjic, OnTheQueenside says, “He does not fit! He is too tall!”

The success of Teodora Injac, round by round

Round 1: Anastasia Kirtadze vs. Teodora Injac – 1-0 (round report)

Round 2: Teodora Injac vs. Ana Silva – 1-0 (round report)

Round 3: Bozhena Piddubna vs. Teodora Injac – 0-1 (round report)

Round 4: Teodora Injac vs. Polina Shuvalova – 1-0 (round report)

Round 5: Natalia Zhukova vs. Teodora Injac – 0-1 (round report)

Round 6: Teodora Injac vs. Eline Roebers – 1-0 (round report)

Round 7: Mai Narva vs. Teodora Injac – 0-1 (round report)

Round 8: Teodora Injac vs. Bella Khotenashvili – 1-0 (round report)

Round 9: Lilit Mkrtchian vs. Teodora Injac – 0-1 (round report)

Round 10: Teodora Injac vs. Irina Bulmaga – 1-0 (round report)

Round 11: Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs. Teodora Injac – ½-½ (round report)

: via Teodora Injac#chess #womeninchess https://t.co/8te92Xntkh pic.twitter.com/9z9KpTx88Z

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More about Teodora Injac

Teodora Injac is a Serbian chess player born on May 26, 2000, in Belgrade. She holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She made history as the youngest winner of the Women’s Serbian Chess Championship, claiming the title in 2018 at age 17, and successfully defended it in 2019 and 2020. She has represented Serbia in multiple international competitions, including four European Team Chess Championships (2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023), where she earned a gold medal for the best performance on the first board in 2023, achieving her first Grandmaster (GM) norm. She also won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Youth Chess Championship in Greece.

Great Serbian Champions! #chess #womeninchess https://t.co/8te92Xntkh pic.twitter.com/gmOwoBoque

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European Women Individual Chess 2025 final standings

1	IM	Injac, Teodora		SRB	2454	9.5
2	IM	Bulmaga, Irina		ROU	2362	8
3	IM	Narva, Mai		EST	2380	8
4	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra		POL	2376	8
5	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula		GRE	2445	7.5
6	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela		GEO	2429	7.5
7	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino		GEO	2473	7.5
8	GM	Ushenina, Anna		UKR	2428	7.5
9	IM	Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante		FRA	2389	7.5
10	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar		AZE	2342	7.5
11	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit		ARM	2388	7.5
12	IM	Milliet, Sophie		FRA	2371	7.5
13	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia		POL	2360	7.5
14	IM	Kulon, Klaudia		POL	2401	7.5
15	WIM	Urh, Zala		SLO	2244	7
16	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella		GEO	2418	7
17	IM	Arabidze, Meri		GEO	2447	7
18	GM	Danielian, Elina		ARM	2398	7
19	WGM	Krasteva, Beloslava		BUL	2257	7
20	IM	Savina, Anastasia		FRA	2331	7
21	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina		ESP	2380	7
22	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta		POL	2326	7
23	GM	Zhukova, Natalia		UKR	2306	7
24	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya		AZE	2387	7
25	WGM	Yao, Lan		ENG	2294	7
26	WFM	Kirtadze, Anastasia		GEO	2180	6.5
27	IM	Roebers, Eline		NED	2367	6.5
28	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar		AZE	2400	6.5
29	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya		BUL	2329	6.5
30	GM	Socko, Monika		POL	2369	6.5
31	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam		ARM	2282	6.5
32	WFM	Khachatryan, Anna		ARM	2091	6.5
33	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia		GRE	2275	6.5
34	WGM	Radeva, Viktoria		BUL	2297	6.5
35	WGM	Schneider, Jana		GER	2251	6.5
36	WIM	Velikic, Adela		SRB	2214	6.5
37	WFM	Ter-Avetisjana, Agnesa Stepania		LAT	2100	6.5
38	WIM	Gaboyan, Susanna		ARM	2200	6.5
39	IM	Brunello, Marina		ITA	2330	6.5
40	WGM	Mamedjarova, Turkan		AZE	2206	6.5
41	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja		POL	2342	6.5
42	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina		POL	2223	6.5
43	WGM	Rodshtein, Tereza		CZE	2171	6
44	IM	Unuk, Laura		SLO	2301	6
45	WGM	Antolak, Julia		POL	2314	6
46	WFM	Dwilewicz, Katarzyna		POL	2203	6
47	WFM	Karacsonyi, Kata		HUN	2198	6
48	WGM	Doluhanova, Evgeniya		UKR	2287	6
49	WIM	Wikar, Martyna		POL	2239	6
50	FM	Kochavi, Dana		ISR	2301	6
51	IM	Guichard, Pauline		FRA	2355	6
52	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica		ESP	2230	6
53	WIM	Allahverdiyeva, Ayan		AZE	2266	6
54	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina		TUR	2375	6
55	WIM	Pavlidou, Ekaterini		GRE	2160	6
56		Donghvani, Nia		GEO	2025	6
57	WGM	Khurtsilava, Inga		GEO	2214	6
58	FM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra		MNE	2229	5.5
59	FM	Jarocka, Liwia		POL	2231	5.5
60	WGM	Sieber, Fiona		GER	2276	5.5
61	CM	Smietanska, Wiktoria		POL	2254	5.5
62		Abdinova, Narmin		AZE	2165	5.5
63	WFM	Piddubna, Bozhena		UKR	2145	5.5
64	IM	Wagner, Dinara		GER	2440	5.5
65	WGM	Sandu, Mihaela		ROU	2230	5.5
66	WIM	Vidic, Teja		SLO	2100	5.5
67	WGM	Eric, Jovana		SRB	2147	5.5
68	WFM	Rida, Ruqayyah		ENG	2065	5.5
69	WFM	Nadzamova, Viktoria		SVK	2122	5.5
70	WIM	Lehaci, Miruna-Daria		ROU	2212	5.5
71	WIM	Berke, Ana		CRO	2119	5.5
72	WFM	Dicen, Elis Denele		ENG	2129	5.5
73	WFM	Prado Acebo, Ines		ESP	2199	5.5
74	WFM	Bochnickova, Simona		SVK	2167	5.5
75	WFM	Koridze, Lile		GEO	2115	5.5
76	WGM	Gevorgyan, Maria		ARM	2234	5
77	WIM	Hapala, Elisabeth		AUT	2092	5
78	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine		GER	2297	5
79	WFM	Mgeladze, Kesaria		GEO	2200	5
80	WFM	Yildiz, Elif Zeren		TUR	2160	5
81	IM	Zimina, Olga		ITA	2293	5
82	WIM	Ibrahimova, Sabina		AZE	2199	5
83	IM	Gaponenko, Inna		UKR	2349	5
84	WIM	Korenova, Martina		CZE	2045	5
85	WGM	Chelushkina, Irina		SRB	2134	5
86	WFM	Cornileau, Juliette		FRA	2130	5
87	WFM	Sivanandan, Bodhana		ENG	2073	5
88		Krkyasharyan, Sona		ARM	1989	5
89	WIM	Schloffer, Jasmin-Denise		AUT	2188	5
90	WCM	Huseynova, Lala		AZE	2065	5
91	WFM	Shuqja, Klean		ALB	2049	5
92	WGM	Zaksaite, Salomeja		LTU	2137	5
93		Nenova, Andzhelika		BUL	1903	5
94	AFM	Golsta, Ramona		LAT	1943	5
95	WIM	Terbe, Zsuzsanna		HUN	2179	5
96		Alexandri, Vasiliki		GRE	1927	5
97	WFM	Subramanian, Anusha		ENG	2026	5
98	WCM	Acarbay, Algi		TUR	2052	5
99		Kalyva, Kyriaki		GRE	1885	5
100	WFM	Tirpan, Ceren		TUR	1996	4.5
101	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia		AUT	2112	4.5
102	WCM	Zagorac, Lara		CRO	2106	4.5
103	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna		FIN	2106	4.5
104	WCM	Tsetskhladze, Mariam		GEO	2105	4.5
105	WFM	Grapsa, Georgia		GRE	2065	4.5
106	WIM	Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela		ROU	2136	4.5
107	WFM	Caku, Kler		ALB	2036	4.5
108		Alexandri, Dimitra		GRE	1995	4.5
109	WFM	Bochnickova, Andrea		SVK	2051	4
110		Golsta, Madara		LAT	1979	4
111		Mihaljevic, Eva		CRO	2039	4
112	WCM	Bhatia, Kanishka		SCO	2012	4
113	WIM	Heinatz, Gundula		SUI	2111	4
114		Kiousi, Panagiota		GRE	1998	4
115	WFM	Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira Da		POR	1893	4
116		Nahapetyan, Ani		ARM	1887	4
117		Valkova, Angelika		UKR	2001	4
118	WCM	Hariharan, Shambavi		ENG	2024	4
119		Karadas, Hena		TUR	1931	4
120	WIM	Zvereva, Marija		MNC	2033	4
121		Harutyunyan, Gabriela		ARM	1793	4
122		Chasouraki, Chrysi		GRE	1843	4
123		Kosma, Maria		GRE	1826	3.5
124	WIM	Lach, Aleksandra		POL	2208	3.5
125	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta		BUL	2426	3.5
126		Recica, Jona		KOS	1716	3.5
127		Bania, Eleni		GRE	1809	3.5
128		Mitraka, Chrysoula-Paraskevi		SCO	1820	3
129		Lamprianou, Marianna		GRE	1498	3
130		Korinioti, Myrto		GRE	1667	3
131	WCM	Saraci, Ndriqona		KOS	1692	3
132	WIM	Schippke, Manon		FRA	2247	2.5
133		Kaka, Rengina Tsampika		GRE	1509	2
134		Lamprianou, Despoina		GRE	0	2
135		Revelioti, Eleni Nefeli		GRE	1470	1
136	WFM	Szente Varga, Fruzsina		HUN	2083	0.5