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GM Monika Socko gained the twenty second European Women’s Chess Championship, held August 20-31, 2022 in Prague. The 44-year-old Polish grandmaster was the one participant to attain 8.5 out of 11 rounds in a subject of 123 gamers.
Socko, the seventh seed, completed half some extent forward of a gaggle of 5 gamers who scored eight factors. Silver and bronze went to 2 younger gamers from Azerbaijan: IM Gunay Mammadzada and WGM Ulviyya Fataliyeva, respectively.
Despite an early draw within the second spherical, Socko was in a tie for first place after spherical 4 and emerged as the only chief after spherical 5. She was briefly joined by Mammadzada in spherical seven, however then the Polish GM took sole lead once more and held on to it till the very finish, regardless of ending with three attracts.
An enormous sport for the event was the one the place Socko confronted 2021 European Women’s Champion GM Elina Danielian on the day earlier than the remainder day. The Armenian grandmaster slipped within the early middlegame:
Socko’s most fascinating sport was performed within the penultimate spherical towards the participant who would find yourself taking the silver medal. Mammadzada missed an enormous likelihood to take the lead as she had a profitable place for many of the sport.
Black’s king made fairly the journey, from e8 to b5, however solely after the time-trouble part, the place loopy issues occurred, may the monarch really feel protected there.
In the ultimate spherical, Socko agreed to a draw after simply eight strikes with IM Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia, who may have caught her on 8.5 factors with a win. Two others on 7.5 factors performed one another, and once more Mammadzada missed an opportunity there. She ended up having the higher Buchholz tiebreak, so a win would have made her champion. However, if anybody ought to have gained the sport, it was Black. By drawing, the Polish IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya did assist her compatriot to the title:
A complete of 123 gamers from 28 European federations participated, together with 13 gamers from Ukraine. Also, there have been six gamers from Bulgaria, together with former girls’s world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova, who participated beneath the ECU flag as a result of the Bulgarian Chess Federation remains to be beneath suspension from the European Chess Union on account of mismanagement. Stefanova and others are at the moment attempting to arrange a brand new chess federation of their nation.
Final Standings (Top 20)
| Rk. | SNo | Fed | Title | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | rtg+/- |
| 1 | 7 | GM | Socko, Monika | 2423 | 8.5 | 0 | 68.5 | 73 | 18.6 | |
| 2 | 5 | IM | Mammadzada, Gunay | 2466 | 8 | 0 | 71 | 75.5 | 9.6 | |
| 3 | 9 | WGM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | 2413 | 8 | 0 | 69.5 | 74.5 | 13.5 | |
| 4 | 24 | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2362 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 72 | 16.9 | |
| 5 | 25 | IM | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | 2360 | 8 | 0 | 65.5 | 70 | 19.9 | |
| 6 | 13 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | 2403 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 59.5 | -0.4 | |
| 7 | 8 | GM | Ushenina, Anna | 2423 | 7.5 | 0 | 69.5 | 74.5 | 7.6 | |
| 8 | 21 | IM | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 2378 | 7.5 | 0 | 64 | 69 | 5.5 | |
| 9 | 28 | IM | Brunello, Marina | 2341 | 7.5 | 0 | 62.5 | 67 | 16.5 | |
| 10 | 12 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | 2404 | 7.5 | 0 | 61.5 | 66.5 | 1.2 | |
| 11 | 15 | WGM | Injac, Teodora | 2389 | 7.5 | 0 | 61.5 | 65.5 | -0.5 | |
| 12 | 2 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | 2476 | 7.5 | 0 | 60 | 64 | -11.2 | |
| 13 | 33 | Roebers, Eline | 2324 | 7.5 | 0 | 59.5 | 64 | 16.4 | ||
| 14 | 6 | GM | Danielian, Elina | 2441 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 79 | 4.9 | |
| 15 | 20 | IM | Mammadova, Gulnar | 2380 | 7 | 0 | 69 | 74.5 | 7.1 | |
| 16 | 1 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | 2531 | 7 | 0 | 69 | 74 | -10.1 | |
| 17 | 30 | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | 2339 | 7 | 0 | 66.5 | 70 | 8.8 | |
| 18 | 11 | WGM | Narva, Mai | 2405 | 7 | 0 | 65.5 | 71 | -2.1 | |
| 19 | 31 | WGM | Beydullayeva, Govhar | 2339 | 7 | 0 | 62.5 | 67.5 | 10 | |
| 20 | 27 | WGM | Balajayeva, Khanim | 2344 | 7 | 0 | 60 | 64 | 4.6 |
(Full last standings right here.)
On the remainder day, there was a Women in Chess convention the place, amongst others, Danielian, Lilli Hahn, IM Eva Repkova, and IM Laura Unuk introduced their chess life and their experiences within the chess group. Topics on the convention included girls within the position of coaches or arbiters, tips on how to entice ladies to chess, and the scientific view of the gender hole in chess.
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