The 27th European Individual Women’s Championship runs from 24 May to 6 June at the Hilton Batumi. Eleven rounds of classical Swiss, ~130 players from across the European Chess Union’s federations, and the upper-tier finishers qualify for the next FIDE Women’s World Cup. The tournament is in its third Georgian hosting in eight years — Batumi has become the de-facto preferred ECU venue for women’s championship events.
Format and stakes
Swiss pairing across 11 rounds, classical time control (90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest + 30-second increment from move one). The top 8 finishers qualify for the FIDE Women’s World Cup; further spots distribute to the Women’s Grand Prix series. Prize fund is €80,000 across the top placements and rating bands.
The Batumi edition
The event opened on 24 May with a strong field including several recent Women’s Candidates participants and the top of the European women’s ratings. Live coverage runs on the official ECU broadcast and chess-results.com. The full standings, pairings, and round-by-round live evaluations are available at the tournament page on the European Chess Union website linked above. We will update this entry with the final standings once the event concludes on 6 June.