Teodora Injac with eight consecutive victory in Rhodes

With only two rounds left of the European Women Individual Championship 2025, IM Teodora Injac continues her stampede, scoring an eight consecutive win. IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454) kept the sole lead in the event after defeating IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM, 2388) in today’s 9th round. The wins of Teodora Injac could have been a a perfect 9 out of 9, but in a bizarre game in round 1 she missed a mate in two

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Today’s round was opened by the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparasvhili who played the first ceremonial move on the top board game between IM Teodora Injac and IM Lilit Mkrtchian.

IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454) kept the sole lead in the event after defeating IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM, 2388) in today’s 9th round. The position was very balanced out of the opening, but Lilit Mrktchian had a passive approach and allowed her opponent to take the edge and valuable space advantage. Teodora Injac transformed the advantage into a pawn up, activated her pieces, locked Mkrtchian into defensive mode and forced her on resignation.

IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU, 2362) was victorious with whites against WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) who suffered her second loss in a row after a fantastic start at the European Women’s Chess Championship 2025. As in most of her games in the event, Bulmaga had some issues in the opening and slightly worse position, but then took the initiative and used her opponent’s mistakes to gain the advantage in the late middlegame. A few moves before the time control were inaccurate by both sides, but Irina Bulmaga played it better for a decisive advantage which was further improved and converted into a win after Kirtadze’s piece blunder.

Scoring 7.5 points, Irina Bulmaga closely follows the leader, and there is a full point gap between her and a group of seven players who tie for the third place with the score of 6.5 points (each).

The 10th penultimate round of the European Women’s Chess Championship 2025 brings interesting pairings, and a direct encounter for the top between IM Irina Bulmaga and IM Teodora Injac.

The 10th 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. Photos by Mark Livshitz, Jim Laga and ECU TV

EIWCC 2025 round 9 results

1	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2454	1 – 0	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	2388
2	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2362	1 – 0	WFM	Kirtadze, Anastasia	GEO	2180
3	GM	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2428	½ – ½	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2429
4	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2473	0 – 1	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2376
5	IM	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2447	½ – ½	IM	Milliet, Sophie	FRA	2371
6	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	POL	2360	½ – ½	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2445
7	WGM	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	UKR	2287	½ – ½	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2418
8	WIM	Velikic, Adela	SRB	2214	0 – 1	GM	Danielian, Elina	ARM	2398
9	IM	Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante	FRA	2389	1 – 0	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	AZE	2342
10	WGM	Radeva, Viktoria	BUL	2297	0 – 1	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2380
11	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2401	1 – 0	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia	GRE	2275
12	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2400	½ – ½	WGM	Krasteva, Beloslava	BUL	2257
13	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	ESP	2380	½ – ½	WGM	Sieber, Fiona	GER	2276
14	WIM	Urh, Zala	SLO	2244	1 – 0	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2367
15	WGM	Gevorgyan, Maria	ARM	2234	0 – 1	IM	Savina, Anastasia	FRA	2331
16	WFM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	GEO	2200	0 – 1	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2329
17	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2440	0 – 1	WGM	Khurtsilava, Inga	GEO	2214
18	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2375	0 – 1	WGM	Mamedjarova, Turkan	AZE	2206
19	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2369	1 – 0	WIM	Gaboyan, Susanna	ARM	2200
20	WGM	Sandu, Mihaela	ROU	2230	0 – 1	IM	Brunello, Marina	ITA	2330
21	FM	Jarocka, Liwia	POL	2231	0 – 1	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	POL	2326
22	WGM	Antolak, Julia	POL	2314	½ – ½	WFM	Karacsonyi, Kata	HUN	2198
23	WGM	Rodshtein, Tereza	CZE	2171	0 – 1	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2306
24	FM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	MNE	2229	1 – 0	IM	Unuk, Laura	SLO	2301
25	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	GER	2297	½ – ½	WIM	Ibrahimova, Sabina	AZE	2199
26	WGM	Yao, Lan	ENG	2294	1 – 0	WGM	Eric, Jovana	SRB	2147
27		Abdinova, Narmin	AZE	2165	1 – 0	IM	Zimina, Olga	ITA	2293
28	WFM	Khachatryan, Anna	ARM	2091	½ – ½	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	ARM	2282
29	CM	Smietanska, Wiktoria	POL	2254	0 – 1	WFM	Ter-Avetisjana, Agnesa Stepania	LAT	2100
30	WGM	Schneider, Jana	GER	2251	1 – 0		Donghvani, Nia	GEO	2025
31	WIM	Hapala, Elisabeth	AUT	2092	0 – 1	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	2387
32	WFM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2145	0 – 1	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2355
33	WFM	Cornileau, Juliette	FRA	2130	0 – 1	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2349
34	WIM	Berke, Ana	CRO	2119	0 – 1	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2342
35	WFM	Koridze, Lile	GEO	2115	0 – 1	FM	Kochavi, Dana	ISR	2301
36	WIM	Korenova, Martina	CZE	2045	0 – 1	WIM	Allahverdiyeva, Ayan	AZE	2266
37	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	2112	0 – 1	WIM	Wikar, Martyna	POL	2239
38	WFM	Caku, Kler	ALB	2036	0 – 1	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	ESP	2230
39		Krkyasharyan, Sona	ARM	1989	0 – 1	WIM	Lehaci, Miruna-Daria	ROU	2212
40	WIM	Terbe, Zsuzsanna	HUN	2179	½ – ½	WIM	Vidic, Teja	SLO	2100
41	WFM	Tirpan, Ceren	TUR	1996	½ – ½	WFM	Yildiz, Elif Zeren	TUR	2160
42	WFM	Nadzamova, Viktoria	SVK	2122	+ – –	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2426
43	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	FIN	2106	0 – 1	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	POL	2223
44	WIM	Lach, Aleksandra	POL	2208	0 – 1	WFM	Dicen, Elis Denele	ENG	2129
45	WFM	Dwilewicz, Katarzyna	POL	2203	1 – 0	WCM	Zagorac, Lara	CRO	2106
46	WFM	Prado Acebo, Ines	ESP	2199	½ – ½	WFM	Rida, Ruqayyah	ENG	2065
47	WFM	Sivanandan, Bodhana	ENG	2073	½ – ½	WIM	Schloffer, Jasmin-Denise	AUT	2188
48	WFM	Grapsa, Georgia	GRE	2065	½ – ½	WIM	Pavlidou, Ekaterini	GRE	2160
49	WGM	Zaksaite, Salomeja	LTU	2137	½ – ½	WCM	Bhatia, Kanishka	SCO	2012
50	WFM	Bochnickova, Andrea	SVK	2051	0 – 1	WGM	Chelushkina, Irina	SRB	2134
51	WFM	Bochnickova, Simona	SVK	2167	½ – ½		Karadas, Hena	TUR	1931
52	WIM	Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela	ROU	2136	1 – 0		Nenova, Andzhelika	BUL	1903
53		Valkova, Angelika	UKR	2001	½ – ½	WIM	Heinatz, Gundula	SUI	2111
54		Golsta, Madara	LAT	1979	½ – ½	WCM	Tsetskhladze, Mariam	GEO	2105
55	WCM	Huseynova, Lala	AZE	2065	1 – 0		Harutyunyan, Gabriela	ARM	1793
56		Alexandri, Vasiliki	GRE	1927	1 – 0	WCM	Acarbay, Algi	TUR	2052
57	AFM	Golsta, Ramona	LAT	1943	0 – 1	WFM	Shuqja, Klean	ALB	2049
58	WFM	Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira Da	POR	1893	½ – ½		Mihaljevic, Eva	CRO	2039
59	WFM	Subramanian, Anusha	ENG	2026	1 – 0		Recica, Jona	KOS	1716
60		Alexandri, Dimitra	GRE	1995	0 – 1		Nahapetyan, Ani	ARM	1887
61		Kosma, Maria	GRE	1826	½ – ½	WCM	Hariharan, Shambavi	ENG	2024
62	WIM	Zvereva, Marija	MNC	2033	0 – 1		Chasouraki, Chrysi	GRE	1843
63	WCM	Saraci, Ndriqona	KOS	1692	0 – 1		Kiousi, Panagiota	GRE	1998
64		Kalyva, Kyriaki	GRE	1885	1 – 0		Lamprianou, Marianna	GRE	1498
65		Mitraka, Chrysoula-Paraskevi	SCO	1820	1 – 0		Korinioti, Myrto	GRE	1667
66		Revelioti, Eleni Nefeli	GRE	1470	0 – 1		Bania, Eleni	GRE	1809
67		Lamprianou, Despoina	GRE	0	0 – 1		Kaka, Rengina Tsampika	GRE	1509