{"id":26855,"date":"2024-04-30T14:22:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=26855"},"modified":"2024-06-04T10:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T10:50:05","slug":"ewcc-2024-ulviyya-fataliyeva-captures-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/ewcc-2024-ulviyya-fataliyeva-captures-title\/","title":{"rendered":"EWCC 2024: Ulviyya Fataliyeva captures title"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ulviyya Fataliyeva (Azerbaijan) is the new European Women\u2019s Champion. The native of Ganja dominated the competition, a 10-round Swiss tournament, finishing\u00a0a full\u00a0point ahead of the runners-up and picking up 22 rating points.\u00a0<\/p>

The European Women\u2019s Championship\u00a02024, with a prize fund of 60,000 Euros, took place in Rhodes, Greece, from April 18 to 30. It brought together 182 players from 35 European federations.\u00a0<\/p>

The 24th seed Ulviyya took the lead in Round 5 after defeating WCM Bozhena Piddubna of Ukraine and never looked back. Going into the final tenth round,\u00a0a full\u00a0point ahead of closest rivals, she drew her game Nino Batsiashvili and clinched the title with an excellent score of 8.5\/10.<\/p>

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As many as eight players netted 7.5\/10 and tied for second place. IMs Nataliya Buksa (Ukraine) and Lela Javakhishvili (Georgia) secured silver and bronze medals, respectively, thanks to a superior Buchholz tiebreak.<\/p>

The top ten finishers (including FM Nadya Toncheva, who earned 65 rating points along the way) qualified for the next Women\u2019s World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>

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Final standings<\/strong>:<\/p>

1<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Fataliyeva, Ulviyya<\/p><\/td>

AZE<\/p><\/td>

2377<\/p><\/td>

8\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Buksa, Nataliya<\/p><\/td>

UKR<\/p><\/td>

2394<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Javakhishvili, Lela<\/p><\/td>

GEO<\/p><\/td>

2447<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Batsiashvili, Nino<\/p><\/td>

GEO<\/p><\/td>

2445<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Bulmaga, Irina<\/p><\/td>

ROU<\/p><\/td>

2394<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Mammadzada, Gunay<\/p><\/td>

AZE<\/p><\/td>

2436<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/p><\/td>

FM<\/p><\/td>

Toncheva, Nadya<\/p><\/td>

BUL<\/p><\/td>

2258<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Tsolakidou, Stavroula<\/p><\/td>

GRE<\/p><\/td>

2424<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Mkrtchian, Lilit<\/p><\/td>

ARM<\/p><\/td>

2366<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/p><\/td>

WIM<\/p><\/td>

Sliwicka, Alicja<\/p><\/td>

POL<\/p><\/td>

2315<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


Complete standings<\/a><\/p>

The ECU Commission for Women\u2019s Chess introduced Excellence on Board Awards for five different categories: Commissions Choice, People\u2019s Choice, Junior U20, player rated U2200 rating, and 2201+ rated player.<\/p>

The awards went to:<\/p>