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Estonian Women's Chess Championship 2025

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8 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Dec 2025 to 16 Dec 2025 in Tallinn, Estonia. 7 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1981, and top seed was Margareth Olde (🇪🇪 EST, WIM, 2214).

Margareth Olde (🇪🇪 EST, WIM, 2214) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Sofia Blokhin (4.5) and Regina Narva (3.5). Olde clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Sofia Blokhin (WFM, 2095) beat Margareth Olde (WIM, 2214), a +119-point gap.

Location
🇪🇪Tallinn, Estonia
Dates
11 Dec 2025 → 16 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇪WIMMargareth Olde2214
Avg top 10
1,981
Participants
8
Titled players · 7
WIM×2
WFM×2
WCM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇪Estonia×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

WIM Margareth Olde led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
2
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Blokhin takes leadOlde takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE15 Dec

WFM Sofia Blokhin takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

WIM Margareth Olde 1.01.0 against WFM Sofia Blokhin (R5 0-1, R6 1-0) — decisive in 2/2.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

WIM Margareth Olde won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Olde, MargarethWIM2214EST+7N+7B+4B+4N2N+2B5.013.013.08.502239+5.6
2Blokhin, SofiaWFM2095EST+8B+8N=3N+3B+1B1N4.517.017.010.252220+19.2
3Narva, ReginaWFM1947EST=5B+5N=2B2N+4N=4B3.513.514.06.002103+26.4
4Olde, GreteWCM1989EST+6N=6B1N1B3B=3N2.017.518.02.501931-10.0
5Tsiganova, MonikaWIM2055EST=3N3BFFFF0.57.07.01.751754-16.0
6Pritulina, SvetlanaWCM2007EST4B=4NFFFF0.54.04.01.001796-11.2
7Reren, Alexis Miriam1620EST1B1NFFFF0.010.010.00.001221-6.4
8Shadrina, EvaWCM1919EST2N2BFFFF0.09.09.00.001295-21.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets