National women's championship 2025
12 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 27 May 2025 in Strassen, Luxembourg. Top 10 Elo average was 868, and top seed was Maryna Pohrebynska (🇱🇺 LUX, 1913).
Sevda Reding (🇱🇺 LUX, 1832) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Hannah Jane Lyon (5.5) and Samyukta Sivashankar (5.0). Reding shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Samyukta Sivashankar (1716) beat Maryna Pohrebynska (1913), a +197-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Hannah Jane Lyon takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Reding takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).
Sevda Reding lost to Hannah Jane Lyon (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sevda Reding | * | 0 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Hannah Jane Lyon | 1 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Samyukta Sivashankar | ½ | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4Eva Pleim | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reding, Sevda | 1832 | LUX | +8B | +5N | =3B | −2N | +6B | +4N | +10B | 5.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 19.00 | 1888 | +17.2 |
| 2 | Lyon, Hannah Jane | 1819 | LUX | +9N | F | +12B | +1B | +4N | =3N | +5B | 5.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 19.00 | 1996 | +15.6 |
| 3 | Sivashankar, Samyukta | 1716 | LUX | +10N | +6B | =1N | −4B | +9N | =2B | +8N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 17.00 | 1797 | +1.6 |
| 4 | Pleim, Eva | 0 | LUX | +11B | =7N | +5B | +3N | −2B | −1B | =6N | 4.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 13.50 | 1768 | +34.8 |
| 5 | Gundala, Hanmisha | 0 | LUX | +12N | −1B | −4N | +7B | +10N | +8B | −2N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 8.50 | 955 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Pohrebynska, Maryna | 1913 | LUX | +7B | −3N | +8B | F | −1N | +9B | =4B | 3.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 11.50 | 1450 | -69.2 |
| 7 | Smeets, Jenny | 0 | LUX | −6N | =4B | −9N | −5N | +12B | +10B | +11N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1551 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Maniewski, Linda | 0 | LUX | −1N | +10B | −6N | +9B | +11N | −5N | −3B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 6.00 | 1043 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sivashankar, Shrishti | 1403 | LUX | −2B | +11N | +7B | −8N | −3B | −6N | +12B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 4.50 | 1069 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Tafratova, Yuliia | 0 | LUX | −3B | −8N | +11B | +12N | −5B | −7N | −1N | 2.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 1.00 | 1003 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 4010299 | 0 | — | −4N | −9B | −10N | F | −8B | +12N | −7B | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 4010302 | 0 | — | −5B | F | −2N | −10B | −7N | −11B | −9N | 0.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 1090 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Pleim, EvaLUX+34.84.0 pts · #4
- 2Reding, SevdaLUX+17.25.5 pts · #1
- 3Lyon, Hannah JaneLUX+15.65.5 pts · #2
- 1Pohrebynska, MarynaLUX-69.23.5 pts · #6
- 2Gundala, HanmishaLUX0.04.0 pts · #8
- 3Sivashankar, ShrishtiLUX0.03.0 pts · #11
- R2+197 Elo gap