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European School Chess Championship 2025 - Girls 13

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 07 Jun 2025 in Mamaia, Romania. 4 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1747, and top seed was Kaja Rzadkowska (🇵🇱 POL, WFM, 2002).

Alina Baluh (🇺🇦 UKR, 1671) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Selin Torun (7.0) and Kaja Rzadkowska (7.0). Baluh shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Zeynep Bilge Selcuk (1499) beat Eliska Janouskova (1743), a +244-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Mamaia, Romania
Dates
30 May 2025 → 07 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱WFMKaja Rzadkowska2002
Avg top 10
1,747
Participants
20
Titled players · 4
WFM×1
WCM×3
Federations · 7 represented
🇷🇴Romania×9
🇬🇪Georgia×3
🇹🇷Turkiye×3
🇨🇿Czech Republic×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇲🇩Moldova×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Alina Baluh
    🇺🇦UKR·1671
    7.0pts·1958perf+130.0
  • 🥈
    WCMSelin Torun
    🇹🇷TUR·1828
    7.0pts·1904perf+34.8
  • 🥉
    WFMKaja Rzadkowska
    🇵🇱POL·2002
    7.0pts·1870perf-36.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
1
1
2
2
1
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Rzadkowska7Baluh7Torun7Chichinadze5.5Kutateladze5Hrckova5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.0/9. Baluh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Kaja Rzadkowska drew with Alina Baluh (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Kaja Rzadkowska 3 wins (R7–R9)Alina Baluh 4 wins (R1–R4)WCM Selin Torun 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMKaja Rzadkowska*
½
0
1
2Alina Baluh
½
*
1
½
3WCMSelin Torun
1
0
*
½
4Anastasia Chichinadze
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Baluh, Alina1671UKR+6B+11N+9B+2N=3B=4N=5N+8B=7B7.044.048.537.251958+130.0
2Torun, SelinWCM1828TUR+14B+8N+3N−1B+7N+6B=4B=5N+9B7.044.048.035.751904+34.8
3Rzadkowska, KajaWFM2002POL+17B+4N−2B+6N=1N=5B+10N+13B+12N7.042.045.032.001870-36.5
4Chichinadze, Anastasia1671GEO+19N−3B=12N+10B+15N=1B=2N=6B=5B5.543.045.024.001717+21.2
5Kutateladze, Anastasia1679GEO=15N=7B=10N=12B+17N=3N=1B=2B=4N5.043.546.524.751717+15.2
6Selcuk, Zeynep Bilge1499TUR−1N+20B+13N−3B+9B−2N+14B=4N=11B5.043.544.518.501720+82.8
7Hrckova, AnnaWCM1730CZE=12B=5N+14B=11N−2B=8N=9B+18B=1N5.041.044.022.001684-18.4
8Shonia, Barbare1628GEO+20N−2B=18N−15B+19N=7B+17N−1N+13B5.034.535.514.001626-1.6
9Janouskova, Eliska1743CZE=10N+13B−1N=17B−6N+12B=7N+15B−2N4.540.043.017.751604-64.0
10Barbier, Emilia1516MDA=9B=12N=5B−4N+18B+14N−3B=11N=16B4.538.041.017.751643+45.6
11Sabou, Stefania TheodoraWCM1863ROU+16N−1B=17N=7B=12N+15B−13N=10B=6N4.536.539.517.751573-120.8
12Toma, Maria C.1512ROU=7N=10B=4B=5N=11B−9N=16B+14N−3B4.040.043.518.001647+53.2
13Curca, Maria-Magdalena1658ROU+18B−9N−6B+20N−14B+16N+11B−3N−8N4.036.537.512.001524-14.8
14Dede, Zeynep Tugsem1541TUR−2N+19B−7N+18B+13N−10B−6N−12B+17N4.035.537.512.001502-22.4
15Dospin, Nicola-Diana1502ROU=5B−17N+16B+8N−4B−11N+20B−9N−19B3.533.034.012.001511-13.2
16Nanu, Alexandra-Gabriela1556ROU−11B−18N−15N+19B+20N−13B=12N=17B=10N3.528.529.58.751476-34.0
17Plesa, Maria1594ROU−3N+15B=11B=9N−5B=19N−8B=16N−14B3.037.039.010.751544-29.6
18Mihaila, Maria0ROU−13N+16B=8B−14N−10N=20B+19B−7NF3.029.029.08.5014680.0
19Lazar, Sara1474ROU−4B−14N=20B−16N−8B=17B−18NF+15N2.028.528.55.501395-25.6
20Mustafa, Esna0ROU−8B−6N=19N−13B−16B=18N−15NFF1.026.026.02.501139-56.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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