European Youth Team Chess Championship 2025 - Girls U18

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34 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in Catez ob Savi, Slovenia. 21 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2166, and top seed was Milana Babic (🇧🇦 BIH, WFM, 2238).

Yevheniia Toroptseva (🇺🇦 UKR, WFM, 2104) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Wiktoria Smietanska (5.5) and Lada Zelbova (5.5). Toroptseva shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Lucy Brinovec (1744) beat Amalie Zadrapova (2129), a +385-point gap.

Location

🇸🇮Catez ob Savi, Slovenia

Dates

05 Jul 2025 → 11 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇦WFMMilana Babic2238

Avg top 10

2,166

Participants

Titled players · 21

FM×1

CM×1

WFM×17

WCM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇭🇷Croatia×4

🇨🇿Czech Republic×4

🇩🇪Germany×4

🇸🇮Slovenia×4

🇲🇪Montenegro×3

🇭🇺Hungary×3

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

Top 3

🥇
WFMYevheniia Toroptseva
🇺🇦UKR·2104
6.5pts·2466perf+97.2
🥈
CMWiktoria Smietanska
🇵🇱POL·2200
5.5pts·2353perf+53.2
🥉
WFMLada Zelbova
🇨🇿CZE·2107
5.5pts·2307perf+72.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

WFM Yevheniia Toroptseva led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Toroptseva6.5Zelbova5.5Smietanska5.5Tirpan5.5Kochavi5Tashkinova5

R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

WFM Yevheniia Toroptseva never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

WFM Yevheniia Toroptseva posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R5–R7) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WFMYevheniia Toroptseva	*	—	—	—
2WFMLada Zelbova	—	*	½	—
3CMWiktoria Smietanska	—	½	*	—
4WFMCeren Tirpan	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Toroptseva, YevheniiaWFM	2104	UKR	+8N	+29B	+7N	=6B	+13N	+30B	+9N	6.5	23.5	25.0	22.50	2466	+97.2
2	Smietanska, WiktoriaCM	2200	POL	+31N	+10B	=14N	+15B	+5B	=27N	=3N	5.5	23.0	24.5	19.00	2353	+53.2
3	Zelbova, LadaWFM	2107	CZE	+20B	=5N	+15N	+16B	=14N	+22N	=2B	5.5	22.5	25.0	18.25	2307	+72.4
4	Tirpan, CerenWFM	2060	TUR	=18B	+20N	+25B	+34N	+24B	+14B	−5N	5.5	19.0	19.0	12.50	2272	+76.8
5	Kochavi, DanaFM	2151	ISR	=11N	=3B	+22N	+14B	−2N	+10B	+4B	5.0	27.5	30.0	19.75	2281	+25.0
6	Tashkinova, SofiiaWFM	2178	ISR	+21B	=13N	+17B	=1N	=7B	=23N	+30N	5.0	23.0	24.5	16.00	2196	+8.8
7	Tokarz, IzabelaWFM	2020	POL	+34B	=23N	−1B	=9N	=6N	+18B	+13B	4.5	24.5	24.5	12.25	2167	+58.4
8	Hajdinic, EmaWCM	2017	CRO	−1B	+34N	=18N	+21B	=30B	=9N	+23B	4.5	20.5	20.5	9.75	2140	+49.2
9	Maria, Lia-AlexandraWFM	2120	ROU	+19N	+12B	+13N	=7B	−17N	=8B	−1B	4.0	26.0	29.0	15.00	2058	-21.6
10	Babic, MilanaWFM	2238	BIH	+22B	−2N	−16B	+33N	+11B	−5N	+24B	4.0	22.5	23.0	9.50	2102	-43.2
11	Sickmann, LisaWFM	1961	GER	=5B	+16N	=20B	=24B	−10N	+31B	=22N	4.0	20.0	21.5	11.00	2079	+43.6
12	Stara, Zuzana	2017	CZE	−26B	−9N	=30B	+32N	+28B	=19N	+29N	4.0	15.5	17.0	8.25	1945	-22.4
13	Rybackova, LucieWFM	2052	CZE	+32N	=6B	−9B	+19N	−1B	+17B	−7N	3.5	26.0	27.5	10.00	2021	-9.7
14	Moskalets, SofiiaWFM	2229	UKR	=24B	=27N	=2B	−5N	=3B	−4N	+15B	3.0	27.0	29.5	11.00	2082	-57.6
15	Iordache, Alexia-AndreeaWFM	2122	ROU	−16B	+25N	−3B	−2N	+22B	+24N	−14N	3.0	22.0	24.5	7.50	2076	-18.4
16	Beber, AnjaWCM	2028	SLO	+15N	−11B	+10N	−3N	−18B	−25N	+33B	3.0	22.0	22.5	7.50	2024	-2.0
17	Trunz, Tamila	1971	GER	+23B	+26N	−6N	−18B	+9B	−13N	−21N	3.0	21.0	23.5	9.00	2011	+14.0
18	Nandin-Erdene, DavaademberelWFM	2133	HUN	=4N	F	=8B	+17N	+16N	−7N	F	3.0	20.5	20.5	11.00	2091	-10.4
19	Macek, Inti	1874	SLO	−9B	+21N	+23B	−13B	−29N	=12B	=26N	3.0	19.5	21.5	8.75	1969	+31.6
20	Brinovec, Lucy	1744	SLO	−3N	−4B	=11N	+25N	F	+33B	=31B	3.0	19.5	19.5	5.75	1991	+69.2
21	Braeutigam, KaterinaWFM	2119	GER	−6N	−19B	+32N	−8N	−23B	+34N	+17B	3.0	19.5	19.5	4.50	1920	-71.6
22	Trunz, MichelleWFM	2067	GER	−10N	+33B	−5B	+27N	−15N	−3B	=11B	2.5	24.0	24.5	5.00	1979	-32.8
23	Babic, MasaWFM	2082	BIH	−17N	=7B	−19N	=26B	+21N	=6B	−8N	2.5	23.0	25.5	9.00	1887	-72.0
24	Zagorac, LaraWFM	2121	CRO	=14N	+31B	=27B	=11N	−4N	−15B	−10N	2.5	22.0	23.5	6.25	1987	-50.0
25	Zadrapova, Amalie	2129	CZE	+33N	−15B	−4N	−20B	=31N	+16B	−27B	2.5	18.5	19.0	4.25	1869	-92.0
26	Paulic, Franka	1741	CRO	+12N	−17B	−28N	=23N	F	=32B	=19B	2.5	16.5	16.5	7.50	1869	+34.0
27	Toth, LiliWFM	2161	HUN	F	=14B	=24N	−22B	F	=2B	+25N	2.5	16.0	16.0	8.00	2149	-2.4
28	Djendjinovic, Ines	1729	MNE	F	F	+26B	=30N	−12N	F	+32B	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.75	1986	+52.8
29	Kiraly, Lilla Virag	1999	HUN	+30B	−1N	F	F	+19B	F	−12B	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1979	-4.4
30	Karadas, Hena	1921	TUR	−29N	−32B	=12N	=28B	=8N	−1N	−6B	1.5	24.5	26.0	5.50	1760	-54.8
31	Djukic, Katarina	1855	MNE	−2B	−24N	=33N	F	=25B	−11N	=20N	1.5	18.0	18.0	3.00	1805	-19.6
32	Timagina, Sofia	1883	SLO	−13B	+30N	−21B	−12B	F	=26N	−28N	1.5	17.0	17.0	2.75	1737	-46.0
33	Friscic, Laura	1830	CRO	−25B	−22N	=31B	−10B	F	−20N	−16N	0.5	16.5	16.5	0.75	1608	-50.8
34	Mosurovic, Milena	1785	MNE	−7N	−8B	F	−4B	F	−21B	F	0.0	17.5	17.5	0.00	1254	-28.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Toroptseva, YevheniiaWFMUKR
+97.2
6.5 pts · #1
2Tirpan, CerenWFMTUR
+76.8
5.5 pts · #4
3Zelbova, LadaWFMCZE
+72.4
5.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Zadrapova, AmalieCZE
-92.0
2.5 pts · #28
2Babic, MasaWFMBIH
-72.0
2.5 pts · #27
3Braeutigam, KaterinaWFMGER
-71.6
3.0 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R4+385 Elo gap
Brinovec, Lucy1744 beat Zadrapova, Amalie2129
R1+276 Elo gap
Paulic, Franka1741 beat Stara, Zuzana2017
R2+245 Elo gap
Macek, Inti1874 beat WFMBraeutigam, Katerina2119