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EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - WOMEN cat. 50 plus

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11 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Sept 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in Rabac, Croatia. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1941, and top seed was Elena Krasenkowa (🇵🇱 POL, WIM, 2100).

Gundula Heinatz (🇨🇭 SUI, WIM, 2056) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Margit Brokko (7.0) and Olga Birkholz (4.5). Heinatz shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Polina Ni (1867) beat Elena Krasenkowa (WIM, 2100), a +233-point gap.

Location
🇭🇷Rabac, Croatia
Dates
27 Sept 2025 → 05 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱WIMElena Krasenkowa2100
Avg top 10
1,941
Participants
11
Titled players · 6
WIM×4
WFM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇵🇱Poland×3
🇪🇪Estonia×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇬🇧England×1
🇸🇮Slovenia×1
🇭🇷Croatia×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
🇱🇻Latvia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
4
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Brokko7Heinatz7Ni4.5Birkholz4.5Krasenkowa4Fink-Nunn4
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Heinatz takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (34.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Margit Brokko drew with WIM Gundula Heinatz (White).

R6–R8 · WIN STREAK

WIM Margit Brokko won 3 in a row (R6–R8).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMMargit Brokko*
½
1
½
2WIMGundula Heinatz
½
*
1
½
3Polina Ni
0
0
*—
4WFMOlga Birkholz
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Heinatz, Gundula, Dr.WIM2056SUI+7N+8B=2N+6B=5N+4B=3N+10B=9B7.034.036.527.502148+20.2
2Brokko, MargitWIM1985EST+4B+11N=1B=5N=3B+9N+6B+8N=7B7.034.034.524.752134+35.4
3Birkholz, OlgaWFM1949GER=6N=7B+10N=8B=2N=5B=1B=11NF4.532.532.517.501961+5.6
4Ni, Polina1867LAT−2N+9B=7N=10BF−1N+11N=5B+6N4.531.531.512.251939+17.0
5Fink-Nunn, PetraWFM1983ENG+9N=6B=8N=2B=1B=3NF=4NF4.035.535.517.752014+6.4
6Krasenkowa, ElenaWIM2100POL=3B=5N+11B−1N+7B+10N−2NF−4B4.034.034.011.251903-38.2
7Sirletti, Sonia1894ITA−1B=3N=4BF−6N+11B=8B+9N=2N4.033.533.512.751913+5.0
8Leszner, LilianaWIM1981POL+10B−1N=5B=3N−9BF=7N−2B+11B3.532.032.09.251837-29.0
9Kordic, Sanja1808CRO−5B−4NF+11B+8N−2B−10N−7B=1N2.533.033.07.501748-25.6
10Novak, Simona1788SLO−8NF−3B=4N+11N−6B+9B−1NF2.530.530.55.2518000.0
11Balcerczak, Ewa1572POLF−2B−6N−9N−10B−7N−4B=3B−8N0.532.532.52.251453-9.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets