World Senior Chess Championships 2025 - Over 50 - Women

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30 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 21 Oct 2025 to 01 Nov 2025 in Gallipoli, Italy. 17 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2215, and top seed was Pia Cramling (🇸🇪 SWE, GM, 2403).

Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (🇬🇧 SCO, GM, 2269) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Pia Cramling (7.5) and Maritza Arribas Robaina (7.5). Arakhamia-Grant shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Rutdzhanna Vericheva (1399) beat Irina Bulanova (WFM, 1966), a +567-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Gallipoli, Italy

Dates

21 Oct 2025 → 01 Nov 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇸🇪GMPia Cramling2403

Avg top 10

2,215

Participants

Titled players · 17

GM×2

IM×2

WGM×4

WIM×5

WFM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×4

🇫🇷France×3

🇬🇪Georgia×3

🇮🇸Iceland×3

🇪🇸Spain×2

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇱🇹Lithuania×1

🇲🇳Mongolia×1

Top 3

🥇
GMKetevan Arakhamia-Grant
🇬🇧SCO·2269
8.5pts·2377perf+15.4
🥈
GMPia Cramling
🇸🇪SWE·2403
7.5pts·2284perf-13.0
🥉
WGMMaritza Arribas Robaina
🇨🇺CUB·2195
7.5pts·2263perf+23.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Arakhamia-Grant8.5Cramling7.5Arribas Robaina7.5Alexieva7Calzetta Ruiz7Klinova7— ex-leaders:Tsodikovaled R3, #20

R5 · LEADER CHANGE25 Oct

GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant drew with GM Pia Cramling (Black).

R1–R11 · UNBEATEN

GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant went unbeaten across 11 games (R1–R11).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMKetevan Arakhamia-Grant	*	½	½	1
2GMPia Cramling	½	*	1	½
3WGMMaritza Arribas Robaina	½	0	*	—
4IMSilvia Alexieva	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Arakhamia-Grant, KetevanGM	2269	SCO	+13B	+11N	=9B	+10N	+6B	=2N	+4B	+7B	=5N	=3N	=8B	8.5	68.0	74.0	56.50	2377	+15.4
2	Cramling, PiaGM	2403	SWE	+19N	=6B	+3N	=4B	+5N	=1B	=7N	+17B	−8N	=9B	+12N	7.5	68.5	74.0	49.25	2284	-13.0
3	Arribas Robaina, MaritzaWGM	2195	CUB	+22B	=16N	−2B	+20N	+11B	=4B	=10N	=5B	+6N	=1B	+17N	7.5	65.5	70.5	45.75	2263	+23.4
4	Klinova, MashaIM	2235	ISR	+21N	+14B	=17B	=2N	+10B	=3N	−1N	=6B	+7N	=8B	=5N	7.0	69.0	74.0	44.75	2263	+4.5
5	Calzetta Ruiz, MonicaWGM	2221	ESP	+20B	+8N	−10B	+17N	−2B	=22N	+11B	=3N	=1B	+13N	=4B	7.0	66.0	71.0	43.50	2218	+2.8
6	Khurtsilava, IngaWGM	2128	GEO	+25B	=2N	+16B	+9N	−1N	−7B	+20B	=4N	−3B	+21N	+11B	7.0	65.5	70.5	40.25	2206	+25.4
7	Alexieva, SilviaIM	2198	FRA	−23N	+24B	+21N	=15B	+8B	+6N	=2B	−1N	−4B	+20N	+9N	7.0	64.0	69.0	41.75	2174	-1.0
8	Folkova, MartinaWFM	2045	CZE	+29N	−5B	+12N	+26B	−7N	+15B	−17B	+22N	+2B	=4N	=1N	7.0	63.5	64.5	37.25	2153	+30.6
9	Grabuzova, TatianaWGM	2194	ESP	+12N	+15B	=1N	−6B	−14N	=23B	+19N	+10B	=17N	=2N	−7B	6.0	65.0	70.0	36.75	2133	-7.5
10	Tsodikova, NataliaWFM	2143	USA	+24N	+26B	+5N	−1B	−4N	+12B	=3B	−9N	=14N	−17B	+22N	6.0	63.5	67.5	33.75	2075	-13.2
11	Krasenkowa, ElenaWIM	2100	POL	+18N	−1B	=23N	+19B	−3N	+21B	−5N	+26B	=12N	+14B	−6N	6.0	63.0	67.0	31.50	2014	-19.2
12	Baglay, Ksenia	1782	UKR	−9B	+30N	−8B	+27N	+13B	−10N	+23N	=14B	=11B	+18N	−2B	6.0	59.0	59.0	26.50	1958	+40.2
13	Bulanova, IrinaWFM	1966	KAZ	−1N	+18B	−26N	+23B	−12N	+27B	=15N	=16B	+22N	−5B	+20N	6.0	58.0	62.0	30.50	1993	+6.0
14	Nikoladze, SopioWIM	2085	GEO	+28B	−4N	=20B	+16N	+9B	−17N	=22B	=12N	=10B	−11N	+21B	6.0	57.5	59.5	30.00	2035	-11.4
15	Turebayeva, AlfiyaWIM	2040	KAZ	+30B	−9N	+22B	=7N	=17B	−8N	=13B	=20N	−21B	+25N	+26B	6.0	55.5	55.5	25.75	1953	-18.6
16	Thorsteinsdottir, GudlaugWFM	2011	ISL	+27N	=3B	−6N	−14B	=18B	=26N	+28B	=13N	−20B	+29N	+24B	6.0	52.0	53.0	23.50	1871	-26.2
17	Tereladze, SopioWIM	2168	GEO	F	+23B	=4N	−5B	=15N	+14B	+8N	−2N	=9B	+10N	−3B	5.5	65.0	65.0	33.50	2179	+4.0
18	Ilanbekova, Nurgul	1607	KAZ	−11B	−13N	+25B	+21B	=16N	−20N	−26B	+30N	+19B	−12B	+28N	5.5	50.5	50.5	20.50	1852	+56.0
19	Gaichenya, Yelena	1977	KAZ	−2B	=25N	+24B	−11N	−20B	+29N	−9B	+28N	−18N	+30B	+27N	5.5	47.0	47.0	14.50	1793	-41.6
20	Goeschl, Ortrun	1897	AUT	−5N	+29B	=14N	−3B	+19N	+18B	−6N	=15B	+16N	−7B	−13B	5.0	63.5	64.5	24.00	1958	+18.0
21	Bayarmaa, GendenjamcWIM	1918	MGL	−4B	+28N	−7B	−18N	+24B	−11N	+30N	+23B	+15N	−6B	−14N	5.0	56.5	56.5	18.00	1880	-7.8
22	Mamah, Isabelle	1853	FRA	−3N	+27B	−15N	+29B	+26N	=5B	=14N	−8B	−13B	+28N	−10B	5.0	55.5	56.5	17.50	1848	-3.8
23	Ni, Polina	1867	LAT	+7B	−17N	=11B	−13N	+25B	=9N	−12B	−21N	+30B	−24N	+29B	5.0	52.5	52.5	19.00	1844	-6.0
24	Fridthjofsdottir, Sigurl. Regina	1740	ISL	−10B	−7N	−19N	+30B	−21N	=25B	=27N	+29N	+28B	+23B	−16N	5.0	46.5	46.5	12.50	1780	+7.2
25	Heid, Magdalene	1647	GER	−6N	=19B	−18N	+28B	−23N	=24N	+29B	=27B	=26N	−15B	+30N	5.0	45.0	45.0	12.25	1705	+8.8
26	Vericheva, Rutdzhanna	1399	LTU	F	−10N	+13B	−8N	−22B	=16B	+18N	−11N	=25B	+27B	−15N	4.0	56.5	56.5	21.00	1810	0.0
27	Kristinsdottir, Aslaug	1399	ISL	−16B	−22N	+28B	−12B	+30N	−13N	=24B	=25N	+29B	−26N	−19B	4.0	45.5	45.5	8.00	1672	0.0
28	Balcerczak, Ewa	1573	POL	−14N	−21B	−27N	−25N	+29B	+30B	−16N	−19B	−24N	−22B	−18B	2.0	48.0	48.0	1.00	1514	-16.8
29	Colotti, Cinzia	1504	ITA	−8B	−20N	+30B	−22N	−28N	−19B	−25N	−24B	−27N	−16B	−23N	1.0	49.5	49.5	0.00	1401	-44.8
30	Foucaut, Francoise	1401	FRA	−15N	−12B	−29N	−24N	−27B	−28N	−21B	−18B	−23N	−19N	−25B	0.0	49.0	50.0	0.00	904	-64.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ilanbekova, NurgulKAZ
+56.0
5.5 pts · #12
2Baglay, KseniaUKR
+40.2
6.0 pts · #14
3Folkova, MartinaWFMCZE
+30.6
7.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Foucaut, FrancoiseFRA
-64.4
0.0 pts · #30
2Colotti, CinziaITA
-44.8
1.0 pts · #29
3Gaichenya, YelenaKAZ
-41.6
5.5 pts · #21

Biggest upsets

R3+567 Elo gap
Vericheva, Rutdzhanna1399 beat WFMBulanova, Irina1966
R9+370 Elo gap
Ilanbekova, Nurgul1607 beat Gaichenya, Yelena1977
R9+358 Elo gap
WFMFolkova, Martina2045 beat GMCramling, Pia2403