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World Senior Chess Championships 2025 - Over 65 - Women

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21 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 21 Oct 2025 to 01 Nov 2025 in Gallipoli, Italy. 11 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2044, and top seed was Nona Gaprindashvili (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2193).

Galina Strutinskaia (🇷🇺 RUS, WGM, 2076) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Marina Makropoulou (7.5) and Nona Gaprindashvili (7.5). Strutinskaia won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Gulzada Berdesheva (1571) beat Dorina Florea (1798), a +227-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
🇬🇪GMNona Gaprindashvili2193
Avg top 10
2,044
Participants
21
Titled players · 11
GM×1
WGM×4
WIM×4
WFM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇲🇳Mongolia×4
🇩🇪Germany×3
🇷🇺Russia×3
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×2
🇷🇴Romania×2
🇫🇷France×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

WGM Galina Strutinskaia led from R6; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11
Strutinskaia9.5Gaprindashvili7.5Makropoulou7.5Khropova7.5Bogumil7Tsifanskaya6.5
R6–R11 · LEAD HELD

WGM Galina Strutinskaia never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WGM Galina Strutinskaia beat GM Nona Gaprindashvili (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WGM Galina Strutinskaia 3+6 wins (R1–R3, R5–R11)GM Nona Gaprindashvili 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WGMGalina Strutinskaia*
1
1
1
2GMNona Gaprindashvili
0
*
½
½
3WGMMarina Makropoulou
0
½
*
½
4WIMLarisa Khropova
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Strutinskaia, GalinaWGM2076RUS+11B+7N+10B=5N+3B+2N+4B+6B+9NF+14N9.563.568.059.502462+67.8
2Makropoulou, MarinaWGM2077GRE=14N=12B+9N=4B+8N−1B=3N+10B=6N+5B+7N7.566.571.046.002138+19.2
3Gaprindashvili, NonaGM2193GEO=8N+14B+6N+12B−1N+5N=2B=4N=7B+11N=13B7.565.570.044.252125-7.7
4Khropova, LarisaWIM1979RUS+15B−5N+19B=2N+7B+11N−1N=3B+10N+6B=9N7.565.067.040.002086+30.4
5Bogumil, TatianaWGM2060RUS+16N+4B+13N=1B+10N−3B−6N=9B+8B−2N+17B7.064.067.037.752077+6.6
6Baliuniene, MargaritaWFM1915LTU=12N+8B−3B=7N+13N+10B+5B−1N=2B−4N+11B6.566.571.537.502092+51.6
7Tsifanskaya, Ludmila AWIM1973ISR+20N−1B+18N=6B−4N+14B=9N+12B=3N+8B−2B6.562.564.530.002000+12.6
8Pancu, Aureliana-Eugenia1923ROU=3B−6N+11B+14N−2B=16N+13B+15B−5N−7N+18B6.057.560.027.001955+10.6
9Kierzek, MiraWFM1954GER+18B−10N−2B+20N=16B+15N=7B=5N−1B+19N=4B6.055.557.523.251885-13.4
10Piquemal, Christiane1994FRA+17N+9B−1N+13B−5B−6N+11B−2N−4BF+16N5.060.560.522.501956-9.6
11Serjmyadag, Damdin1882MGL−1N+17B−8N+18B+12N−4B−10N+19B+16N−3B−6N5.056.058.016.001861-6.4
12Burchardt, BrigitteWGM2101GER=6B=2N+20B−3N−11B+18N+16B−7N+17NFF5.053.553.518.001934-32.6
13Wagner-Michel, AnnettWIM2034GER+21B+19N−5B−10N−6BF−8N=14B+18B+15N=3N5.045.545.515.001851-39.0
14Dubois, MartineWIM1890MNC=2B−3N+15B−8B+21N−7N=17B=13NF+20N−1B4.551.551.514.251865-6.8
15Matveyeva-Poprukailo,Inna1634KAZ−4N=16B−14N+17N+20B−9BF−8N+21N−13B+19B4.539.539.58.751782+27.8
16Bujinlkham, Purevdorj1879MGL−5B=15N=17B+19N=9N=8B−12NF−11B=18N−10B3.546.046.013.001703-41.2
17Enkhnasan, Namjiljav1698MGL−10B−11N=16N−15BF+19N=14N+20B−12BF−5N3.038.538.58.001687-6.4
18Berdesheva, Gulzada1571KAZ−9NF−7B−11N+19B−12B−20N+21B−13N=16B−8N2.541.041.03.751611+2.4
19Altantsetseg, Namsraijav0MGLF−13B−4N−16B−18N−17B+21N−11N+20B−9B−15N2.039.039.02.0015640.0
20Pola Rasa, Elsa1602ITA−7BF−12N−9B−15N+21B+18B−17N−19N−14BF2.034.034.02.501623-3.2
21Florea, Dorina1798ROU−13NFFF−14B−20N−19B−18N−15BFF0.025.525.50.00947-56.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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