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European Senior Chess Championship 2026 - Over 65 - Women

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11 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Jun 2026 to 10 Jun 2026 in Acqui Terme, Italy. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1977, and top seed was Nona Gaprindashvili (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2185).

Elena Krasenkowa (🇵🇱 POL, WIM, 2006) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Mira Kierzek (5.5) and Margarita Baliuniene (5.5). Krasenkowa won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mira Kierzek (WFM, 1965) beat Nona Gaprindashvili (GM, 2185), a +220-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Acqui Terme, Italy
Dates
02 Jun 2026 → 10 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇪GMNona Gaprindashvili2185
Avg top 10
1,977
Participants
11
Titled players · 8
GM×1
WIM×3
WFM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇷🇴Romania×2
🇩🇪Germany×2
🇸🇮Slovenia×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇱🇹Lithuania×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇲🇨Monaco×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WIM Elena Krasenkowa led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Krasenkowa7Baliuniene5.5Kierzek5.5Jicman5Gaprindashvili4.5Pancu4
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

WIM Elena Krasenkowa never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Elena Krasenkowa drew with WFM Margarita Baliuniene (White).

R7–R9 · WIN STREAK

WFM Margarita Baliuniene won 3 in a row (R7–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMElena Krasenkowa*
½
1
½
2WFMMargarita Baliuniene
½
*
½
1
3WFMMira Kierzek
0
½
*
½
4WIMLigia-Letitia Jicman
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Krasenkowa, ElenaWIM2006POL+6N+2B=4N+8B+5N=3B=9B+10N=7N7.034.036.528.252194+41.8
2Kierzek, MiraWFM1965GER+5B−1N=10B=3N+9B+7N=4N+11B−6N5.534.536.018.502050+21.4
3Baliuniene, MargaritaWFM1974LTU−8N+6B=9N=2BF=1N+11N+4B+5B5.533.533.522.502112+29.2
4Jicman, Ligia-LetitiaWIM2091ROU+7B+11N=1B−5N+10B+6N=2B−3NF5.034.034.017.752049-8.0
5Gaprindashvili, NonaGM2185GEO−2N+9B=7N+4B−1B+10N+8BF−3N4.535.035.015.252001-17.4
6Pancu, Aureliana-Eugenia1920ROU−1B−3NF+11B+8N−4B−7N+9N+2B4.034.034.013.001947+6.0
7Birkholz, OlgaWFM1936GER−4NF=5B−10N+11N−2B+6B=8N=1B3.533.533.513.001915-5.6
8Dubois, MartineWIM1849MNC+3B=10N+11B−1N−6BF−5N=7B=9N3.531.031.011.251912+11.6
9Piquemal, Christiane1976FRA=10B−5N=3BF−2N=11B=1N−6B=8B2.534.034.010.001802-37.4
10Orel Music, SimonaWFM1868SLO=9N=8B=2N+7B−4N−5BF−1B−11N2.533.033.09.251832-8.8
11Chiapponi, Paola1777ITAF−4B−8N−6N−7B=9N−3B−2N+10B1.532.032.03.751696-15.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets