30th European Chess Club Cup (women): Budva 2026

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Basic data

30th European Chess Club Cup (women)
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: 17th - 23rd October 2026
City: Budva (Montenegro)
Venue: Hotel Slovenska Plaža
Organizers: European Chess Union, Montenegro Chess Federation
Tournament Director:
Chief Arbiter:
Teams participating: 22 (from 17 countries)
Players participating: 103 (incl. 7 GMs, 19 IMs, 12 WGMs, 2 FMs, 11 WIMs, 22 WFMs and 5 WCMs)
Games played: 308
Competition format: Seven round Swiss
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Olympiad Sonneborn-Berger without the lowest result; 3. Game points; 4. Buchholz (2026); 5. Total opponents' match points multiplied by game points scored (EMGSB).
Time control: 40/90m + all/30m + 30s incr.(1)
Website: Official website
Other websites: Chess-Results
ECU official invitation
Data notes: All 308 game results and move records are known. Tournament ratings are preserved; Bodhana Sivanandan is listed at 2382 in the tournament and 2383 in the October 2026 FIDE list. Nguyen Giang Bao Ngoc was registered without a rating and did not play.
PGN game file: 2026eccw.pgn


Best board results

1st Board
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. GM Goryachkina, Aleksandra FID CEMC 2589 4½ 6 75.0
2. GM Batsiashvili, Nino GEO SCHE 2568 4½ 6 75.0
3. IM Shuvalova, Polina FID SISM 2563 4½ 6 75.0

2nd Board
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. GM Koneru, Humpy IND CEMC 2539 4½ 6 75.0
2. IM Garifullina, Leya FID SISM 2484 4 6 66.7
3. IM Kulon, Klaudia POL GBBO 2444 4½ 7 64.3

3rd Board
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. IM Salimova, Nurgyul BUL SISM 2504 4½ 6 75.0
2. GM Danielian, Elina ARM GBBO 2429 5 7 71.4
3. IM Tsolakidou, Stavroula GRE CEMC 2407 5 7 71.4

4th board
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. IM Mammadova, Gulnar AZE ODYU 2794 4 4 100.0
2. GM Pähtz, Elisabeth GER CEMC 2527 4½ 5 90.0
3. IM Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra POL GBBO 2458 4½ 6 75.0