Arabidze edges Kiolbasa to win the European Women’s Championship

Hard-fought draws

The game that the new European Champion, Meri Arabidze, played against her Georgian compatriot Salome Melia in the last round of the tournament was an exciting affair. It was a draw that could have ended differently, as Arabidze actually had a clear advantage near the end of the encounter.

Oliwia Kiolbasa did not have it easy on the second board, as she played a full-fledged imbalanced game against Greece’s Stavroula Tsolakidou. Meanwhile, on board 4, Aleksandra Maltsevskaya — a Russian-born IM now representing Poland — played fearlessly and defeated 2021 European champion Elina Danielian with black. Maltsevskaya’s win granted her third place in the final standings, as the player with the best tiebreak score out of the four that ended with 8 points.

Incidentally, Georgia, the home country of the European champion, considers itself a European country in terms of its cultural self-image, but due to its location on the southern slope of the Caucasus, many geographers consider it to be part of Asia, either in whole or in large part.

Making the right decisions in chess - Fundamentals

In a total of 6 chapters, we look at the following aspects: the right decision based on tactical factors, decisions in exchanges and moves, complex and psychological decisions in longer games and in defence.

𝐈𝐌 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐳𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧❜𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑!

Congratulations to the medalists:
🏆IM Meri Arabidze 🇬🇪
🥈IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 🇵🇱
🥉IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 🇵🇱

After 11 played rounds, IM Meri https://t.co/dTmAU6VHDK… pic.twitter.com/YXCFirJI7f

— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) March 29, 2023

Final standings

...136 players

All games - Round 11

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Links

• Official site
• European Chess Union
• Full technical information on Chess-Results