Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017 was a

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, to decide the women's European individual chess champion. The title was won by

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for the first time.

Tournament

At the European Chess Union (ECU) General Assembly during the

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in September 2016, the organizational rights to the 18th Individual European Chess Championship for women were awarded to

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, who held the event in Riga from 10 to 22 April 2017, under the auspices of European Chess Union. The venue for the championship was the hotel "Radisson Blu Hotel Latvia" (Riga, Elizabetes Street 55) in the center of Riga. The main organizers from Latvia were the President of the Latvian Chess Federation Āris Ozoliņs and tournament director Egons Lavendelis. The chief arbiter of the tournament was Ashot Vardapetyan (Armenia). The tournament was held on Swiss-system in 11 rounds with time control for each player: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The prize money is 70.000 euro for first, which was distributed among the participants who took the first 20 places (1st place – 12.000 euros, 2nd place – 10.000 euros, 3rd place – 8.000 euros ... 20th place – 1000 euros). 144

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from 33 countries took part in the tournament. In connection with the exclusion of the chess federation of Bulgaria from

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, all participants from Bulgaria represented the European Chess Union at the tournament. The 18th Individual European Chess Championship for women was qualification event for the next World Women Championship. According to FIDE regulations and the decision of the ECU Board, 14 players qualified for Women's World Chess Championship 2018. Nana Dzagnidze took clear first place with 8½ from 11 half a point clear of Aleksandra Goryachkina and Alisa Galliamova.Closing of the Women's European Championship in Riga (April 22, 2017)
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Tournament table

References

External links

* Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017 home page * Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017 in chess-results.com * Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017 in chessgames.com {{European championships in 2017

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