1 April 2018

Anna Muzychuk Becomes European Women's Blitz Champion

Elisabeth Paehtz is second, Monika Socko wins bronze.

Photo by Sandro Kotorashvili
Photo by Sandro Kotorashvili

The European - ACP Women Blitz Championship finished in Tbilisi. 77 chess players from 16 countries took part in the event.  

Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) scored 10 points out of 13 to become the European women's blitz champion. 2-4 places were shared by Elisabeth Paehtz (2nd place, Germany), Monika Socko (3rd place, Poland), and Ana Matnadze (4th place, Spain) with 9.5 points.

The Russians Valentina Gunina, Daria Voit, Aleksandra Goryachkina, and Anastasia Bodnaruk are 1.5 points behind the winner.  

Final standings

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