15-year-old Ukrainian girl becomes European chess champion

Anastasiia Hnatyshyn has become the 2026 European women's champion in classical chess. The Ukrainian scored nine points out of a possible 11 in the tournament – eight wins, two draws and one loss.

Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company

Details: The 15-year-old from Lviv gained 215 rating points during the tournament. Before the championship, Hnatyshyn occupied a lowly 233rd place in the world rankings, but now she has soared to 17th.

The tournament took place from 25 May to 5 June in the Georgian city of Batumi in 11 rounds, with one rest day (31 May). In total, 131 female players took part in the 2026 European Championship.

Background: In mid-April, 17-year-old Ukrainian Roman Dehtiarov became the European men's chess champion.

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