European Individual Women Chess Championship will be played in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in the period from May 7 to May 18 while the second event - Rapid chess championship begins immediately after in the second-largest city of Kutaisi in Georgia from May 19 to 22.
According to the Georgian Chess Federation, 133 players from 26 federations across Europe will compete for prestigious titles of European Champions.
Of the top seeded players for championships, 2005 European runner-up from Georgia Nana Dzagnidze leads Russian sisters Nadezhda and Tatiana Kosintseva, followed by Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine, Anna Muzychuk from Slovenia and Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania.
To visit official Women Chess Championship in Georgia Tournament website please click here
Schedule of the Women Chess Championship in Tbilisi:
| Schedule | ||
| Arrival Day |
| May 6 |
Opening Ceremony   | 19:00 | May 6 |
| Technical Meeting | 20:00 | May 6 |
| 1st Round | 15:00 | May 7 |
| 2nd Round | 15:00 | May 8 |
| 3rd Round | 15:00 | May 9 |
| 4th Round | 15:00 | May 10 |
| 5th Round | 15:00 | May 11 |
| 6th Round | 15:00 | May 12 |
| 7th Round | 15:00 | May 13 |
| | Free day | May 14 |
| 8th Round | 15:00 | May 15 |
| 9th Round | 15:00 | May 16 |
| 10th Round | 15:00 | May 17 |
| 11thRound | 11:00 | May 18 |
| Closing Ceremony | 20:00 | May 18 |
| Departure Day |
| May 19 |
| European Women's Rapid | May 19 - 22 | |
