Nurgyul Salimova is among top three women in European Chess Championship 2026

Nurgyul Salimova placed third among women at the European Individual Chess Championship in Katowice, Poland. The 22-year-old Bulgarian collected 6.5 points in 11 rounds, which gave her a shared 113th position in the overall standings of the open tournament in which men and women are ranked together. Among the participating female players, only two performed better than the Bulgarian player. Also with an asset of 6.5 points, the first is the European Women's Champion of 2025, Teodora Injac from Serbia. She is in 93rd place, while Stavroula Tsolakidou from Greece is 108th.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov