15-year-old Anastasiia Hnatyshyn shockingly wins European Women’s Championship

Anastasiia Hnatyshyn won the European Women’s Chess Championship in Batumi outright after scoring 9/11 as the 76th seed. The 15-year-old Ukrainian WFM finished half a point ahead of Sabrina Vega, Olga Badelka and Nurgyul Salimova, gained 214.4 rating points and secured the WGM title directly, along with an IM norm. The top ten finishers qualified for the next edition of the Women’s World Cup. | Photo: European Chess Union