Humpy Koneru wins Gold for Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo at 30th European Club Cup Women 2026

Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo and CE Gambit Bonnevoie scored 12/14 each at 30th European Club Cup Women 2026. The former became champion on tie-breaks, the latter runner-up.

Humpy wins double Gold

Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo defeated Davit Jojua’s chess club 4-0 to clinch the Gold. Crvena Zvezda lost to CE Gambit Bonnevoie 1.5-2.5 and the latter secured Silver. Odlar Yurdu lost to Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica by 1.5-2.5 and the latter won Bronze.

The legend, GM Humpy Koneru also won an individual Gold on Board no.2. This is her first team Gold since 2013, she made her return to the team in nearly seven years. She mentioned in a tweet that her association with the team began in 2007.

Gold – Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo 12/14 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz

Silver – CE Gambit Bonnevoie 12/14 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz

Bronze – Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica 10/14 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz

Board prize

Board no.1 (L to R): Gold – GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo) 2589 and Bronze – IM Polina Shuvalova (Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica) 2563 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz

Board no.2 (L to R): Silver – IM Leya Garifullina (Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica) 2484, Gold – GM Humpy Koneru (Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo) 2539 and Bronze – IM Klaudia Kulon (CE Gambit Bonnevoie) 2444 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz

Humpy tweeted on her triumph

🏆 Delighted to win the European Chess Club Cup Women 2026 with Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo! 🇲🇨♟️

My association with this wonderful club started in 2007 and has always been special, and I’m proud to be part of its journey.

A fantastic team effort and a memorable victory… pic.twitter.com/DyofulSDLb

— Koneru Humpy (@humpy_koneru) October 23, 2026

Board no.3 (L to R): Silver – GM Elina Danielian (CE Gambit Bonnevoie) 2429, Gold – IM Nurgyul Salimova (Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica) 2504 and Bronze – IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo) 2407 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz

Replay live stream

Replay Round 7 live commentary by GM Simon Williams, WIM Lena Govedarica, WIM Sandra Djukic and WCM Lula Roberts | Video: European Chess Union

Prizes

The total prize fund was €40000, €26000 in Open and €14000 in Women. The top three prizes in Open are – €8000, €6000 and €4000. For Women, they were – €5500, €3500 and €2000. Individual board prizes on each board €500.

Schedule

Every day round started at 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST from 17th to 23rd October 2026. The seven-round Swiss system tournament had a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament took place in Budva, Montenegro.

Replay Round 7 Women games

Round 7 results

Final standings

Links

European Chess Union: Official site, facebook, twitter, youtube and instagram

Tournament Regulations