Elmira Mirzoeva leads the English Women Chess Championship 2025

The ECF English Women’s Open Championship 2025 is taking place July 18 – July 21 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. It is a 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from England, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

Elmira Mirzoeva is sole leader after four rounds with 3,5/4. She is closely followed by Yaoyao Zhu with 3,0/4. Live round 5 here

Throwback: Elmira Mirzoeva wins UK Blitz Chess Championships 2022

Elmira Mirzoeva is sole leader of the @ecf_women Chess Championship. Tomorrow on board 1 is the match Elmira Mirzoeva – WCM Shambavi Hariharan https://t.co/XgDjZwxeAC @EngChessTrack

— Chessdom (@chessdom) July 19, 2025

1	WGM	Mirzoeva, Elmira	3.5
2		Zhu, Yaoyao	3
3		Maton, Emily	2.5
4	WCM	Hariharan, Shambavi	2.5
5	WFM	Longson, Sarah N	2
6	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	2
7		Fernando, Manel	2
8	WFM	Dicen, Elis Denele	1.5
9		Roychowdhury, Aashita	0.5
10		Saharkar, Sharvari	0.5