The 2016 European championships of international draughts were held from 18 to 24 October in Izmir, Turkey over 9 rounds Swiss-system tournament. In main program were 29 participants from 11 countries, including, 8 grandmasters, 6 international masters and 9 masters of the FMJD. After main program was competitions in rapid and blitz programs. Average rating 2031.
The winner was Aygul Idrisova, silver was Ksenia Nakhova and third was Matrena Nogovitsyna all from Russia.
| Place | Name | Country | Title | Points | Rating | MSolk | RSolk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aygul Idrisova |  Russia | MIF | 2201 | 13 | 75 | |
| 2 | Ksenia Nakhova | Russia | MFF | 2040 | 12 | 77 | |
| 3 | Matrena Nogovitsyna | Russia | GMIF | 2215 | 12 | 76 | |
| 4 | Olga Baltazhy |  Ukraine | GMIF | 2170 | 12 | 74 | |
| 5 | Darja Fedorovich |  Belarus | MIF | 2190 | 11 | 74 | 87 (-1) |
| 6 | Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Russia | GMIF | 2246 | 11 | 74 | 86(-1) |
| 7 | Yulia Makarenkova | Ukraine | MIF | 2121 | 11 | 71 | |
| 8 | Olga Fedorovich | Belarus | GMIF | 2208 | 10 | 73 | |
| 8 | Natalia Shestakova | Russia | MIF | 2169 | 10 | 73 | |
| 10 | Natalia Sadowska |  Poland | GMIF | 2264 | 10 | 69 | |
| 11 | Darya Tkachenko | Russia | MF | 2184 | 10 | 66 | |
| 12 | Viktoriya Motrichko | Ukraine | GMIF | 2187 | 10 | 63 | |
| 13 | Alia Aminova | Russia | MFF | 2039 | 10 | 62 | |
| 14 | Vitalia Doumesh |  Netherlands | MF | 2119 | 9 | 70 | |
| 15 | Elena Milshina | Russia | MF | 2122 | 9 | 65 | |
| 16 | Elena Chesnokova |  Latvia | MFF | 2159 | 9 | 64 | |
| 17 | Heike Verheul | Netherlands | MF | 2108 | 9 | 63 | |
| 18 | Ester van Muijen | Netherlands | 2092 | 9 | 62 | 74(-1) | |
| 19 | Christina Osipova | Russia | MFF | 1983 | 9 | 62 | 72 (-1) |
| 20 | Marika Azojan |  Estonia | MFF | 2000 | 9 | 61 | 73(-1) |
| 21 | Arleta Flisikowska | Poland | MFF | 2087 | 9 | 61 | 72 (-1) |
| 22 | Ayanika Kychkina | Russia | MFF | 2078 | 8 | 65 | |
| 23 | Viktoriya Belaya | Ukraine | MFF | 2060 | 8 | 62 | |
| 24 | Romualda Shidlauskiene |  Lithuania | GMIF | 2100 | 8 | 56 | |
| 25 | Anastasiya Arkhangelskaya | Russia | 1936 | 8 | 53 | ||
| 26 | Vefa Aslanova |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 8 | 52 | ||
| 27 | Petra Duskova |  Czech Republic | 1939 | 7 | 51 | ||
| 28 | Daryna Mosiienko | Ukraine | 1900 | 5 | 54 | ||
| 29 | Marina Kosinska |  United Kingdom | 1973 | 4 | 54 |
| Place | Title | Name | Rating | Country | Points | MSolk | RSolk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMIF | Tamara Tansykkuzhina | 2215 | Russia | 13 | 54 | |
| 2 | MIF | Natalia Shestakova | 2148 | Russia | 12 | 55 | |
| 3 | MIF | Darja Fedorovich | 2105 | Belarus | 11 | 53 | |
| 4 | MFF | Elena Chesnokova | 2176 | Latvia | 10 | 55 | |
| 5 | GMIF | Natalia Sadowska | 2214 | Poland | 10 | 51 | |
| 6 | GMIF | Olga Baltazhy | 2159 | Ukraine | 10 | 48 | |
| 7 | GMIF | Aygul Idrisova | 2306 | Russia | 9 | 56 | |
| 8 | GMIF | Matrena Nogovitsyna | 2311 | Russia | 9 | 54 | |
| 9 | GMIF | Ksenia Nakhova | 2072 | Russia | 9 | 52 | |
| 10 | GMIF | Zoja Golubeva | 2256 | Latvia | 9 | 51 | 64(-1) 57(-2) 50(-3) 42(-4) |
| 11 | GMIF | Viktoriya Motrichko | 2205 | Ukraine | 9 | 51 | 64(-1) 57(-2) 50(-3) 41(-4) |
| 12 | GMIF | Elena Milshina | 2141 | Russia | 9 | 50 | |
| 13 | GMIF | Darya Tkachenko | 2249 | Russia | 9 | 48 | |
| 14 | MFF | Alia Aminova | 2126 | Russia | 9 | 41 | |
| 15 | MFF | Ayanika Kychkina | 2071 | Russia | 8 | 57 | |
| 16 | MFF | Christina Osipova | 2021 | Russia | 8 | 48 | |
| 17 | MIF | Vitalia Doumesh | 1972 | Netherlands | 8 | 44 | |
| 18 | GMIF | Olga Fedorovich | 2203 | Belarus | 7 | 54 | |
| 19 | MIF | Yulia Makarenkova | 2078 | Ukraine | 7 | 49 | |
| 20 | Ester van Muijen | 1980 | Netherlands | 7 | 47 | 59 (-1) | |
| 21 | MIF | Heike Verheul | 2180 | Netherlands | 7 | 47 | 56 (-1) |
| 22 | MFF | Arleta Flisikowska | 2054 | Poland | 7 | 45 | |
| 23 | MIF | Romualda Shidlauskiene | 2023 | Lithuania | 7 | 43 | |
| 24 | Anastasiya Arkhangelskaya | 1963 | Russia | 7 | 42 | ||
| 25 | Petra Duskova | 1979 | Czech Republic | 5 | 43 | ||
| 26 | Vefa Aslanova | 0 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 44 | ||
| 27 | Marina Kosinska | 1957 | United Kingdom | 4 | 40 |
| Place | Title | Name | Rating | Country | Points | MSolk | RSolk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMIF | Matrena Nogovitsyna | 2311 | Russia | 14 | 58 | |
| 2 | GMIF | Darya Tkachenko | 2249 | Russia | 12 | 58 | |
| 3 | MIF | Natalia Shestakova | 2148 | Russia | 10 | 54 | 68 (-1) |
| 4 | GMIF | Tamara Tansykkuzhina | 2215 | Russia | 10 | 54 | 66 (-1) |
| 5 | GMIF | Elena Milshina | 2141 | Russia | 10 | 52 | |
| 6 | GMIF | Olga Fedorovich | 2203 | Belarus | 10 | 49 | |
| 7 | MFF | Elena Chesnokova | 2176 | Latvia | 10 | 48 | |
| 8 | GMIF | Ksenia Nakhova | 2072 | Russia | 9 | 54 | |
| 9 | GMIF | Natalia Sadowska | 2214 | Poland | 9 | 52 | |
| 10 | MIF | Darja Fedorovich | 2105 | Belarus | 9 | 42 | |
| 11 | MIF | Yulia Makarenkova | 2078 | Ukraine | 9 | 41 | |
| 12 | GMIF | Zoja Golubeva | 2256 | Latvia | 8 | 50 | |
| 13 | Anastasiya Arkhangelskaya | 1963 | Russia | 8 | 49 | ||
| 14 | MFF | Christina Osipova | 2021 | Russia | 8 | 48 | 60 (-1) |
| 15 | GMIF | Viktoriya Motrichko | 2205 | Ukraine | 8 | 48 | 58 (-1) |
| 16 | GMIF | Olga Baltazhy | 2159 | Ukraine | 8 | 44 | |
| 17 | MIF | Vitalia Doumesh | 1972 | Netherlands | 7 | 52 | |
| 18 | GMIF | Aygul Idrisova | 2306 | Russia | 7 | 50 | |
| 19 | MFF | Arleta Flisikowska | 2054 | Poland | 7 | 47 | |
| 20 | MFF | Alia Aminova | 2126 | Russia | 7 | 33 | |
| 21 | MFF | Ayanika Kychkina | 2071 | Russia | 6 | 48 | |
| 22 | MIF | Romualda Shidlauskiene | 2023 | Lithuania | 6 | 47 | |
| 23 | Yulia Yurkova | 1932 | Russia | 4 | 42 | ||
| 24 | Petra Duskova | 1979 | Czech Republic | 4 | 41 | ||
| 25 | Vefa Aslanova | 0 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 40 | ||
| 26 | Ester van Muijen | 1980 | Netherlands | 4 | 36 |
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