The 2024–2025 edition of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix is a series of six chess tournaments exclusively for women which determined two players to play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026. The winner of the Candidates Tournament would play the reigning world champion in the next Women's World Chess Championship.[1]
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Chess |
Location | ![]() |
Dates | 14 August 2024–2025 |
Administrator | FIDE |
Format | Series of round-robin tournaments |
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This is the seventh cycle of the tournament series. Each of 16 players had to participate in three out of six tournaments, and every tournament was a ten-player round robin event. The tournaments were held between 2024 and 2025.
Players
edit20 players qualified for the Grand Prix. The twenty players to qualify for WGP shall be determined according to the following criteria:[1][2]
- A. 2 spots – FIDE Women's World Championship Match 2023 participants: GM Ju Wenjun and GM Lei Tingjie
- B. 2 spots – FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23: GM Kateryna Lagno and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina.
- C. 3 spots – FIDE Women's World Cup 2023: IM Nurgyul Salimova, GM Anna Muzychuk, GM Tan Zhongyi.
- D. 3 spots – FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023: three best players according to the final standings (but not below 4th place), excluding those who have qualified for WGP Series 2024-25 via paths 3.1.a-c. The unallocated spot(s), if any, shall be awarded according to the procedure described in Article 3.1.e.
- E. 4 spots – Standard Rating in the April 2024 FIDE Rating List: four players with the highest rating, excluding those who have qualified for WGP Series via paths 3.1.a-d. Only players who played at least 30 games rated in the FIDE standard rating lists from May 2023 to April 2024 are eligible. If two or more players have equal ratings, the drawing of lots shall be used to determine the qualifiers.
- F. 6 spots – Players nominated by Organisers of WGP tournaments: each of the six WGP tournament Organiser shall nominate any player non-qualified via paths 3.1.a-e of his/her choice upon consultation with FIDE president.
Replacement players are stylized in italics.
Invitee | Qualifying method | Rating |
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Kateryna Lagno[a] | Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23 | 2532 |
Aleksandra Goryachkina[a] | Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23 | 2545 |
Nurgyul Salimova | Women's World Cup | 2449 |
Anna Muzychuk | Women's World Cup | 2521 |
Tan Zhongyi | Women's World Cup | 2545 |
R Vaishali | Women's Grand Swiss | 2488 |
Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul | Women's Grand Swiss | 2356 |
Koneru Humpy | Rating | 2530 |
Mariya Muzychuk | Rating | 2508 |
Nana Dzagnidze | Rating | 2505 |
Harika Dronavalli | Rating | 2491 |
Alexandra Kosteniuk | Rating | 2488 |
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh[b] | Rating (replacement) | 2489 |
Bibisara Assaubayeva | Organizer's nominee | 2472 |
Elisabeth Pähtz | Organizer's nominee | 2451 |
Regina Pokorna | Organizer's nominee | 2302 |
Stavroula Tsolakidou | Organizer's nominee | 2428 |
Lela Javakhishvili | Organizer's nominee | 2451 |
Alina Kashlinskaya[c] | Replacement | 2474 |
Schedule
editDates | Host city | Winner | Runner-up | Third Place |
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August 14–25, 2024 | Tbilisi | Alina Kashlinskaya | Bibisara Assaubayeva | Stavroula Tsolakidou |
October 29–November 9, 2024 | Shymkent | |||
February 17–28, 2025 | Monaco | |||
March 14–25, 2025 | Cyprus | |||
April 14–25, 2025 | India | |||
May 5–16, 2025 | Austria |
Prizes
editThe tour points are to be awarded as follows:[1]
Place Tour Points Overall
prize moneyEvent
prize money1st 130 €30,000 €18,000 2nd 105 €22,000 €13,000 3rd 85 €16,000 €10,500 4th 70 €12,000 €8,500 5th 60 €10,000 €7,000 6th 50 €8,000 €6,000 7th 40 €7,000 €5,000 8th 30 €6,000 €4,500 9th 20 €5,000 €4,000 10th 10 €4,000 €3,500
- Tour points and prize money are shared equally between tied players.
Tournaments
editGeorgia (Stage 1)
editThe first stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–2025 was held in Tbilisi, Georgia from August 14 to 25, 2024. Alina Kashlinskaya was the winner of the tournament.[4][5]
FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 1, August 14–25 2024, Tbilisi, Georgia, Category X (2482.4) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB Grand Prix Points Prize money 1 IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL) 2474 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 130 €18,000 2 IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) 2472 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 105 €13,000 3 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE) 2428 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 22.00 71.67 €8,667 4 GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 2521 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 21.25 71.67 €8,667 5 GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 2505 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5 21.25 71.67 €8,667 6 GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) 2508 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 50 €6,000 7 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND) 2488 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4 16.50 35 €4,750 8 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI) 2488 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4 16.50 35 €4,750 9 IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) 2451 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 3½ 20 €4,000 10 IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP) 2489 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 2½ 10 €3,000
Grand Prix standings
editInvitee | Rating | Tbilisi | Shymkent | Monaco | Cyprus | India | Austria | Total |
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Alina Kashlinskaya | 2474 | 130 | — | 130 | ||||
Bibisara Assaubayeva | 2472 | 105 | 105 | |||||
Stavroula Tsolakidou | 2428 | 71.67 | 71.67 | |||||
Nana Dzagnidze | 2505 | 71.67 | — | 71.67 | ||||
Anna Muzychuk | 2521 | 71.67 | — | 71.67 | ||||
Mariya Muzychuk | 2508 | 50 | — | 50 | ||||
Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2488 | 35 | — | 35 | ||||
Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2488 | 35 | — | 35 | ||||
Lela Javakhishvili | 2451 | 20 | — | 20 | ||||
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh | 2489 | 10 | — | 10 | ||||
Aleksandra Goryachkina[a] | 2545 | — | ||||||
Kateryna Lagno[a] | 2532 | — | ||||||
Tan Zhongyi | 2545 | — | ||||||
Koneru Humpy | 2530 | — | ||||||
Elisabeth Pähtz | 2451 | — | ||||||
Nurgyul Salimova | 2449 | — | ||||||
Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul | 2356 | — | ||||||
Divya Deshmukh | 2472 | — | ||||||
Lei Tingjie | 2549 | — | — | |||||
Harika Dronavalli | 2491 | — | — | |||||
Regina Pokorná | 2302 | — | — |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Regulations for FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2024-2025" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-2025 Qualifiers". April 27, 2024.
- ^ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022
- ^ "Kashlinskaya Wins Tbilisi Grand Prix, Earns 2nd GM Norm". Chess.com. August 24, 2024.
- ^ "Alina Kashlinskaya victorious in Tbilisi after scoring back-to-back wins". ChessBase. August 24, 2024.