Women's Chess World Cup 2025

Not to be confused with Women's World Chess Championship 2025.

The Women's Chess World Cup 2025 is an upcoming single-elimination chess tournament, the third edition of the Women's Chess World Cup, taking place in Batumi, Georgia, from 5 July to 29 July 2025. The tournament will be held in parallel with the Chess World Cup 2025.

FIDE Women's Chess World Cup 2025

Tournament information
Sport	Chess
Location	Batumi, Georgia
Dates	5 July 2025–29 July 2025
Administrator	FIDE
Tournament format(s)	Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)	Georgian Chess Federation

Format

The tournament is a 7-round knockout event, with the top 25 seeds given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals will play a match for third place.

Each round consists of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if required. The time limits will be as follows:

• Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes, plus a 30-minute increment on move 40, plus a 30-second increment per move from move 1, per player.
• If the match is tied after the classical games, players will play two rapid chess games, with 25 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.
• If the match is still tied, players then will play two more rapid chess games, with 10 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.
• If the match is still tied, players then will play two blitz games, with 5 minutes plus a 3-second increment per move, per player.
• If the match is still tied, a single blitz game, with 3 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move, will be played to decide the match. A drawing of lots will determine which player plays white. If drawn, the players will switch colors and play again, until a decisive result is obtained.