FIDE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CYCLE 2023-2025
FIDE WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
DATES AND HOST CITY TO BE ANNOUNCED
The Women’s World Championship Match consists of 12 games. The player who scores 6.5 points or more wins the Match, and no further games are played. If the score after 12 games is equal, the winner is decided on a tiebreak.
Ju Wenjun
World Champion
Tan Zhongyi
2023 Grand Swiss 2nd Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2024
FIDE WOMEN’S CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT
April 2024. Toronto, Canada.
The winner of this 8-player double round-robin (all-play-all twice) becomes the Challenger for the chess crown. In case of a tie for first place after 14 rounds, the playoff determines the winner.
Lei Tingjie
2023 Match Runner-up
Kateryna Lagno
2022-23 WGP 1st
Aleksandra Goryachkina
2022-23 WGP 2nd
2022-23 WGP 2nd
2023 World Cup 2nd
Anna Muzychuk
Anna Muzychuk
Vaishali Rameshbabu
2023 Grand Swiss 1st
Tan Zhongyi
2023 Grand Swiss 2nd
Humpy Koneru
Best by rating
(World Cup spot replacement)
QUALIFIERS
2023 FIDE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Chongqing/Shanghai, China
5-25 July, 2023
Lei Tingjie
Runner-up
- Qualified
The defending Champion, Ju Wenjun, won Lei Tingjie.
Ju Wenjun claimed her fourth Women’s World Champion title after clinching a crucial victory in the decisive, final, 12th game of the match against challenger Lei Tingjie. Final score 6.5-5.5 in favor of defending Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun.
2022-23 FIDE WOMEN'S GRAND PRIX SERIES
Astana, Kazakhstan
17-30 September, 2022
Munich, Germany
1-14 February, 2023
New Delhi, India
24 March – 6 April, 2023
Nicosia, Cyprus
15-28 May, 2023
Lagno Kateryna
Runner-up
- Qualified
16 players compete in the WGP Series. Each of the players shall participate in 3 out of 4 WGP tournaments (12-player round robin events).
WGP points distributed in each of the 4 events:
1st place – 160
2nd – 130
3rd – 110
4th – 90
5th – 80
6th – 70
7th – 60
8th – 50
9th – 40
10th – 30
11th – 20
12th – 10
The final standings of the WGP Series are determined by the sum of WGP points earned in each tournament. The two players who score the most WGP points qualify for the FIDE Women Candidates Tournament 2024.
2023 FIDE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
Baku, Azerbaijan
29 July – 22 August, 2023
*Aleksandra Goryachkina qualified through the WGP, so will be replaced by the strongest by rating
*Goryachkina Aleksandra
Winner
- Qualified
Salimova Nurgyul
Runner-up
- Qualified
Muzychuk Anna
3rd place
- Qualified
103 players. Knockout.
System of play: Each match consists of two classical games (one game per day) with the time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. If tied, a tiebreak follows on the third day: two 25m+10s rapid games, if still tied, then two 10m+10s games, if still tied, then two 5m+3s games, if still tied, then a 3m+2s game shall decide the winner (in case of a draw, another game is played until there is a winner).
Standings: worldcup2023.fide.com/en/tree
Winner: Aleksandra Goryachkina*
Runner up: Nurgyul Salimova
Third place: Anna Muzychuk
*As Aleksandra Goryachkina had already qualified to the FIDE Women’s Candidates through the Grand Prix series, her spot shall be awarded to the player having the highest standard rating among non-qualified players in the January 2024 FIDE rating list, provided she has played at least 30 games rated in the FIDE standard rating lists from February 2023 to January 2024.
FIDE GRAND SWISS
Douglas, Isle of Man
23 October – 5 November, 2023
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Winner
- Qualified
Tan Zhongyi
Runner-up
- Qualified
50 players:
- 40 players qualify by FIDE rating
- 4 continent spots
- 4 players nominated by the FIDE President
- 2 players nominated by the Organizers
Swiss system, 11 rounds.
The time control for each game is: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an
increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Final standings:
1st place – Vaishali, Rameshbabu (India)
2nd place – Muzychuk, Anna (Ukraine)
3rd place – Tan, Zhongyi (China)
Full standings: https://grandswiss.fide.com/grand-swiss-women/