FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–25

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2024-25
Tournament information
SportChess
Location
  • Georgia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Monaco
  • Cyprus
  • India
  • Austria
Dates14 August 2024–15 May 2025
AdministratorFIDE
FormatSeries of round-robin tournaments
Final positions
Champion Zhu Jiner
Runner-up Aleksandra Goryachkina

The 2024–2025 edition of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix was 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 Women's World Chess Championship 2026.[1]

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.

Zhu Jiner and Aleksandra Goryachkina were the top two finishers of the series, and qualified to play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026.

Players

20 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 (April 2024)
Lei Tingjie Women's World Championship Match 2023 2550
Kateryna Lagno[a] Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23 2542
Aleksandra Goryachkina Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23 2553
Nurgyul Salimova Women's World Cup 2432
Anna Muzychuk Women's World Cup 2520
Tan Zhongyi Women's World Cup 2521
Vaishali Rameshbabu Women's Grand Swiss 2475
Batkhuyag Munguntuul Women's Grand Swiss 2381
Koneru Humpy Rating 2546
Mariya Muzychuk Rating 2510
Nana Dzagnidze Rating 2506
Harika Dronavalli Rating 2503
Alexandra Kosteniuk Rating 2501
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh[b] Rating (replacement) 2490
Zhu Jiner[c] Rating (replacement) 2463
Lela Javakhishvili Organizer's nominee 2447
Bibisara Assaubayeva Organizer's nominee 2481
Elisabeth Pähtz Organizer's nominee 2457
Stavroula Tsolakidou Organizer's nominee 2424
Divya Deshmukh Organizer's nominee 2427
Regina Pokorna Organizer's nominee 2302
Olga Badelka[d] Organizer's nominee (replacement) 2374
Alina Kashlinskaya[e] Replacement 2468
Salome Melia[f] Replacement 2322
Polina Shuvalova[g] Replacement 2440

Schedule

Dates Host city Winner Runner-up Third Place
August 14–25, 2024 Tbilisi Alina Kashlinskaya Bibisara Assaubayeva Stavroula Tsolakidou
October 29–November 9, 2024 Shymkent Aleksandra Goryachkina Tan Zhongyi Bibisara Assaubayeva
February 17–28, 2025 Monaco Aleksandra Goryachkina Humpy Koneru Batkhuyag Munguntuul
March 14–25, 2025 Nicosia Anna Muzychuk Zhu Jiner Harika Dronavalli
April 14–25, 2025 Pune Humpy Koneru Zhu Jiner Divya Deshmukh
May 5–16, 2025 Großlobming Anna Muzychuk Zhu Jiner Tan Zhongyi

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Prizes

The tour points are to be awarded as follows:[1]

Place Tour Points Overall
prize money		 Event
prize money
1st 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

Georgia (Stage 1)

The 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 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 130 €18,000
2  IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) 2472 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 105 €13,000
3  IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE) 2428 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 22.00 71.67 €8,667
4  GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 2521 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 21.25 71.67 €8,667
5  GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 2505 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5 21.25 71.67 €8,667
6  GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) 2508 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 50 €6,000
7  GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND) 2488 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 4 16.50 35 €4,750
8  GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI) 2488 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 4 16.50 35 €4,750
9  IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) 2451 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 0 3½ 20 €4,000
10  IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP) 2489 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 Does not appear 2½ 10 €3,000

Kazakhstan (Stage 2)

The second stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–2025 was held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan from October 29 to November 9, 2024. Aleksandra Goryachkina was the winner of the tournament.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 2, October 29 – November 9, 2024, Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Category X (2476.4)[6]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points BPG[h] SB Grand Prix Points Prize money
1  GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (FIDE) 2528 Does not appear 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 130 €18,000
2  GM Tan Zhongyi (CHN) 2551 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 105 €13,000
3  IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) 2488 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5 5 22.00 77.5 €9,500
4  IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE) 2445 0 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 5 18.00 77.5 €9,500
5  GM Koneru Humpy (IND) 2530 ½ ½ 0 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4½ 5 55 €6,500
6  IM Divya Deshmukh (IND) 2493 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 4 55 €6,500
7  GM Kateryna Lagno (FIDE) 2527 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 4 40 €5,000
8  IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) 2402 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 3½ 30 €4,500
9  GM Elisabeth Pähtz (GER) 2456 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 0 2½ 5 15 €3,750
10  IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL) 2344 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 2½ 4 15 €3,750

Monaco (Stage 3)

The third stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–2025 was held in Monaco from February 18 to 28, 2025.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 3, February 18–28, 2025, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Category X (2482.7)[7]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points BPG[h] SB Grand Prix Points Prize money
1  GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (FIDE) 2546 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 5 23.50 106.67 €13,833
2  GM Koneru Humpy (IND) 2523 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5½ 5 22.50 106.67 €13,833
3  IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL) 2331 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 4 106.67 €13,833
4  GM Tan Zhongyi (CHN) 2561 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 5 65 €7,750
5  GM Kateryna Lagno (FIDE) 2515 1 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5 4 65 €7,750
6  GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI) 2484 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 4½ 50 €6,000
7  IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP) 2458 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 4 5 35 €4,750
8  GM Harika Dronavalli (IND) 2489 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 4 4 35 €4,750
9  IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) 2492 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3 4 13.50 15 €3,750
10  GM Elisabeth Pähtz (GER) 2428 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3 4 13.00 15 €3,750

Cyprus (Stage 4)

The fourth stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–2025 was held in Cyprus from March 14 to 25, 2025.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 4, March 14–25, 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus, Category X (2483.2)[8]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points BPG[h] SB Grand Prix Points
1  GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 2516 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 6 4 25.00 117.5
2  GM Zhu Jiner (CHN) 2514 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6 4 24.50 117.5
3  GM Harika Dronavalli (IND) 2483 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 5 5 22.75 71.67
4  GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) 2490 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 5 21.25 71.67
5  GM Alexandra Goryachkina (FIDE) 2548 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 4 21.75 71.67
6  GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 2513 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 5 17.75 50
7  IM Divya Deshmukh (IND) 2470 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 4 4 16.25 40
8  IM Olga Badelka (AUT) 2429 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 3½ 5 16.25 25
9  IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE) 2445 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 3½ 4 14.25 25
10  GM Elisabeth Pähtz (GER) 2424 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 2½ 5 11.25 10

India (Stage 5)

The fifth stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–2025 was held in India from April 14 to 25, 2025.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 5, Date April 14–25, 2025, Pune, India, Category X (2482.7)[9]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points BPG SB Grand Prix Points
1  GM Koneru Humpy (IND) 2528 Does not appear 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7 5 30.75 117.5
2  GM Zhu Jiner (CHN) 2525 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 4 27.75 117.5
3  IM Divya Deshmukh (IND) 2460 0 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 5 19.5 85
4  GM Harika Dronavalli (IND) 2488 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 18.5 65
5  IM Polina Shuvalova (FIDE) 2500 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 5 16.25 65
6  GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND) 2484 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 4 4 15.75 50
7  IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) 2402 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 3½ 4 13.75 40
8  IM Salome Melia (GEO) 2293 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 3 5 14.5 20
9  IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL) 2496 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 0 3 4 13.75 20
10  IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL) 2361 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 Does not appear 3 4 10.5 20

Austria (Stage 6)

The sixth and final stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–2025 is currently held in Austria from May 6 to 15, 2025.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 6, Date May 6–15, 2025, Großlobming, Austria, Category X (2481.8)[10]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points BPG SB Grand Prix Points
1  GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 2529 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 5 26.25 117.5
2  GM Zhu Jiner (CHN) 2541 0 Does not appear 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 4 23.75 117.5
3  GM Tan Zhongyi (CHN) 2536 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 5½ 5 23.25 85
4  GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND) 2475 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5 4 19.75 70
5  GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 2509 ½ 0 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 5 19.25 55
6  GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) 2494 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 0 1 ½ 4½ 4 19 55
7  GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI) 2479 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 0 4 5 19.75 35
8  IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) 2430 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 4 4 15.25 35
9  IM Olga Badelka (AUT) 2426 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 Does not appear 1 3½ 4 13.5 20
10  IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) 2399 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 Does not appear 2 5 9.25 10

Grand Prix standings

Invitee Tbilisi Shymkent Monaco Nicosia Pune Großlobming Total
Zhu Jiner — — — 117.5 117.5 117.5 352.5
Aleksandra Goryachkina — 130 106.67 71.67 — — 308.34
Anna Muzychuk 71.67 — — 117.5 — 117.5 306.67
Koneru Humpy — 55 106.67 — 117.5 — 279.17
Tan Zhongyi — 105 65 — — 85 255
Bibisara Assaubayeva 105 77.5 15 — — — 197.5
Divya Deshmukh — 55 — 40 85 — 180
Nana Dzagnidze 71.67 — — 50 — 55 176.67
Mariya Muzychuk 50 — — 71.67 — 55 176.67
Stavroula Tsolakidou 71.67 77.5 — 25 — — 174.17
Harika Dronavalli — — 35 71.67 65 — 171.67
Vaishali Rameshbabu 35 — — — 50 70 155
Alina Kashlinskaya 130 — — — 20 — 150
Batkhuyag Munguntuul — 15 106.67 — 20 — 141.67
Alexandra Kosteniuk 35 — 50 — — 35 120
Kateryna Lagno[a] — 40 65 — — — 105
Nurgyul Salimova — 30 — — 40 10 80
Polina Shuvalova — — — — 65 — 65
Lela Javakhishvili 20 — — — — 35 55
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 10 — 35 — — — 45
Olga Badelka — — — 25 — 20 45
Elisabeth Pähtz — 15 15 10 — — 40
Salome Melia — — — — 20 — 20

Notes

  1. ^ a b Russian players' flags are displayed as the FIDE flag because FIDE banned Russian and Belarusian flags from FIDE-rated events in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
  2. ^ Replacement for Ju Wenjun
  3. ^ Replacement for Lei
  4. ^ Replacement for Pokorna in 4th and 6th legs
  5. ^ Replacement for Pokorna in 1st leg (Tbilisi) and for Khadelmalsharieh in 5th leg (Pune)
  6. ^ Replacement for Javakhishvili in 5th leg (Pune)
  7. ^ Replacement for Lagno in 5th leg (Pune)
  8. ^ a b c Number of games played with black

References

  1. ^ a b c "Regulations for FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2024-2025" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-2025 Qualifiers". April 27, 2024.
  3. ^ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Kashlinskaya Wins Tbilisi Grand Prix, Earns 2nd GM Norm". Chess.com. August 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "Alina Kashlinskaya victorious in Tbilisi after scoring back-to-back wins". ChessBase. August 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/25 - Second Leg, Shymkent". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  7. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - Monaco". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  8. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - Cyprus". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  9. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - India". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  10. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - Austria". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
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