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 will play the reigning world champion in the Women's World Chess Championship 2026.[1]

The 2024–2025 edition was 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 the WGP were 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 had qualified for WGP Series 2024-25 via paths 3.1.a-c. The unallocated spot(s), if any, were 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 had 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 were eligible. If two or more players had equal ratings, the drawing of lots was used to determine the qualifiers.
  • F. 6 spots – Players nominated by organisers of WGP tournaments: each of the six WGP tournament organisers nominated 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)
China Ju Wenjun Women's World Championship Match 2023 2559
China Lei Tingjie Women's World Championship Match 2023 2550
FIDE Kateryna Lagno[a] Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23 2542
FIDE Aleksandra Goryachkina Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23 2553
Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova Women's World Cup 2432
Ukraine Anna Muzychuk Women's World Cup 2520
China Tan Zhongyi Women's World Cup 2521
India Vaishali Rameshbabu Women's Grand Swiss 2475
Mongolia Batkhuyag Munguntuul Women's Grand Swiss 2381
India Koneru Humpy Rating 2546
Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk Rating 2510
Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze Rating 2506
India Harika Dronavalli Rating 2503
Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk Rating 2501
Spain Sarasadat Khademalsharieh[b] Rating (replacement) 2490
China Zhu Jiner[c] Rating (replacement) 2463
Georgia (country) Lela Javakhishvili Organiser's nominee 2447
Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva Organiser's nominee 2481
Germany Elisabeth Pähtz Organiser's nominee 2457
Greece Stavroula Tsolakidou Organiser's nominee 2424
India Divya Deshmukh Organiser's nominee 2427
Austria Regina Pokorna Organiser's nominee 2302
Austria Olga Badelka[d] Organiser's nominee (replacement) 2374
Poland Alina Kashlinskaya[e] Replacement 2468
Georgia (country) Salome Melia[f] Replacement 2322
FIDE Polina Shuvalova[g] Replacement 2440

Schedule

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

Prizes

The tour points and prize money were 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 were 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 14–25 August, 2024. Alina Kashlinskaya was the winner of the tournament.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 1, 14–25 August, 2024, Tbilisi, Georgia, Category X (2482.4)[4]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points BPG[h] SB 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 4 22.00 71.67 €8,667
4[i]  GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 2505 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5 4 21.25 71.67 €8,667
5  GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 2521 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 4 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[j]  GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND) 2488 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 4 5 16.50 35 €4,750
8  GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI) 2488 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 4 5 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 29 October–9 November, 2024. Aleksandra Goryachkina was the winner of the tournament.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 2, 29 October–9 November, 2024, Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Category X (2476.4)[5]
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 Monte Carlo, Monaco from 18–28 February, 2025. Aleksandra Goryachkina was the winner of the tournament.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 3, 18–28 February, 2025, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Category X (2482.7)[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) 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 Nicosia, Cyprus from 14–25 March, 2025. Anna Muzychuk was the winner of the tournament.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 4, 14–25 March, 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus, Category X (2483.2)[7]
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 Pune, India from 14–25 April, 2025. Koneru Humpy was the winner of the tournament.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 5, 14–25 April, 2025, Pune, India, Category X (2482.7)[8]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points BPG[h] 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 was held in Großlobming, Austria from 6–15 May, 2025. Anna Muzychuk was the winner of the tournament.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 6, 6–15 May, 2025, Großlobming, Austria, Category X (2481.8)[9]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points BPG[h] 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
China Zhu Jiner — — — 117.5 117.5 117.5 352.5
FIDE Aleksandra Goryachkina — 130 106.67 71.67 — — 308.34
Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 71.67 — — 117.5 — 117.5 306.67
India Koneru Humpy — 55 106.67 — 117.5 — 279.17
China Tan Zhongyi — 105 65 — — 85 255
Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 105 77.5 15 — — — 197.5
India Divya Deshmukh — 55 — 40 85 — 180
Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze 71.67 — — 50 — 55 176.67
Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk 50 — — 71.67 — 55 176.67
Greece Stavroula Tsolakidou 71.67 77.5 — 25 — — 174.17
India Harika Dronavalli — — 35 71.67 65 — 171.67
India Vaishali Rameshbabu 35 — — — 50 70 155
Poland Alina Kashlinskaya 130 — — — 20 — 150
Mongolia Batkhuyag Munguntuul — 15 106.67 — 20 — 141.67
Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk 35 — 50 — — 35 120
FIDE Kateryna Lagno[a] — 40 65 — — — 105
Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova — 30 — — 40 10 80
FIDE Polina Shuvalova — — — — 65 — 65
Georgia (country) Lela Javakhishvili 20 — — — — 35 55
Spain Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 10 — 35 — — — 45
Austria Olga Badelka — — — 25 — 20 45
Germany Elisabeth Pähtz — 15 15 10 — — 40
Georgia (country) 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
  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 d e f Number of games played with black
  9. ^ The third tiebreak was number of wins. Nana had 2 while Anna had 1, so Nana got 4th and Anna 5th.
  10. ^ The third tiebreak was number of wins. Vaishali had 2 while Alexandra had 1, so Vaishali got 7th and Alexandra 8th.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Regulations for FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2024-2025" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-2025 Qualifiers". FIDE. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  3. ^ Doggers, Peter (28 February 2022). "FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus". Chess.com. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  4. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/25 - First Leg, Tbilisi". s3.chess-results.com. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  5. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/25 - Second Leg, Shymkent". chess-results.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  6. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - Monaco". chess-results.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  7. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - Cyprus". chess-results.com. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  8. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - India". chess-results.com. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  9. ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - Austria". chess-results.com. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
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