FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2025

The FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 is the third edition of the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament, a chess tournament that forms part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship match in 2025. It is an 11-round Swiss-system tournament with 56 players competing from 2 September to 16 September 2025 in the Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The winner and the runner-up of the tournament earn the right to the play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026.

The event will be held in parallel with the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025.

The tournament has an 11-round Swiss format, with pairings made using the Dutch system for Swiss tournaments. 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.^[1] The total prize pool of the tournament is $230,000 USD.^[2]

Tie-breaks between players who finish on the same score are determined, in order, by the following tie-breaks:^[1]

1. Average rating of opponents, cut 1;
2. Buchholz system, cut 1;
3. Buchholz system;
4. The results of individual games between tied players;
5. Drawing of lots.

The tournament is scheduled to run from 2 September to 16 September 2025 in the Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The venue for the tournament is Silk Road EXPO, Konigil massif, Samarkand.^[1][3]

Under FIDE regulations, the initial 50 invites were distributed as follows:^[1]

• 44 players qualify by FIDE rating
• 4 Continent spots. Each spot shall be decided by the respective Continental President by 1 June 2025.
• 4 players nominated by the FIDE President.
• 4 players nominated by the Organiser

Various methods were also specified to replace a player who declined an invitation.