FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–25

{{Short description|Women's chess tournament series}}

{{Infobox tournament|name=FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2024-25|sport=Chess|location=Georgia
Kazakhstan
Monaco
Cyprus
India
Austria

|start_date=14 August 2024|end_date=2025|administrator=FIDE|format=Series of round-robin tournaments|venues=*

|previous=FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022–23}}

The 2024–2025 edition of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix is 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.{{cite web |title=Regulations for FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2024-2025 |url=https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/regulations_WGP_2024_25.pdf|website=FIDE |access-date=August 25, 2024}}

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.

Players

20 players qualified for the Grand Prix. The twenty players to qualify for WGP shall be determined according to the following criteria:{{cite web |title=FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-2025 Qualifiers|url=https://www.fide.com/news/2991 |date=April 27, 2024}}

  • 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.

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!Invitee

!Qualifying method

!Rating (April 2024)

{{flagicon|CHN}} Lei Tingjie

|Women's World Championship Match 2023

|2550

{{flagicon|FIDE}} Kateryna Lagno{{efn|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.[https://www.chess.com/news/view/2022-fide-council-ukraine-belarus-russia FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus], chess.com, 28 February 2022|name="flags"}}

|Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23

|2542

{{flagicon|FIDE}} Aleksandra Goryachkina

|Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23

|2553

{{flagicon|BUL}} Nurgyul Salimova

|Women's World Cup

|2432

{{flagicon|UKR}} Anna Muzychuk

|Women's World Cup

|2520

{{flagicon|CHN}} Tan Zhongyi

|Women's World Cup

|2521

{{flagicon|IND}} Vaishali Rameshbabu

|Women's Grand Swiss

|2475

{{flagicon|MGL}} Batkhuyag Munguntuul

|Women's Grand Swiss

|2381

{{flagicon|IND}} Koneru Humpy

|Rating

|2546

{{flagicon|UKR}} Mariya Muzychuk

|Rating

|2510

{{flagicon|GEO}} Nana Dzagnidze

|Rating

|2506

{{flagicon|IND}} Harika Dronavalli

|Rating

|2503

{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Alexandra Kosteniuk

|Rating

|2501

{{flagicon|ESP}} Sarasadat Khademalsharieh{{efn|Replacement for Ju Wenjun}}

|Rating (replacement)

|2490

{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Jiner{{efn|Replacement for Lei}}

|Rating (replacement)

|2463

{{flagicon|GEO}} Lela Javakhishvili

|Organizer's nominee

|2447

{{flagicon|KAZ}} Bibisara Assaubayeva

|Organizer's nominee

|2481

{{flagicon|GER}} Elisabeth Pähtz

|Organizer's nominee

|2457

{{flagicon|GRE}} Stavroula Tsolakidou

|Organizer's nominee

|2424

{{flagicon|IND}} Divya Deshmukh

|Organizer's nominee

|2427

{{flagicon|AUT}} Regina Pokorna

|Organizer's nominee

|2302

{{flagicon|AUT}} Olga Badelka{{efn|Replacement for Pokorna in 4th and 6th legs}}

|Organizer's nominee (replacement)

|2374

{{flagicon|POL}} Alina Kashlinskaya{{efn|Replacement for Pokorna in 1st leg (Tbilisi) and for Khadelmalsharieh in 5th leg (Pune)}}

|Replacement

|2468

{{flagicon|GEO}} Salome Melia{{efn|Replacement for Javakhishvili in 5th leg (Pune)}}

|Replacement

|2322

{{flagicon|FIDE}} Polina Shuvalova{{efn|Replacement for Lagno in 5th leg (Pune)}}

|Replacement

|2440

Schedule

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!Dates

!Host city

!Winner

!Runner-up

!Third Place

August 14–25, 2024

| Tbilisi

| {{flagdeco|POL}} Alina Kashlinskaya

| {{flagdeco|KAZ}} Bibisara Assaubayeva

| {{flagdeco|GRE}} Stavroula Tsolakidou

October 29–November 9, 2024

| Shymkent

|{{flagicon|FIDE}} Aleksandra Goryachkina

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Tan Zhongyi

|{{flagdeco|KAZ}} Bibisara Assaubayeva

February 17–28, 2025

| Monaco

|{{flagicon|FIDE}} Aleksandra Goryachkina

|{{flagicon|IND}} Humpy Koneru

|{{flagicon|MGL}} Batkhuyag Munguntuul

March 14–25, 2025

| Nicosia

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Anna Muzychuk

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Jiner

|{{flagicon|IND}} Harika Dronavalli

April 14–25, 2025

| Pune

|{{flagicon|IND}} Humpy Koneru

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Jiner

|{{flagicon|IND}} Divya Deshmukh

May 5–16, 2025

| Austria

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[https://womengrandprix.fide.com/ home page]

Prizes

The tour points are to be awarded as follows:

:

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! Place !! Tour Points !! Overall
prize money !! Event
prize money

1st130€30,000€18,000
2nd105€22,000€13,000
3rd85€16,000€10,500
4th70€12,000€8,500
5th60€10,000€7,000
6th50€8,000€6,000
7th40€7,000€5,000
8th30€6,000€4,500
9th20€5,000€4,000
10th10€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.{{cite web |title=Kashlinskaya Wins Tbilisi Grand Prix, Earns 2nd GM Norm |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/alina-kashlinskaya-winner-2024-fide-womens-grand-prix-tbilisi|website=Chess.com |date=August 24, 2024}}{{cite web |title=Alina Kashlinskaya victorious in Tbilisi after scoring back-to-back wins|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/women-gp-tbilisi-2024-9 |website=ChessBase|date=August 24, 2024}}

:

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|+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

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| 1

align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Alina Kashlinskaya|POL}}2474{{CNone}}½½½½11½1½6130€18,000
2align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Bibisara Assaubayeva|KAZ}}2472½{{CNone}}½½½½½1½1105€13,000
3align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Stavroula Tsolakidou|GRE}}2428½½{{CNone}}½½½1½½½522.0071.67€8,667
4align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Anna Muzychuk|UKR}}2521½½½{{CNone}}½½½½½1521.2571.67€8,667
5align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Nana Dzagnidze|GEO}}2505½½½½{{CNone}}½01½1521.2571.67€8,667
6align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Mariya Muzychuk|UKR}}25080½½½½{{CNone}}1½½½50€6,000
7align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Vaishali Rameshbabu|IND}}24880½0½10{{CNone}}½½1416.5035€4,750
8align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Alexandra Kosteniuk|SUI}}2488½0½½0½½{{CNone}}½1416.5035€4,750
9align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Lela Javakhishvili|GEO}}24510½½½½½½½{{CNone}}020€4,000
10align=left | {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh|ESP}}}}2489½0½00½001{{CNone}}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.

:

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|+FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 2, October 29 – November 9, 2024, Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Category X (2476.4){{Cite web |title=FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/25 - Second Leg, Shymkent |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr1028685.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=chess-results.com}}

! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! BPG{{Efn|Number of games played with black|name=bpg}}

!SB!! Grand Prix Points !! Prize money

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| 1

align=left | {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|GM Aleksandra Goryachkina|FIDE}}}}2528{{CNone}}1½1½1½½117|130€18,000
2align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Tan Zhongyi|CHN}}25510{{CNone}}½1½½1111|105€13,000
3align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Bibisara Assaubayeva|KAZ}}2488½½{{CNone}}½1½01½½55

|22.00

77.5€9,500
4align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Stavroula Tsolakidou|GRE}}244500½{{CNone}}1½½½1155

|18.00

77.5€9,500
5align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Koneru Humpy|IND}}2530½½00{{CNone}}½½1½15

|

55€6,500
6align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Divya Deshmukh|IND}}24930½½½½{{CNone}}½½½14

|

55€6,500
7align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Kateryna Lagno|FIDE}}2527½01½½½{{CNone}}½½04|40€5,000
8align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Nurgyul Salimova|BUL}}2402½00½0½½{{CNone}}½1|30€4,500
9align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Elisabeth Pähtz|GER}}245600½0½½½½{{CNone}}05

|

15€3,750
10align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul|MGL}}234400½000101{{CNone}}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.

:

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|+FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 3, February 18–28, 2025, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Category X (2482.7){{Cite web |title=FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - Monaco |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr1099307.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=chess-results.com}}

! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! BPG{{Efn|name=bpg}}!! SB !! Grand Prix Points !! Prize money

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| 1

align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Aleksandra Goryachkina|FIDE}}2546{{CNone}}1½½0½1½1½523.50106.67€13,833
2align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Koneru Humpy|IND}}25230{{CNone}}½½½½111½522.50106.67€13,833
3align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul|MGL}}2331½½{{CNone}}½½1½½½14106.67€13,833
4align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Tan Zhongyi|CHN}}2561½½½{{CNone}}½01½1½5565€7,750
5align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Kateryna Lagno|FIDE}}25151½½½{{CNone}}½0½½15465€7,750
6align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Alexandra Kosteniuk|SUI}}2484½½01½{{CNone}}½0½150€6,000
7align=left | {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh|ESP}}}}245800½01½{{CNone}}1½½4535€4,750
8align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Harika Dronavalli|IND}}2489½0½½½10{{CNone}}½½4435€4,750
9align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Bibisara Assaubayeva|KAZ}}249200½0½½½½{{CNone}}½3413.5015€3,750
10align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Elisabeth Pähtz|GER}}2428½½0½00½½½{{CNone}}3413.0015€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.

:

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|+FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage 4, March 14–25, 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus, Category X{{Cite web |title=FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - Cyprus |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr1136814.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=chess-results.com}}

! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! BPG{{Efn|name=bpg}} !! SB !! Grand Prix Points

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| 1

align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Anna Muzychuk|UKR}}2516{{CNone}}½½½½110116425.00117.5
2align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Zhu Jiner|CHN}}2514½{{CNone}}½½½½11½16424.50117.5
3align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Harika Dronavalli|IND}}2483½½{{CNone}}½½1½1½05522.7571.67
4align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Mariya Muzychuk|UKR}}2490½½½{{CNone}}½½½½½15521.2571.67
5align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Alexandra Goryachkina|FIDE}}2548½½½½{{CNone}}½½½1½5421.7571.67
6align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Nana Dzagnidze|GEO}}25130½0½½{{CNone}}½½11517.7550
7align=left | {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|IM Divya Deshmukh|IND}}}}247000½½½½{{CNone}}1½½4416.2540
8align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Olga Badelka|AUT}}2429100½½½0{{CNone}}½½516.2525
9align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Stavroula Tsolakidou|GRE}}24450½½½00½½{{CNone}}1414.2525
10align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Elisabeth Pähtz|GER}}24240010½0½½0{{CNone}}511.2510

= 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.

:

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|+FIDE Women's Grand Prix Stage X, Date April 14-25, 2025, Pune, India, Category X (2482.7){{Cite web |title=FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/2025 - India |url=hhttps://chess-results.com/tnr1136494.aspx?lan=1 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=chess-results.com}}

! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! BPG !! SB !! Grand Prix Points

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| 1

align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Koneru Humpy|IND}}2528{{CNone}}11½1½1½½17530.75117.5
2align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Zhu Jiner|CHN}}25250{{CNone}}1111½½117427.75117.5
3align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Divya Deshmukh|IND}}246000{{CNone}}½½111½1519.585
4align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Harika Dronavalli|IND}}2488½0½{{CNone}}½½1½½½518.565
5align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Polina Shuvalova|FIDE}}250000½½{{CNone}}½½11½516.2565
6align=left | {{flagathlete|GM Vaishali Rameshbabu|IND}}2484½00½½{{CNone}}½½½14415.7550
7align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Nurgyul Salimova|BUL}}24020½00½½{{CNone}}½½1413.7540
8align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Salome Melia|GEO}}2293½½0½0½½{{CNone}}½03514.520
9align=left | {{flagathlete|IM Alina Kashlinskaya|POL}}2496½0½½0½½½{{CNone}}03413.7520
10align=left | {{flagathlete|WGM Munguntuul Batkhuyag|MGL}}2361000½½0011{{CNone}}3410.520

Grand Prix standings

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!Invitee

! Tbilisi

! Shymkent

! Monaco

! Nicosia

! India

! Austria

! Total

align=left| {{flagicon|FIDE}} Aleksandra Goryachkina{{efn|name="flags"}}{{n/a}}130106.6771.67{{n/a}}{{n/a}}308.34
align=left| {{flagicon|IND}} Koneru Humpy{{n/a}}55106.67{{n/a}}117.5{{n/a}}279.17
align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Jiner{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}117.5117.5235
align=left| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Bibisara Assaubayeva10577.515{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}197.5
align=left| {{flagicon|UKR}} Anna Muzychuk71.67{{n/a}}{{n/a}}117.5{{n/a}}189.17
align=left| {{flagicon|IND}} Divya Deshmukh{{n/a}}55{{n/a}}4085{{n/a}}180
align=left| {{flagicon|GRE}} Stavroula Tsolakidou71.6777.5{{n/a}}25{{n/a}}{{n/a}}174.17
align=left| {{flagicon|IND}} Harika Dronavalli{{n/a}}{{n/a}}3571.6765{{n/a}}171.67
align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} Tan Zhongyi{{n/a}}10565{{n/a}}{{n/a}}170
align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Alina Kashlinskaya130{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}20{{n/a}}150
align=left| {{flagicon|MGL}} Batkhuyag Munguntuul{{n/a}}15106.67{{n/a}}20{{n/a}}141.67
align=left| {{flagicon|GEO}} Nana Dzagnidze71.67{{n/a}}{{n/a}}50{{n/a}}121.67
align=left| {{flagicon|UKR}} Mariya Muzychuk50{{n/a}}{{n/a}}71.67{{n/a}}121.67
align=left| {{flagicon|FIDE}} Kateryna Lagno{{efn|name="flags"}}{{n/a}}4065{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}105
align=left| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Alexandra Kosteniuk35{{n/a}}50{{n/a}}{{n/a}}85
align=left| {{flagicon|IND}} Vaishali Rameshbabu35{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}5085
align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} Nurgyul Salimova{{n/a}}30{{n/a}}{{n/a}}4070
align=left| {{flagicon|FIDE}} Polina Shuvalova{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}65{{n/a}}|65
align=left| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ESP}} Sarasadat Khademalsharieh}}10{{n/a}}35{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}45
align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Elisabeth Pähtz{{n/a}}151510{{n/a}}{{n/a}}40
align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Olga Badelka{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}25{{n/a}}25
align=left| {{flagicon|GEO}} Lela Javakhishvili20{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}20
align=left| {{flagicon|GEO}} Salome Melia{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}20{{n/a}}|20
align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} Lei Tingjie{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}
align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Regina Pokorná{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}

Notes

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References

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