| FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2022-23 | |
| Sport: | Chess |
| Location: | Astana Munich New Delhi Nicosia |
| Start Date: | September 2022 |
| End Date: | May 2023 |
| Administrator: | FIDE |
| Format: | Series of round-robin tournaments |
| Venues: | |
| Champion: | Kateryna Lagno |
| Runner-Up1: | Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| Event1: | Tournament 1 |
| Event1 Location: | Astana |
| Event1 Dates: | 17-30 September 2022 |
| Event1 Champion: | Kateryna Lagno |
| Event1 Runner-Up: | Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| Event2: | Tournament 2 |
| Event2 Location: | Munich |
| Event2 Dates: | 1–14 February 2023 |
| Event2 Champion: | Alexandra Kosteniuk |
| Event2 Runner-Up: | Humpy Koneru |
| Event3: | Tournament 3 |
| Event3 Location: | New Delhi |
| Event3 Dates: | 24 March – 6 April 2023 |
| Event3 Champion: | Jiner Zhu Bibisara Assaubayeva Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| Event4: | Tournament 4 |
| Event4 Location: | Nicosia |
| Event4 Dates: | 24 March – 6 April 2023 |
| Event4 Champion: | Dinara Wagner |
| Event4 Runner-Up: | Harika Dronavalli Polina Shuvalova Tan Zhongyi |
| Previous: | FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019–2021 |
| Next: | FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–25 |
The 2022–2023 edition of the FIDE Grand Prix was a series of four chess tournaments exclusively for women which determined two players to play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2023–2024. The winner of the Candidates Tournament would play the reigning world champion in the next Women's World Chess Championship.[1]
This is the sixth cycle of the tournament series. Each of 16 players had to participate in three out of four tournaments, and every tournament was a twelve-player round robin event. The tournaments were held between September 2022 and May 2023.[2]
Kateryna Lagno and Aleksandra Goryachkina were the top two finishers of the series, and qualified to play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024.
16 players qualified for the Grand Prix:[3]
After Ju Wenjun (Women's World Champion), Lei Tingjie (winner of Women's Grand Swiss) and Hou Yifan (qualified by rating as #1) decided not to participate, replacements were also invited by March 2022 rating list.
| Invitee | Qualifying method | Rating (March 2022) | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alexandra Kosteniuk | Women's World Cup | 2516 | |
| Aleksandra Goryachkina | Women's World Cup | 2610 | |
 Tan Zhongyi | Women's World Cup | 2525 | |
 Anna Muzychuk | Women's World Cup | 2531 | |
| Elisabeth Pähtz | Women's Grand Swiss | 2507 | |
| Zhu Jiner | Women's Grand Swiss | 2464 | |
| Mariya Muzychuk | Women's Grand Swiss | 2544 | |
| Kateryna Lagno | Rating | 2550 | |
 Nana Dzagnidze | Rating | 2531 | |
 Bibisara Assaubayeva | Organizer's nominee | 2434 | |
| Dinara Wagner | Organizer's nominee | 2325 | |
 Koneru Humpy | Organizer's nominee | 2586 | |
 Alina Kashlinskaya | Organizer's nominee | 2490 | |
| Dronavalli Harika | Rating (replacement) | 2517 | |
| Polina Shuvalova | Rating (replacement) | 2504 | |
| Zhansaya Abdumalik | Rating (replacement) | 2493 | |
| R Vaishali | Replacement | 2403 | |
| Nino Batsiashvili | Replacement | 2472 | |
| Bella Khotenashvili | Replacement | 2485 | |
| Gunay Mammadzada | Replacement | 2454 | |
| Oliwia Kiołbasa | Replacement | 2388 |
| No. | Host city | Date | Winner | Points (Win/draw/loss) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 17–30 September 2022 | 8/11 (+5=6-0)[5] | ||
| 2 | Munich, Germany | 1–14 February 2023 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 7.5/11 (+5=5-1)[6] | |
| 3 | New Delhi, India | 24 March6 April 2023 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 6/9 (+3=6-0)[7] | |
| 4 | Nicosia, Cyprus | 15–28 May 2023 | 7/11 (+4=6-1) [8] |
The tournament only had 11 players after Abdumalik withdrew in protest of the playing venue and her accommodations.[9] FIDE stated they were unable to adjust the pairings or add another player to try to reduce the number of players with 6 whites and 4 blacks or vice versa. Harika stated that many of the players were resistant to another player being added as there were already 3 Indian participants and a reserved player would likely have to also be Indian given the tournament was held in New Delhi and that Goryachkina threatened to withdraw if the pairings were adjusted. [10] Paehtz then withdrew as well in protest of the color imbalances. As a result, the tournament was still held over the original 11 rounds with each player now receiving two byes, and colors were still not adjusted, leading Zhu and Shuvalova to have 6 white games and Batsiashvili and Harika to have 6 black games.[11]
For each tournament, 160 Grand Prix points will be awarded for 1st place, 130 for 2nd, 110 for 3rd and then in steps of 10 from 90 for 4th to 10 for 12th place. If players ended up tied on points, points for those places will be shared equally.
The top two players in Grand Prix standings will qualify for Women's Candidates Tournament 2023–2024.
All replacements (in italics) are eligible for Grand Prix points and Candidates qualification.
| Rank | Player | Astana | Munich | New Delhi | Nicosia | data-sort-type="number" | Total ! | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 160 | 85 | 80 | 325 | €49,125 | |||
| 2 | 130 | 133⅓ | 55 | 318⅓ | €45,146 | |||
| 3 | 110 | 65 | 133⅓ | 308⅓ | €40,833 | |||
| 4 | 90 | 160 | 30 | 280 | €37,000 | |||
| 5 | 90 | 50 | 110 | 250 | €30,500 | |||
| 6 | 60 | 65 | 110 | 235 | €26,083 | |||
| 7 | 60 | 10 | 160 | 230 | €26,583 | |||
| 8 | 30 | 133⅓ | 55 | 218⅓ | €23,646 | |||
| 9 | 110 | 50 | 55 | 215 | €19,313 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 85 | 110 | 205 | €19,875 | |||
| 11 | 130 | 70 | 200 | €17,750 | ||||
| 12 | 80 | 65 | w/d | 145 | €12,250 | |||
| 13 | 30 | 65 | w/d | 95 | €9,000 | |||
| 14 | 60 | 30 | 90 | €8,583 | ||||
| 15 | 30 | 30 | 60 | €7,000 | ||||
| 16 | 55 | 55 | €4,813 | |||||
| 17 | 50 | 50 | €4,500 | |||||
| 18 | 40 | 40 | €4,000 | |||||
| 19 | 20 | 20 | €3,000 | |||||
| 19 | 20 | 20 | €3,000 | |||||
| 21 | 10 | 10 | €2,500 |