FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–25 explained

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2024-25
Sport:	Chess
Location:	Tbilisi
Start Date:	14 August 2024
End Date:	2025
Administrator:	FIDE
Format:	Series of round-robin tournaments
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 next Women's World Chess Championship.^[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.

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
Lei Tingjie	Women's World Championship Match 2023	2549
Kateryna Lagno	Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23	2532
Aleksandra Goryachkina	Women's Grand Prix Series 2022–23	2545
Nurgyul Salimova	Women's World Cup	2449
Anna Muzychuk	Women's World Cup	2521
Tan Zhongyi	Women's World Cup	2545
R Vaishali	Women's Grand Swiss	2488
Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul	Women's Grand Swiss	2356
Koneru Humpy	Rating	2530
Mariya Muzychuk	Rating	2508
Nana Dzagnidze	Rating	2505
Harika Dronavalli	Rating	2491
Alexandra Kosteniuk	Rating	2488
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	Rating (replacement)	2489
Lela Javakhishvili	Organizer's nominee	2451
Bibisara Assaubayeva	Organizer's nominee	2472
Elisabeth Pähtz	Organizer's nominee	2451
Stavroula Tsolakidou	Organizer's nominee	2428
Divya Deshmukh	Organizer's nominee	2472
Regina Pokorna	Organizer's nominee	2302
Alina Kashlinskaya	Replacement	2474

Schedule

Dates	Host city	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place
August 14–25, 2024	Tbilisi		Bibisara Assaubayeva	Stavroula Tsolakidou
October 29–November 9, 2024	Shymkent	Aleksandra Goryachkina	Tan Zhongyi	Bibisara Assaubayeva
February 17–28, 2025	Monaco
March 14–25, 2025	Cyprus
April 14–25, 2025	India
May 5–16, 2025	Austria

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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.^{[3] [4]}

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	align=left		2474		½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	6		130	€18,000
2	align=left		2472	½		½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½		105	€13,000
3	align=left		2428	½	½		½	½	½	1	½	½	½	5	22.00	71.67	€8,667
4	align=left		2521	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	1	5	21.25	71.67	€8,667
5	align=left		2505	½	½	½	½		½	0	1	½	1	5	21.25	71.67	€8,667
6	align=left		2508	0	½	½	½	½		1	½	½	½	4½		50	€6,000
7	align=left		2488	0	½	0	½	1	0		½	½	1	4	16.50	35	€4,750
8	align=left		2488	½	0	½	½	0	½	½		½	1	4	16.50	35	€4,750
9	align=left		2451	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½		0	3½		20	€4,000
10	align=left		2489	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	1		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)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! TB !! Grand Prix Points !! Prize money

1	align=left	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2528		1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	7	5	130	€18,000
2	align=left	Tan Zhongyi	2551	0		½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	6,5	4	105	€13,000
3	align=left	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2488	½	½		½	1	½	0	1	½	½	5	5	77.5	€9,500
4	align=left	Stavroula Tsolakidou	2445	0	0	½		1	½	½	½	1	1	5	5	77.5	€9,500
5	align=left	Koneru Humpy	2530	½	½	0	0		½	½	1	½	1	4,5	5	55	€6,500
6	align=left	Divya Deshmukh	2493	0	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	1	4,5	4	55	€6,500
7	align=left	Kateryna Lagno	2527	½	0	1	½	½	½		½	½	0	4	4	40	€5,000
8	align=left	Nurgyul Salimova	2402	½	0	0	½	0	½	½		½	1	3,5	4	30	€4,500
9	align=left	Elisabeth Pähtz	2456	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½		0	2,5	5	15	€3,750
10	align=left	Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul	2344	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	1		2,5	4	15	€3,750

Grand Prix standings

Invitee	Rating	Tbilisi	Shymkent	Monaco	Cyprus	India	Austria	Total	Prize Money
Bibisara Assaubayeva	2472	105	77.5					182.5	€22,500
Stavroula Tsolakidou	2428	71.67	77.5					149.17	€18,167
Alina Kashlinskaya	2474	130						130	€18,000
Aleksandra Goryachkina	2545		130					130	€18,000
Tan Zhongyi	2545		105					105	€13,000
Nana Dzagnidze	2505	71.67						71.67	€8,667
Anna Muzychuk	2521	71.67						71.67	€8,667
Divya Deshmukh	2472		55					55	€6,500
Koneru Humpy	2530		55					55	€6,500
Mariya Muzychuk	2508	50						50	€6,000
Kateryna Lagno	2532		40					40	€5,000
Vaishali Rameshbabu	2488	35						35	€4,750
Alexandra Kosteniuk	2488	35						35	€4,750
Nurgyul Salimova	2449		30					30	€4,500
Lela Javakhishvili	2451	20						20	€4,000
Elisabeth Pähtz	2451		15					15	€3,750
Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul	2356		15					15	€3,750
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	2489	10						10	€3,000
Lei Tingjie	2549
Harika Dronavalli	2491
Regina Pokorná	2302

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regulations for FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2024-2025 . . August 25, 2024.
2. Web site: FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-2025 Qualifiers. April 27, 2024.
3. Web site: Kashlinskaya Wins Tbilisi Grand Prix, Earns 2nd GM Norm . . August 24, 2024.
4. Web site: Alina Kashlinskaya victorious in Tbilisi after scoring back-to-back wins. ChessBase. August 24, 2024.