| Competition: | FIDE Women's Candidates 2022–23 |
| Governing Body: | FIDE |
| Location: | Monaco (First stage, Pool A) Khiva[1] (First stage, Pool B) Chongqing (Final) |
| Dates: | 24 October – 11 December 2022 (First stage) 27 March to 6 April 2023 (Final) |
| Competitors: | 8 |
| Nations: | 4 |
| Champion: |  Lei Tingjie |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2022–23 was an eight-player chess tournament held to determine the challenger for the Women's World Chess Championship 2023. The first stage of the tournament, consisting of the quarterfinals and semifinals, was held from 24 October to 6 November 2022 in Monaco, and from 29 November to 11 December in Khiva.
The second stage, i.e. the Candidates final, took place in Chongqing, China from 27 March to 6 April 2023. Lei Tingjie won the match with a round to spare.[2] [3]
Lei moved on to challenge the defending Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun, but lost the match in game 12.
The eight players who qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament were:[4] [5]
| Qualification method | Player | Women'sworld no.(Jun 2022) | Rating onJun 2022 | Women'sWorldchampion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 World Championship runner-up | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2 | 2599 | |
| The top two finishers in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019–2021 |  Koneru Humpy[6] | − | 2586 | |
| Kateryna Lagno | 4 | 2547 | ||
| The top three finishers in the Women's Chess World Cup 2021[7] | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 11 | 2510 | 2008 |
| Tan Zhongyi | 9 | 2525 | 2017 | |
 Anna Muzychuk | 8 | 2529 | ||
| The top finisher in the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021[8] | Lei Tingjie | 6 | 2535 | |
| The highest-rated player on the January 2022 standard rating list | Mariya Muzychuk | 5 | 2540 | 2015 |
In June 2022, FIDE announced the pairings for the quarterfinals.[9] It has been speculated that these pairings were made to prevent a Russia vs Ukraine matchup before the final.[10]