Women's Chess World Cup 2021 Explained
The Women's Chess World Cup 2021 was a 103-player single-elimination chess tournament, the first edition of Women's Chess World Cup, that took place in Sochi, Russia, from 12 July to 3 August 2021.[1] It was the inaugural edition of a women's-only version of the FIDE World Cup. The tournament was held in parallel with the Chess World Cup 2021, an open tournament.
The tournament formed part of the qualification for the Women's World Chess Championship 2022. The top three finishers, other than Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun and players who have otherwise qualified, qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2022–23.
Format
The format is a 7-round knockout event. 78 women play one another in the first round. The 39 that go through are joined in the second round by the top 25 seeds, who are given a bye for the first round. The losers of the two semi-finals will play one another for third place.
Each round consists of two classical games with shorter tiebreaks as needed.[2] Their time controls are as follows.
- Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves with 30 minutes added for the further moves. Increment per move is 30 seconds.
- If tied, two games of 25 minutes with 10 second increments per move.
- If tied, two games of 10 minutes with 10 second increments per move.
- If tied, two games of 5 minutes with 3 second increments per move.
- If the match is still tied, a single armageddon chess game is played to decide the match, with draw odds to Black, meaning White must win but Black only needs to draw or win, to win the match. The players draw lots and the winner of the draw chooses their color. White receives 5 minutes, Black receives 4 minutes, and each player receives an extra 2 seconds per move beginning at move 61.
Prize money
The total prize fund was US$676,250, with the first prize of US$50,000.
Prize money in US dollars| Round | Prizes | Total |
|---|
| Round 1 | 39 × $3,750 | $146,250 |
| Round 2 | 32 × $5,000 | $160,000 |
| Round 3 | 16 × $6,750 | $108,000 |
| Round 4 | 8 × $9,500 | $76,000 |
| Round 5 | 4 × $14,000 | $56,000 |
| 4th place | 1 × $20,000 | $20,000 |
| 3rd place | 1 × $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 × $35,000 | $35,000 |
| Winner | 1 × $50,000 | $50,000 |
| Total | | 676,250 | |
|---|
Participants
The following was the list of participants.[3] Players are seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021.[4]
- , GM, 2596 (E18)
- , GM, 2558 (WC)
- , GM, 2544 (WC)
- , GM, 2535 (R)
- , GM, 2524 (E18)
- , GM, 2515 (R)
- , GM, 2511 (R)
- , IM, 2500 (AS19)
- , IM, 2494 (E19)
- , IM, 2494 (Z3.1)
- , GM, 2491 (FN)
- , IM, 2489 (J19)
- , IM, 2473 (E18)
- , GM, 2472 (WC)
- , GM, 2472 (R)
- , GM, 2470 (E18)
- , WGM, 2469 (R)
- , GM, 2463 (PN)
- , GM, 2459 (E19)
- , IM, 2456 (E18)
- , WGM, 2448 (R)
- , IM, 2446 (E19)
- , IM, 2443 (E18)
- , IM, 2442 (PN)
- , IM, 2440 (FN)
- , GM, 2438 (E18)
- , GM, 2436 (E18)
- , IM, 2430 (FN)
- , IM, 2430 (E18)
- , GM, 2429 (E18)
- , IM, 2428 (PN)
- , IM, 2421 (FN)
- , IM, 2418 (PN)
- , IM, 2418 (E18)
- , IM, 2417 (E18)
- , IM, 2413 (E19)
- , IM, 2413 (FN)
- , IM, 2413 (FN)
- , IM, 2411 (FN)
- , GM, 2407 (FN)
- , GM, 2404 (FN)
- , IM, 2404 (E18)
- , WGM, 2403 (E19)
- , WGM, 2399 (FN)
- , IM, 2395 (E19)
- , GM, 2393 (E19)
- , WGM, 2393 (FN)
- , IM, 2391 (Z3.7)
- , WGM, 2390 (J18)
- , IM, 2389 (FN)
- , WGM, 2388 (AM18)
- , IM, 2382 (FN)
- , IM, 2379 (E19)
- , IM, 2379 (E19)
- , IM, 2370 (AS18)
- , IM, 2369 (FN)
- , IM, 2363 (E18)
- , WGM, 2362 (FN)
- , IM, 2360 (Z3.3)
- , GM, 2358 (FN)
- , WGM, 2358 (Z2.1)
- , IM, 2357 (E19)
- , WGM, 2355 (FN)
- , IM, 2346 (FN)
- , WGM, 2344 (PN)
- , WGM, 2341 (E19)
- , WGM, 2339 (FN)
- , WGM, 2335 (FN)
- , WIM, 2323 (ON)
- , FM, 2321 (FN)
- , WIM, 2317 (FN)
- , WGM, 2316 (Z2.1)
- , WGM, 2309 (E19)
- , WGM, 2301 (E19)
- , WGM, 2299 (Z3.6)
- , WIM, 2278 (FN)
- , WIM, 2276 (PN)
- , WIM, 2273 (Z3.4)
- , WIM, 2262 (Z2.3)
- , WGM, 2257 (AM19)
- , WGM, 2256 (E19)
- , WGM, 2229 (FN)
- , WIM, 2201 (FN)
- , WIM, 2191 (FN)
- , WIM, 2189 (FN)
- , WFM, 2182 (FN)
- , WGM, 2182 (AF)
- , WGM, 2179 (FN)
- , WIM, 2170 (Z2.5)
- , WGM, 2106 (FN)
- , WIM, 2083 (FN)
- , WIM, 2076 (AF)
- , WIM, 2072 (FN)
- , WIM, 2071 (Z2.2)
- , WGM, 2071 (PN)
- , WFM, 2061 (FN)
- , WIM, 2046 (FN)
- , WFM, 2035 (FN)
- , WIM, 2015 (AF)
- , WIM, 2013 (Z2.3)
- , WIM, 2009 (Z3.2)
- , WIM, 1863 (PN)
- , 1835 (FN)
- Qualification paths
- AF: African Chess Championship 2019
- Z2.1, Z2.2, Z2.3, Z2.4, Z2.5, Z3.1, Z3.2, Z3.3, Z3.4, Z3.6, Z3.7: Zonal tournaments
- FN: Federation's nominee
- ON: Organiser's nominee
- PN: FIDE President's nominee
- ReplacementsThe following are the players from the list of qualifiers who declined to play, and their replacements:
- (WC) → (R)
- (R) → (R)
- (R) → (R)
- (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)
- (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)
- (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)
- (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)
In addition, three federations (China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam) did not nominate a player.
Results
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Due to the size of the bracket, the results view is made up of two parts on this page. Rounds one through four are shown first, split up into different sections of the bracket. They then join again for the quarterfinals and beyond, which are shown afterwards.
Rounds 1-4
Section 8
Third place
Finals
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Schedule – FIDE World Cup 2021 . 13 July 2021.
- Web site: Regulations for the FIDE Women's World Cup 2021 . 13 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210623220204/https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/WWorldCup2021Regulations.pdf. 23 June 2021.
- Web site: FIDE Women's World Cup – Participants. chessnews.info. 14 July 2021.
- Web site: Top 100 Women June 2021 – Archive. FIDE. 14 July 2021.
- Web site: Tournament tree – FIDE World Cup 2021 . 13 July 2021.
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