The Women's Chess World Cup is a women's major

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competition organized by

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Winners and results

"Qual" refers to the number of players who qualify for the

Candidates Tournament The Candidates Tournament (or in some periods Candidates Matches) is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The win ...

based on the World Cup results (marked with green background) other than players who have otherwise qualified before the start of World Cup (marked with purple background). For example, in 2021, the top 4 finishers qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2022–23 including

Aleksandra Goryachkina Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina (; born 28 September 1998) is a Russian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM). She is the No. 4 ranked woman in the world by FIDE rating and is also the fourth-highest rated wo ...

who qualified as the 2020 World Championship runner-up.

References

Women's chess competitions FIDE competitions

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Winners and results

See also

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