The Women's Chess World Cup 2025 is an ongoing single-elimination chess tournament, the third edition of the

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, taking place in Batumi, Georgia, from 5 July to 29 July 2025. Unlike previous editions, the tournament is not held in parallel with the Chess World Cup 2025.

Format

The tournament is a 7-round knockout event, with the top 21 seeds given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals will play a match for third place. The top 3 finishers will qualify for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026. Each round consists of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if required. The time limits will be as follows: * Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes, plus a 30-second increment per move from move 1, plus a 30-minute increment on move 40. * If the match is tied after the classical games, players will play two

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games, with 15 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move. * If the match is still tied, they will then play two more rapid chess games, with 10 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move. * If the match is still tied, they will then play two

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, with 5 minutes plus a 3-second increment per move. * If the match is still tied, a single blitz game, with 3 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move, will be played to decide the match. A drawing of lots will determine which player plays white. If drawn, the players will switch colors and play again, until a decisive result is obtained.

Schedule

Each round will last three days: two for classical time limit games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 will run from July 6 to 14; July 9 will be a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 will run from July 16 to 24; July 25 will be a rest day; and the final and third-place matches will run from July 26 to 28.

Prize money

The total prize fund is US$691,250, with the first prize of US$50,000.

Participants

The participants are seeded here by their FIDE rating as of June 2025. #, GM, 2552 (R) #, GM, 2547 (R) #, GM, 2546 (WWC) #, GM, 2543 (R) #, GM, 2535 (WWC) #, GM, 2533 (WWC) #, GM, 2515 (Z3.8) #, GM, 2505 (R) #, GM, 2492 (R) #, GM, 2483 (FN) #, GM, 2481 (R) #, IM, 2480 (Z3.8) #, GM, 2474 (FN) #, IM, 2468 (E24) #, IM, 2463 (U20) #, GM, 2462 (E24) #, IM, 2459 (FN) #, IM, 2457 (E25) #, IM, 2452 (FN) #, IM, 2440 (C) #, IM, 2432 (E24) #, IM, 2431 (Z2.1) #, IM, 2428 (E24) #, GM, 2418 (E25) #, GM, 2416 (C) #, GM, 2413 (E25) #, WGM, 2413 (PN) #, IM, 2410 (AS25) #, IM, 2407 (E25) #, IM, 2404 (E25) #, IM, 2403 (E25) #, GM, 2403 (FN) #, GM, 2399 (FN) #, IM, 2396 (E24) #, IM, 2393 (E24) #, WGM, 2391 (FN) #, IM, 2391 (E25) #, IM, 2389 (Z2.1) #, IM, 2388 (PN) #, WGM, 2386 (E24) #, IM, 2385 (WWC) #, WGM, 2379 (Z3.5) #, GM, 2376 (FN) #, IM, 2372 (E24) #, IM, 2372 (FN) #, IM, 2370 (PN) #, IM, 2366 (E25) #, IM, 2360 (E25) #, IM, 2358 (FN) #, IM, 2357 (FN) #, IM, 2354 (Z2.4) #, IM, 2352 (Z3.7) #, IM, 2352 (E25) #, WGM, 2350 (Z2.2) #, WGM, 2343 (Z3.7) #, WCM, 2337 (AS25) #, IM, 2332 (FN) #, FM, 2332 (E24) #, IM, 2330 (Z3.5) #, IM, 2327 (FN) #, WIM, 2326 (Z3.4) #, IM, 2325 (FN) #, WIM, 2317 (FN) #, WGM, 2316 (AM25) #, WIM, 2315 (Z3.5) #, WGM, 2311 (FN) #, WFM, 2307 (ON) #, WIM, 2305 (FN) #, WIM, 2304 (E25) #, WGM, 2299 (E24) #, FM, 2294 (FN) #, IM, 2283 (Z3.8) #, WGM, 2278 (AM24) #, WIM, 2248 (C) #, WIM, 2247 (Z2.5) #, WIM, 2230 (FN) #, untitled, 2230 (Z3.5) #, WIM, 2229 (Z3.5) #, WFM, 2226 (FN) #, WFM, 2218 (Z3.4) #, WIM, 2211 (FN) #, WGM, 2209 (Z3.6) #, WGM, 2205 (Z2.3.2) #, WGM, 2203 (AF25) #, WGM, 2184 (FN) #, WGM, 2175 (FN) #, WIM, 2174 (FN) #, untitled, 2167 (Z3.3) #, WFM, 2143 (Z3.1) #, WFM, 2135 (FN) #, WIM, 2121 (FN) #, WGM, 2093 (FN) #, WIM, 2090 (Z3.7) #, WFM, 2081 (FN) #, WIM, 2054 (AF25) #, WIM, 2032 (FN) #, WFM, 2030 (FN) #, no title, 2023 (C) #, WIM, 2023 (Z3.2) #, WIM, 2007 (Z2.3.1) #, WGM, 2006 (Z3.7) #, WFM, 2004 (FN) #, WIM, 1989 (AF24) #, CM, 1984 (FN) #, WIM, 1966 (FN) #, WFM, 1937 (FN) #, WFM, 1934 (Z2.3.3) The 107 participants will be: * The Women's World Chess Champion as of 1 June 2025 (WWCC) * The top four players in the Women's Chess World Cup 2023 (WWC) * The 2024 World Girls Chess Champion U20 (U20) * 54 players qualifying from Continental and Zonal events ** Europe (13+8): including European Women's Chess Championships 2024 (E24, 10), and 2025 (E25, 11) ** Americas (3+7): including American Continental Women's Chess Championships 2024 (AM24, 1) and 2025 (AM25, 1); Zonals 2024: 2.1 (Z2.1, 2), and 2.2 (Z2.2, 1); Zonals 2025: 2.3.1 (Z2.3.1, 1), 2.3.2 (Z2.3.2, 1), 2.3.3 (Z2.3.3, 1), 2.4 (Z2.4, 1), and 2.5 (Z2.5, 1) ** Asia (20): including Asian Women's Chess Championships 2025 (AS25, 2); Zonals 2024: 3.7 (Z3.7, 4), and 3.8 (Z3.8, 3); Zonals 2025: 3.1 (Z3.1, 1), 3.2 (Z3.2, 1), 3.3 (Z3.3, 1), 3.4 (Z3.4, 3), 3.5 (Z3.5, 4), and 3.6 (Z3.6, 1) ** Africa (3): including African Women's Chess Championships 2024 (AF24, 1) and 2025 (AF25, 2) * The 5 highest-rated female players from the June 2025

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(R) * 35 federations spots, selected according to the final standings of the 45th Chess Olympiad Main Competition (FN) * 2 nominees of the FIDE President (PN) * 1 nominee of the organizer (ON) * 4 continental spots decided by the respective Continental President (C)

Replacements

The following are qualified players who declined to play, and their replacements: * , 2580 (WWCC) → , 2492 (R) * , 2633 (R) → , 2505 (R) * , 2509 (R) → , 2481 (R) * , 2291 (AM24) → , 2278 (AM24) * , 2400 (E24) → , 2468 (E24) * , 2449 (FN) → , 2325 (FN) * (FN) → , 2413 (PN)

Pairings

Rounds 1–4

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Rounds 5–7

Notes

References

External links

FIDE Women's World Cup

Starting Rank - FIDE Women's World Cup
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