FIDE Women World Chess Cup 2025 is taking place July 5 – July 29 in Batumi, Georgia, and is one of the major events of The Chess Calendar. A total of 107 participants (increased from the initially announced 103 participants) will compete for 691 000 eur prize fund.
This is the third edition of the FIDE Women’s World Cup. The first one was in Sochi in 2021 and was won by Alexandra Kosteniuk. The second one was in Baku in 2023 and was won by Aleksandra Goryachkina. Now both of them will participate in the FIDE Women’s World Chess Cup 2025 in Batumi together with a strong field of world’s best players.
Players qualified for the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025
Women’s World Championship 2025 (1 player)
1. Muzychuk, Mariya (UKR) (Update: replaces Ju Wenjun)
Women’s World Cup 2023 (4 players)
2. Goryachkina, Aleksandra (FIDE) – semi finalist
3. Salimova, Nurgyul (BUL) – semi finalist
4. Muzychuk, Anna (UKR) – semi finalist
5. Tan Zhongyi (CHN) – semi finalist
World Junior Girls Championship 2024 (1 player)
6. Deshmukh, Divya (IND) – champion
Rating in June 25 FIDE Rating List (5 players)
7. – Lei, Tingjie (CHN)
8. – Zhu, Jiner (CHN)
9. – Koneru, Humpy (IND)
10. – Vaishali R (IND) (replaces Assaubayeva, Bibisara)
11. – Dzagnidze, Nana (GEO) (replaces Hou Yifan)
Qualifiers from the Continental events (54 players)
Africa
12. February, Jesse Nikki (RSA) – Championship 24
13. Wafa, Shrook (EGY) – Championship 25
14. Nassr, Lina (ALG) – Championship 25
Americas
15. Thalia Cervantes Landeiro (USA) – (replaces Tang, Zoey (USA) who replaces Pourkashiyan, Atousa) (info)
16. Francisco Guecamburu, Candela Be (ARG) – Championship 25
17. Yip, Carissa (USA) – Zone 2.1
18. Lee, Alice (USA) – Zone 2.1
19. Ouellet, Maili-Jade (CAN) – Zone 2.2
20. Miranda, Tania (MEX) – Zone 2.3.1
21. Miranda, Yerisbel (CUB) – Zone 2.3.2
22. Wilson, Hannah (BAR) – Zone 2.3.3
23. Cori, Deisy (PER) – Zone 2.4
24. Borda, Ana Paola (ARG) – Zone 2.5
Asia
25. Song Yuxin (CHN) – Championship 25
26. Mungunzul Bat-Erdene (MGL) – Championship 25
27. Zahedifar, Anahita (IRI) – Zone 3.1
28. Ahmed, Wadifa (BAN) – Zone 3.2
29. Herfesa, Shafira Devi (INA) – Zone 3.3
30. Khamdamova, Afruza (UZB) – Zone 3.4
31. Kaliakhmet, Elnaz (KAZ) – Zone 3.4
32. Kamalidenova, Meruert (KAZ) – Zone 3.4
33. Gao Muziyan (CHN) – Zone 3.5
34. Zhang Lanlin (CHN) – Zone 3.5
35. Zhai Mo (CHN) – Zone 3.5
36. Wang Chiqiao (CHN) – Zone 3.5
37. Ryjanova, Julia (AUS) – Zone 3.6
38. Nandhidhaa P V (IND) – Zone 3.7
39. Priyanka K (IND) – Zone 3.7
40. Padmini Rout (IND) – Zone 3.7
41. Kiran Manisha Mohanty (IND) – Zone 3.7
42. Lagno, Kateryna (FIDE) – Zone 3.8
43. Charochkina, Daria (FIDE) – Zone 3.8
44. Shuvalova, Polina (FIDE) – Zone 3.8
Europe
45. Fataliyeva, Ulviyya (AZE) – Championship 24
46. Osmak, Yuliia (UKR) – Championship 24 (replaces Buksa, Nataliya) (info)
47. Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) – Championship 24
48. Batsiashvili, Nino (GEO) – Championship 24
49. Bulmaga, Irina (BUL) – Championship 24
50. Beydullayeva, Govhar (AZE) – Championship 24
51. Toncheva, Nadya (BUL) – Championship 24
52. Tsolakidou, Stavroula (GRE) – Championship 24
53. Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM) – Championship 24
54. Sliwicka, Alicja (POL) – Championship 24
55. Injac, Teodora (SRB) – Championship 25
56. Narva, Mai (EST) – Championship 25
57. Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra (POL) – Championship 25
58. Ushenina, Anna (UKR) – Championship 25
59. Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante (LTU) – Championship 25
60. Mammadova, Gulnar (AZE) – Championship 25
61. Milliet, Sophie (FRA) – Championship 25
62. Kiolbasa, Oliwia (POL) – Championship 25
63. Kulon, Klaudia (POL) – Championship 25
64. Urh, Zala (SLO) – Championship 25
65. Khotenashvili, Bella (GEO) – Championship 25
Nominees of National Federations (to be announced by June 10) (35 players)
66. Caxita, Esperanca (ANG) – Angola
67. Campos, Maria Jose (ARG) – Argentina
68. Danielian, Elina (ARM) – Armenia
69. Zhang, Jilin (AUS) – Australia
70. Baladjayeva, Xanim (AZE) – Azerbaijan
71. Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) – Bulgaria
72. Li, Yunshan (CAN) – Canada
73. Lu, Miaoyi (CHN) – China
74. Wafa, Shahenda (EGY) – Egypt
75. Guichard, Pauline (FRA) – France
76. Mgeladze, Kesaria (GEO) – Georgia
77. Avramidou, Anastasia (GRE) – Greece
78. Hong Kong – listed as FIDE President Nominee
79. Gaal, Zsoka (HUN) – Hungary
80. Dronavali, Harika (IND) – India
81. Yuliana, Evi (INA) – Indonesia
82. Alinasab, Mobina (IRI) – Iran
83. Efroimski, Marsel (ISR) – Israel
84. Kairbekova Amina (KAZ) – Kazakhstan
85. Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa (MAS) – Malaysia
86. Khuslen, Erdenebayar (MGL) – Mongolia
87. Ning, Isabelle Yixuan (NZL) – New Zealand
88. Contreras Huaman, Fiorella (PER) – Peru
89. Canino, Ruelle (PHI) – Philippines
90. Kashlinskaya, Alina (POL) – Poland
91. Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann (ESP) – Spain (replaces Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat) (info)
92. Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini (SRI) – Sri Lanka
93. Kosteniuk, Alexandra (SUI) – Switzerland
94. Antonova, Nadezhda (TJK) – Tajikistan
95. Shohradova, Lala (TKM) – Turkmenistan
96. Gaponenko, Inna (UKR) – Ukraine
97. Rouda Essa, Alserkal (UAE) – United Arab Emirates
98. Krush, Irina (USA) – United States of America
99. Omonova, Umida (UZB) – Uzbekistan
100. Pham, Le Thao Nguyen (VIE) – Vietman
Nominees of the FIDE President (2 players)
101. Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim (UZB)
102. Vantika Agrawal (IND)
103* Shukhman, Anna (FID) (after a mini match)
Nominee of the Organiser (1 player)
103. Kirtadze, Anastasia (GEO)
Continental spots (4 players)
104. Mohamed Zaki Jana (EGY) – Africa
105. Ortiz Verdezoto, Anahi (ECU) – Americas
106. Gunina, Valentina (FIDE) – Asia
107. Arabidze, Meri (GEO) – Europe
Schedule of the FIDE Women’s World Cup
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 match will run from July 26 to 28.
Rules of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025
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-minute increment on move 40, plus a 30-second increment per move from move 1, per player.
- If the match is tied after the classical games, players will play two rapid chess games, with 25 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.
- If the match is still tied, players then will play two more rapid chess games, with 10 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.
- If the match is still tied, players then will play two blitz games, with 5 minutes plus a 3-second increment per move, per player.
- 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.
