FIDE Women’s World Cup round 1 pairings

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.

The qualification paths for the Women’s World Cup are detailed in the FIDE regulations and the main chess body has been updating the participants list regularly. As of yesterday, 104 of the 107 participants were known – missing only the two FIDE President Nominees and the Hong Kong nomination. FIDE announced the two FIDE President Nominees, leaving out a long list of players including 47 from the World Top 100. In the next 24 hours erratic changes were brought without official explanation , leading to confusion among the chess fans.

There are 13 days to the start of the Women's World Cup and no pairings are announced yet. Regulations require pairings to be announced 14 days prior, "unless FIDE President decides otherwise due to a force majeure"https://t.co/7QPPrXSQ9B @OnTheQueenside

— Chessdom (@chessdom) June 23, 2025

Breaches of regulations for the upcoming Women's World Cup:

– nr of players increased to 107 AFTER contracts were send where it is written there are 103 participants

– Olympiad spot of Hong Kong turned to presidential wild card

– deadline for publishing pairings has passed

— Irina Bulmaga (@IrinaBulmaga) June 23, 2025

More than 36 hours than the required deadline by the regulations, FIDE has announced the round 1 pairings of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025. Games will be daily live on Chessdom

FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 round 1 pairings

Bo.	SNo.	Title	Player	Rtg	FED	Res.	Title	Player	Rtg	FED	SNo.
1	22	IM	Yip Carissa	2431	USA		WFM	Wilson Hannah	1934	BAR	107
2	106	WFM	Yuliana Evi	1937	INA		IM	Tsolakidou Stavroula	2428	GRE	23
3	24	GM	Khotenashvili Bella	2418	GEO		WIM	Caxita Esperanca	1966	ANG	105
4	104	CM	Ning Isabelle Yixuan	1984	NZL		GM	Gunina Valentina	2416	FID	25
5	26	GM	Ushenina Anna	2413	UKR		WIM	February Jesse Nikki	1989	RSA	103
6	102	WFM	Canino Ruelle	2004	PHI		WGM	Shukhman Anna	2413	FID	27
7	28	IM	Song Yuxin	2410	CHN		WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2006	IND	101
8	100	WIM	Miranda Rodriguez Tania	2007	MEX		IM	Kulon Klaudia	2407	POL	29
9	30	IM	Daulyte-Cornette Deimante	2404	FRA		WIM	Wadifa Ahmed	2023	BAN	99
10	98		Mohamed Zaki Jana	2023	EGY		IM	Maltsevskaya Aleksandra	2403	POL	31
11	32	GM	Danielian Elina	2403	ARM		WFM	Antonova Nadezhda	2030	TJK	97
12	96	WIM	Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa	2032	MAS		GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2399	BUL	33
13	34	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2396	ARM		WIM	Nassr Lina	2054	ALG	95
14	94	WFM	Khuslen Erdenebayar	2081	MGL		IM	Bulmaga Irina	2393	ROU	35
15	36	WGM	Gaal Zsoka	2391	HUN		WIM	Priyanka K	2090	IND	93
16	92	WGM	Wafa Shahenda	2093	EGY		IM	Narva Mai	2391	EST	37
17	38	IM	Lee Alice	2389	USA		WIM	Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini	2121	SRI	91
18	90	WFM	Shohradova Lala	2135	TKM		IM	Vantika Agrawal	2388	IND	39
19	40	WGM	Beydullayeva Govhar	2386	AZE		WIM	Zahedifar Anahita	2143	IRI	89
20	88		Herfesa Shafira Devi	2167	INA		IM	Salimova Nurgyul	2385	BUL	41
21	42	WGM	Zhai Mo	2379	CHN		WIM	Campos Maria Jose	2174	ARG	87
22	86	WGM	Rouda Essa Alserkal	2175	UAE		GM	Krush Irina	2376	USA	43
23	44	IM	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	2372	AZE		WGM	Zhang Jilin	2184	AUS	85
24	84	WGM	Wafa Shrook	2203	EGY		IM	Efroimski Marsel	2372	ISR	45
25	46	IM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim	2370	UZB		WGM	Miranda Llanes Yerisbel	2205	CUB	83
26	82	WGM	Ryjanova Julia	2209	AUS		IM	Kiolbasa Oliwia	2366	POL	47
27	48	IM	Milliet Sophie	2360	FRA		WIM	Omonova Umida	2211	UZB	81
28	80	WFM	Kaliakhmet Elnaz	2218	KAZ		IM	Balajayeva Khanim	2358	AZE	49
29	50	IM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2357	VIE		WFM	Mgeladze Kesaria	2226	GEO	79
30	78	WIM	Wang Chuqiao	2229	CHN		IM	Cori T. Deysi	2354	PER	51
31	52	IM	Padmini Rout	2352	IND			Zhang Lanlin	2230	CHN	77
32	76	WIM	Li Yunshan	2230	CAN		IM	Mammadova Gulnar	2352	AZE	53
33	54	WGM	Ouellet Maili-Jade	2350	CAN		WIM	Borda Rodas Anapaola S.	2247	ARG	75
34	74	WIM	Ortiz Verdezoto Anahi	2248	ECU		WGM	Nandhidhaa P V	2343	IND	55
35	56	WCM	Mungunzul Bat-Erdene	2337	MGL		WGM	Cervantes Landeiro Thalia	2278	USA	73
36	72	IM	Charochkina Daria	2283	FID		IM	Guichard Pauline	2332	FRA	57
37	58	WGM	Toncheva Nadya	2332	BUL		FM	Avramidou Anastasia	2294	GRE	71
38	70	WGM	Sliwicka Alicja	2299	POL		IM	Kamalidenova Meruert	2330	KAZ	59
39	60	IM	Gaponenko Inna	2327	UKR		WIM	Urh Zala	2304	SLO	69
40	68	WIM	Contreras Huaman Fiorella	2305	PER		WIM	Khamdamova Afruza	2326	UZB	61
41	62	IM	Matnadze Bujiashvili Ann	2325	ESP		WFM	Kirtadze Anastasia	2307	GEO	67
42	66	WGM	Alinasab Mobina	2311	IRI		WIM	Kairbekova Amina	2317	KAZ	63
43	64	WGM	Francisco Guecamburu Candela Be	2316	ARG		WIM	Gao Muziyan	2315	CHN	65

Predict what day the World Cup bracket will be posted! 🤔 #chess #womeninchess

— Women's Chess Coverage (@OnTheQueenside) June 23, 2025