FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2025

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FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025
Tournament information
Sport Chess
Location Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Dates2 September 2025–
16 September 2025
Administrator FIDE
Format11-round Swiss-system tournament
VenueSilk Road EXPO
Participants56
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The FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 is the third edition of the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament, a chess tournament that forms part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship match in 2025. It is an 11-round Swiss-system tournament with 56 players competing from 2 September to 16 September 2025 in the Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The winner and the runner-up of the tournament earn the right to the play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026.

Contents

The event is being held at the same time and venue as the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025. Divya Deshmukh and Aleksandra Goryachkina, who have already qualified for the Women's Candidates, are playing in the open event rather than the women's event.

Format

The tournament has an 11-round Swiss format, with pairings made using the Dutch system for Swiss tournaments. The time control for each game is: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. [1] The total prize pool of the tournament is $230,000 USD. [2]

Tie-breaks

Tie-breaks between players who finish on the same score are determined, in order, by the following tie-breaks: [1]

  1. Average rating of opponents, cut 1;
  2. Buchholz system, cut 1;
  3. Buchholz system;
  4. The results of individual games between tied players;
  5. Drawing of lots.

Venue and schedule

The tournament is scheduled to run from 2 September to 16 September 2025 in the Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The venue for the tournament is Silk Road EXPO, Konigil massif, Samarkand. [1] [3]

DateEvent
2 SeptemberArrivals
3 SeptemberOpening Ceremony
4 SeptemberRound 1
5 SeptemberRound 2
6 SeptemberRound 3
7 SeptemberRound 4
8 SeptemberRound 5
9 SeptemberRound 6
10 SeptemberFree day
11 SeptemberRound 7
12 SeptemberRound 8
13 SeptemberRound 9
14 SeptemberRound 10
15 SeptemberRound 11
Closing ceremony
16 SeptemberDepartures

Qualifiers

Under FIDE regulations, the initial 56 invites were distributed as follows: [1]

Various methods were also specified to replace a player who declined an invitation.

Rating Qualifiers

RankNameAugust 2025 Rating
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Zhongyi 2539
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Muzychuk 2535
3 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Bibisara Assaubayeva 2505
4 FIDE flag icon.png Kateryna Lagno 2505
5 Flag of India.svg Harika Dronavalli 2487
6 Flag of Ukraine.svg Mariya Muzychuk 2484
7 FIDE flag icon.png Polina Shuvalova 2480
8 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliia Osmak 2478
9 FIDE flag icon.png Leya Garifullina 2477
10 Flag of India.svg Rameshbabu Vaishali 2476
11 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandra Kosteniuk 2473
12 Flag of the United States.svg Carissa Yip 2458
13 Flag of Serbia.svg Teodora Injac 2455
14 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Miaoyi 2439
15 Flag of Georgia.svg Lela Javakhishvili 2436
16 Flag of Greece.svg Stavroula Tsolakidou 2431
17 FIDE flag icon.png Anna Shukhman 2420
18 FIDE flag icon.png Valentina Gunina 2418
19 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Song Yuxin 2414
20 Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Ushenina 2409
21 Flag of Armenia.svg Elina Danielian 2405
22 Flag of Germany.svg Dinara Wagner 2404
23 Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bulmaga 2400
24 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoaneta Stefanova 2395
25 Flag of Poland.svg Oliwia Kiołbasa 2393
26 Flag of Poland.svg Klaudia Kulon 2389
27 FIDE flag icon.png Olga Girya 2386
28 Flag of Estonia.svg Mai Narva 2386
29 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova 2386
30 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nurgyul Salimova 2385
31 Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 2385
32 Flag of Austria.svg Olga Badelka 2381
33 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhai Mo 2380
34 Flag of Israel.svg Marsel Efroimski 2377
35 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsóka Gaál 2376
36 Flag of India.svg Vantika Agrawal 2375
37 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Qi 2371
38 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ulviyya Fataliyeva 2369
39 Flag of the United States.svg Irina Krush 2367
40 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Govhar Beydullayeva 2365
41 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Meruert Kamalidenova 2349
42 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Khanim Balajayeva 2331
43 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elnaz Kaliakhmet 2299
44 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maili-Jade Ouellet 2331

Continential spots

  1. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Mariia Manko  (SUI), 2332
  2. Flag of Chile.svg  Javiera Belen Gomez Barrera  (CHI), 2237
  3. Flag of Algeria.svg  Lina Nassr  (ALG), 2060
  4. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Xeniya Balabayeva  (KAZ), 2371

Presidental Nominees

  1. Flag of Armenia.svg  Lilit Mkrtchian  (ARM), 2393
  2. Flag of Egypt.svg  Shrook Wafa  (EGY), 2202
  3. Flag of Georgia.svg  Meri Arabidze  (GEO), 2444
  4. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Eline Roebers  (NED), 2360

Organizer Nominees

  1. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Afruza Khamdamova  (UZB), 2409
  2. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Umida Omonova  (UZB), 2253
  3. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Guldona Karimova  (UZB), 2324
  4. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Madinabonu Khalilova  (UZB), 2148

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FIDE. "Regulations for the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2025" (PDF). FIDE.
  2. ↑ "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Chess Tournament official website, Uzbekistan, Samarkand". 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  3. ↑ "Venue – FIDE Grand Swiss 2025" . Retrieved 2025-07-29.
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