FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2025

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FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025
Vaishali in 2025 (cropped).jpg
2025 Women's Grand Swiss tournament winner Vaishali Rameshbabu
Tournament information
Sport Chess
Location Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Dates3 September 2025–
15 September 2025
Administrator FIDE
Format11-round Swiss-system tournament
VenueSilk Road EXPO
Participants56
Final positions
Champion Flag of India.svg Vaishali Rameshbabu
Runner-up FIDE flag icon.png Kateryna Lagno
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The FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 was 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. It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament with 56 players competing from 4 September to 15 September 2025 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The winner, Vaishali Rameshbabu, and the runner-up, Kateryna Lagno, earned the right to the play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026.

Contents

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

Format

The tournament had an 11-round Swiss format, with pairings made using the Dutch system for Swiss tournaments. The time control for each game was: 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 was $230,000 USD, with the winner earning $40,000. [2]

Tie-breaks

Tie-breaks between players who finished on the same score were determined, in order, by the following criteria: [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 ran from 3 September to 15 September 2025 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The venue for the tournament was the Silk Road EXPO Hall in Samarkand. [1] [3]

DateEvent
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

Results

2025 FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament, 4–15 September 2025, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
PosTeamRatingPtsAROC-1
1Flag of India.svg  Vaishali Rameshbabu  (IND)245282434
2FIDE flag icon.png  Kateryna Lagno  (RUS)250582433
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Bibisara Assaubayeva  (KAZ)25057.52425
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tan Zhongyi  (CHN)25317.52423
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Song Yuxin  (CHN)24097.52411
6Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ulviyya Fataliyeva  (AZE)238472461
7Flag of the United States.svg  Irina Krush  (USA)236672419
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mariya Muzychuk  (UKR)248472404
9Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guo Qi  (CHN)23716.52436
10FIDE flag icon.png  Olga Girya  (RUS)23866.52430
11Flag of Estonia.svg  Mai Narva  (EST)23866.52429
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anna Muzychuk  (UKR)25356.52417
13Flag of Greece.svg  Stavroula Tsolakidou  (GRE)24456.52409
14Flag of India.svg  Harika Dronavalli  (IND)24676.52401
15Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Alexandra Kosteniuk  (SUI)24726.52391
16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lu Miaoyi  (CHN)24496.52376
17Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Khanim Balajayeva  (AZE)233162439
18Flag of Armenia.svg  Elina Danielian  (ARM)240562421
19Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Meruert Kamalidenova  (KAZ)234962414
20Flag of the United States.svg  Carissa Yip  (USA)245862399
21FIDE flag icon.png  Leya Garifullina  (FIDE)247762381
22Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anna Ushenina  (UKR)240962372
23Flag of Georgia.svg  Lela Javakhishvili  (GEO)243462343
24Flag of Germany.svg  Dinara Wagner  (GER)24005.52459
25Flag of Poland.svg  Aleksandra Maltsevskaya  (POL)23795.52451
26Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhai Mo  (CHN)23805.52421
27Flag of Israel.svg  Marsel Efroimski  (ISR)23775.52420
28Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsoka Gaal  (HUN)23885.52419
29Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Afruza Khamdamova  (UZB)24095.52418
30FIDE flag icon.png  Polina Shuvalova  (FIDE)24925.52408
31Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Antoaneta Stefanova  (BUL)23955.52404
32Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuliia Osmak  (UKR)24785.52387
33Flag of Serbia.svg  Teodora Injac  (SRB)24545.52349
34Flag of Austria.svg  Olga Badelka  (AUT)237552431
35Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Umida Omonova  (UZB)225252420
36Flag of India.svg  Vantika Agrawal  (IND)238152421
37Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Elnaz Kaliakhmet  (KAZ)229952419
38Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova  (UZB)237252418
39Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Eline Roebers  (NED)237752413
40Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Xeniya Balabayeva  (KAZ)238352404
41FIDE flag icon.png  Anna Shukhman  (RUS)242052373
42Flag of Romania.svg  Irina Bulmaga  (ROM)240052372
43Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Nurgyul Salimova  (BUL)23864.52468
44Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Govhar Beydullayeva  (AZE)23684.52417
45Flag of Poland.svg  Oliwia Kiolbasa  (POL)24054.52380
46Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mariia Manko (SUI)23134.52380
47Flag of Armenia.svg  Lilit Mkrtchian  (ARM)23934.52376
48Flag of Georgia.svg  Meri Arabidze  (GEO)24444.52346
49Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Maili-Jade Ouellet  (CAN)234842427
50Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Madinabonu Khalilova (UZB)214842418
51Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Guldona Karimova (UZB)232442409
52Flag of Egypt.svg  Shrook Wafa  (EGY)220242388
53Flag of Chile.svg  Javiera Belén Gómez Barrera  (CHI)21733.52363
54Flag of Poland.svg  Klaudia Kulon  (POL)23613.52329
55Flag of Algeria.svg  Lina Nassr  (ALG)205932393
56FIDE flag icon.png  Valentina Gunina  (RUS)24181.52397
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2025. Source: "2025 FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament". chess-results.com. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
Rules for classification: "Regulations for the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament" (PDF). FIDE . Retrieved 8 September 2025.

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