Women's Chess World Cup 2025

The Women's Chess World Cup 2025 was a 107-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Batumi, Georgia from 5 July to 29 July 2025. It was the third edition of the Women's Chess World Cup. The winner Divya Deshmukh, runner-up Koneru Humpy, and third-place finisher Tan Zhongyi qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026. Deshmukh, who previously held the title of International Master, became eligible for the Grandmaster title as a result of the tournament victory.

Unlike previous editions, the tournament was not held in parallel with the open Chess World Cup 2025.

Format The tournament was 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 played a match for third place. The top 3 finishers qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026.

Each round consisted of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if required. The time limits were 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 rapid chess 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 blitz games, 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 lasted three days: two for classical time limit games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 ran from July 6 to 14; July 15 was a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 ran from July 16 to 24; July 25 was a rest day; and the final and third-place matches ran from July 26 to 28.

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

+Prize money in US dollarsRankingPrizesTotalEliminated in Round 143 × 3,750161,250Eliminated in Round 232 × 5,000160,000Eliminated in Round 316 × 6,750108,000Eliminated in Round 48 × 9,50076,000Eliminated in Round 54 × 14,00056,0004th place1 × 20,00020,0003rd place1 × 25,00025,000Runner-up1 × 35,00035,000Winner1 × 50,00050,000Total691,250

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 who qualified were: 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 FIDE World Rankings (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

Third place SeedNameJul 2025 rating12Total 1 Lei Tingjie 2557½0 ½ 3 Tan Zhongyi 2527½1 1½

Finals SeedNameJul 2025 rating12Tb1Tb2Total 4 Koneru Humpy 2536½½ ½ 0 1½ 15 2463½½½1 2½

Notes

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