The 2026–2027 edition of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix will be a series of six chess tournaments exclusively for women which determines players to play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2028. The winner of the Candidates Tournament will play the reigning world champion in the Women's World Chess Championship 2028.
This edition will be the eighth cycle of the tournament series. Each of 20 players will have to participate in three out of six tournaments, each of which is a ten-player round robin event. The tournaments will be held between 2026 and 2027.
Players 20 players will qualify for the Grand Prix. The twenty players to qualify for the WGP are determined according to the following criteria:
A. 2 spots – FIDE Women's World Championship Match 2025 participants: GM Ju Wenjun and GM Tan Zhongyi B. 2 spots – FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2024–25: GM Zhu Jiner and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina. C. 3 spots – FIDE Women's World Cup 2025: GM Divya Deshmukh, GM Koneru Humpy, GM Lei Tingjie. D. 3 spots – FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2025: three best players according to the final standings (but not below 4th place), excluding those who have qualified for WGP Series 2026-27 via paths 3.1.a-c. The unallocated spot(s), if any, will be awarded according to the procedure described in Article 3.1.e. E. 1 spot – FIDE Women's Events 2024–25: GM Anna Muzychuk. F. 3 spots – Standard Rating in the April 2026 FIDE Rating List: four players with the highest rating, excluding those who have qualified for WGP Series via paths 3.1.a-e. Only players who played at least 30 games rated in the FIDE standard rating lists from May 2025 to April 2026 are eligible. If two or more players have equal ratings, the drawing of lots will be used to determine the qualifiers. G. 6 spots – Players nominated by organisers of WGP tournaments: each of the six WGP tournament organisers will nominate any player non-qualified via paths 3.1.a-f of his/her choice upon consultation with FIDE president.
InviteeQualifying methodRating (April 2026) Ju WenjunWomen's World Championship Match 20252559 Tan ZhongyiWomen's World Championship Match 20252535 Zhu JinerWomen's Grand Prix Series 2024–252554 Aleksandra GoryachkinaWomen's Grand Prix Series 2024–252534 Divya DeshmukhWomen's World Cup 20252510 Koneru HumpyWomen's World Cup 20252535 Lei TingjieWomen's World Cup 20252566 Vaishali RameshbabuWomen's Grand Swiss 20252470 Kateryna LagnoWomen's Grand Swiss 20252508 Bibisara AssaubayevaWomen's Grand Swiss 20252516 Anna MuzychukWomen's Events 2024-252522 Polina ShuvalovaRating2502 Alexandra KosteniukRating2487 Carissa YipRating2482TBDOrganiser's nomineeTBDTBDOrganiser's nomineeTBDTBDOrganiser's nomineeTBDTBDOrganiser's nomineeTBDTBDOrganiser's nomineeTBDTBDOrganiser's nomineeTBD
Prizes The tour points and prize money will be awarded as follows. +PlaceTour PointsEvent prize moneyOverall prize money1st130€18,000€30,0002nd105€13,000€22,0003rd85€10,500€16,0004th70€8,500€12,0005th60€7,000€10,0006th50€6,000€8,0007th40€5,000€7,0008th30€4,500€6,0009th20€4,000€5,00010th10€3,500€4,000
Grand Prix Standings InviteeEvent 1Event 2Event 3Event 4Event 5Event 6TotalCircuit Points Ju Wenjun Tan Zhongyi Zhu Jiner Aleksandra Goryachkina Divya Deshmukh Koneru Humpy Lei Tingjie Vaishali Rameshbabu Kateryna Lagno Bibisara Assaubayeva Anna Muzychuk Polina Shuvalova Alexandra Kosteniuk Carissa YipTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
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