ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT

The Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series 2022-2023 consists of four Women's Grand Prix tournaments held over two years (2022-23):

1st – Astana, September 17–30, 2022.

2nd – Munich, February 1–14, 2023.

3rd – India, March 2023.

4th – Bydgoszcz, May 2023.

The Women’s Grand Prix Series 2022-23 will feature a total of 16 players, and each one of them will participate in three out of four WGP tournaments.

Each WGP tournament is played with twelve (12) players round robin. In each WGP tournament, every player scores WGP points according to her position in the final standings; the winner of the WGP Series is a player who scores the most cumulative points earned in all three WGP tournaments she played.

The total prize fund for each one of the four events is €80,000, with another €80,000 being distributed among the top 8 finishers in the overall standings for the Grand Prix series.

The two (2) players who score more cumulative points in the WGP series qualify for the FIDE Women Candidates Tournament 2023-24.

Astana

1st tournament: 17-30 September 2022
September 17
September 17
Arrival day
Opening Ceremony / 7:00 pm

Technical meeting / 9:00 pm

September 18
September 18
Round I / 3:00 pm
Goryachkina Aleksandra – Shuvalova Polina
Lagno Kateryna – Vaishali R
Kashlinskaya Alina – Kosteniuk Alexandra
Assaubayeva Bibisara – Abdumalik Zhansaya
Tan Zhongyi – Zhu Jiner
Wagner Dinara – Paehtz Elisabeth
September 19
September 19
Round II / 3:00 pm
Shuvalova Polina – Paehtz Elisabeth
Zhu Jiner – Wagner Dinara
Abdumalik Zhansaya – Tan Zhongyi
Kosteniuk Alexandra – Assaubayeva Bibisara
Vaishali R 2449 – Kashlinskaya Alina
Goryachkina Aleksandra – Lagno Kateryna
September 20
September 20
Round III / 3:00 pm
Lagno Kateryna – Shuvalova Polina
Kashlinskaya Alina – Goryachkina Aleksandra
Assaubayeva Bibisara – Vaishali R
Tan Zhongyi – Kosteniuk Alexandra
Wagner Dinara – Abdumalik Zhansaya
Paehtz Elisabeth – Zhu Jiner
September 21
September 21
Round IV / 3:00 pm
Shuvalova Polina – Zhu Jiner
Abdumalik Zhansaya – Paehtz Elisabeth
Kosteniuk Alexandra – Wagner Dinara
Vaishali R – Tan Zhongyi
Goryachkina Aleksandra – Assaubayeva Bibisara
Lagno Kateryna – Kashlinskaya Alina
September 22
September 22
Round V / 3:00 pm
Kashlinskaya Alina – Shuvalova Polina
Assaubayeva Bibisara – Lagno Kateryna
Tan Zhongyi – Goryachkina Aleksandra
Wagner Dinara – Vaishali R
Paehtz Elisabeth – Kosteniuk Alexandra
Zhu Jiner – Abdumalik Zhansaya
September 23
September 23
Round VI / 3:00 pm
Shuvalova Polina – Abdumalik Zhansaya
Kosteniuk Alexandra – Zhu Jiner
Vaishali R – Paehtz Elisabeth
Goryachkina Aleksandra – Wagner Dinara
Lagno Kateryna – Tan Zhongyi
Kashlinskaya Alina – Assaubayeva Bibisara
September 24
September 24
Day-off
September 25
September 25
Round VII / 3:00 pm
Assaubayeva Bibisara – Shuvalova Polina
Tan Zhongyi – Kashlinskaya Alina
Wagner Dinara – Lagno Kateryna
Paehtz Elisabeth – Goryachkina Aleksandra
Zhu Jiner – Vaishali R
Abdumalik Zhansaya – Kosteniuk Alexandra
September 26
September 26
Round VIII / 3:00 pm
Shuvalova Polina – Kosteniuk Alexandra
Vaishali R – Abdumalik Zhansaya
Goryachkina Aleksandra – Zhu Jiner
Lagno Kateryna – Paehtz Elisabeth
Kashlinskaya Alina – Wagner Dinara
Assaubayeva Bibisara – Tan Zhongyi
September 27
September 27
Round IX / 3:00 pm
Tan Zhongyi – Shuvalova Polina
Wagner Dinara – Assaubayeva Bibisara
Paehtz Elisabeth – Kashlinskaya Alina
Zhu Jiner – Lagno Kateryna
Abdumalik Zhansaya – Goryachkina Aleksandra
Kosteniuk Alexandra – Vaishali R
September 28
September 28
Round X / 3:00 pm
Shuvalova Polina – Vaishali R
Goryachkina Aleksandra – Kosteniuk Alexandra
Lagno Kateryna – Abdumalik Zhansaya
Kashlinskaya Alina – Zhu Jiner
Assaubayeva Bibisara – Paehtz Elisabeth
Tan Zhongyi – Wagner Dinara
September 29
September 29
Round XI / 1:00 pm
Wagner Dinara – Shuvalova Polina
Paehtz Elisabeth – Tan Zhongyi
Zhu Jiner – Assaubayeva Bibisara
Abdumalik Zhansaya – Kashlinskaya Alina
Kosteniuk Alexandra – Lagno Kateryna
Vaishali R – Goryachkina Aleksandra

Awards & Closing Ceremony / 7:00 pm
September 30
September 30
Departure