ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT

The Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series 2024-2025 consists of six Women's Grand Prix tournaments held over two years (2024-25):
1st - Tbilisi, Georgia, August 14-25, 2024
2nd - Shymkent, Kazakhstan, October 29 – November 9, 2024
3rd - Monaco, February 17-28, 2025
4th - Nikosia, Cyprus, March 14-25, 2025
5th - Pune, India, April 13-24, 2025
6th - Grosslobming, Austria, May 5-16, 2025



The Women’s Grand Prix Series 2024-25 will feature a total of 20 players, and each one of them will participate in three out of six WGP tournaments.

Each WGP tournament is played with ten (10) 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 EUR 80,000, with another EUR 120,000 being distributed among the top 10 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 2026.

AUSTRIA

6th leg, May, 5 - May, 16 2025
May, 5
May, 5
Arrival day
TBD - Technical Meeting
TBD - Opening Ceremony
May, 6
May, 6
Round I / 3:00 pm
Javakhishvili Lela - Dzagnidze Nana
Vaishali Rameshbabu - Salimova Nurgyul
Muzychuk Mariya - Muzychuk Anna
Zhu Jiner - Tan Zhongyi
Badelka Olga - Kosteniuk Alexandra


May, 7
May, 7
Round II / 3:00 pm
Dzagnidze Nana - Kosteniuk Alexandra
Tan Zhongyi - Badelka Olga
Muzychuk Anna - Zhu Jiner
Salimova Nurgyul - Muzychuk Mariya
Javakhishvili Lela - Vaishali Rameshbabu

May, 8
May, 8
Round III / 3:00 pm
Vaishali Rameshbabu - Dzagnidze Nana
Muzychuk Mariya - Javakhishvili Lela
Zhu Jiner - Salimova Nurgyul
Badelka Olga - Muzychuk Anna
Kosteniuk Alexandra - Tan Zhongyi

May, 9
May, 9
Round IV / 3:00 pm
Dzagnidze Nana - Tan Zhongyi
Muzychuk Anna - Kosteniuk Alexandra
Salimova Nurgyul - Badelka Olga
Javakhishvili Lela - Zhu Jiner
Vaishali Rameshbabu - Muzychuk Mariya
May, 10
May, 10
Round V / 3:00 pm
Muzychuk Mariya - Dzagnidze Nana
Zhu Jiner - Vaishali Rameshbabu
Badelka Olga - Javakhishvili Lela
Kosteniuk Alexandra - Salimova Nurgyul
Tan Zhongyi - Muzychuk Anna

May, 11
May, 11
Free Day
May, 12
May, 12
Round VI / 3:00 pm
Dzagnidze Nana - Muzychuk Anna
Salimova Nurgyul - Tan Zhongyi
Javakhishvili Lela - Kosteniuk Alexandra
Vaishali Rameshbabu - Badelka Olga
Muzychuk Mariya - Zhu Jiner
May, 13
May, 13
Round VII / 3:00 pm
Zhu Jiner - Dzagnidze Nana
Badelka Olga - Muzychuk Mariya
Kosteniuk Alexandra - Vaishali Rameshbabu
Tan Zhongyi - Javakhishvili Lela
Muzychuk Anna - Salimova Nurgyul
May, 14
May, 14
Round VIII / 3:00 pm
Dzagnidze Nana - Salimova Nurgyul
Javakhishvili Lela - Muzychuk Anna
Vaishali Rameshbabu - Tan Zhongyi
Muzychuk Mariya - Kosteniuk Alexandra
Zhu Jiner - Badelka Olga
May, 15
May, 15
Round IX / 2:00PM
Closing Ceremony / TBD
Badelka Olga - Dzagnidze Nana
Kosteniuk Alexandra - Zhu Jiner
Tan Zhongyi - Muzychuk Mariya
Muzychuk Anna - Vaishali Rameshbabu
Salimova Nurgyul - Javakhishvili Lela


May, 16
May, 16
Departure