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 - Cyprus, March 14-25, 2025
5th - India, April 13-24, 2025
6th - Austria, May 6-17, 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.

Monaco

3rd leg, Feb. 17 - Feb. 28 , 2025
February, 17
February, 17
Arrival day
TBD - Technical Meeting
8:00 PM - Opening Ceremony
February, 18
February, 18
Round I / 3:00 pm
February, 19
February, 19
Round II / 3:00 pm
February, 20
February, 20
Round III / 3:00 pm
February, 21
February, 21
Round IV / 3:00 pm
February, 22
February, 22
Round V / 3:00 pm
February, 23
February, 23
Free Day
February, 24
February, 24
Round VI / 3:00 pm
February, 25
February, 25
Round VII / 3:00 pm
February, 26
February, 26
Round VIII / 3:00 pm
February, 27
February, 27
Round IX / 3:00PM
Closing Ceremony 8:00PM
February, 28
February, 28
Departure