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 Oct.29 – Nov.9, 2024



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.

SHYMKENT, KAZAKHSTAN

2nd leg, Oct. 29 - Nov. 9 , 2024
October, 29
October, 29
Arrival day
Opening Ceremony
Technical Meeting
October, 30
October, 30
Round I / 3:00 pm


October, 31
October, 31
Round II / 3:00 pm
November, 1
November, 1
Round III / 3:00 pm


November, 2
November, 2
Round IV / 3:00 pm
November, 3
November, 3
Round V / 3:00 pm


November, 4
November, 4
Free Day
November, 5
November, 5
Round VI / 3:00 pm


November, 6
November, 6
Round VII / 3:00 pm
November, 7
November, 7
Round VIII / 3:00 pm
November, 8
November, 8
Round IX & Closing Ceremony


November, 9
November, 9
Departure