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
Lagno, Kateryna - Goryachkina, Aleksandra
Divya, Deshmukh - Koneru, Humpy
Tan, Zhongyi - Paehtz, Elisabeth
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag - Tsolakidou, Stavroula
Salimova, Nurgyul - Assaubayeva, Bibisara


October, 31
October, 31
Round II / 3:00 pm
Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Assaubayeva, Bibisara
Tsolakidou, Stavroula - Salimova, Nurgyul
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Munguntuul, Batkhuyag
Koneru, Humpy - Tan, Zhongyi
Lagno, Kateryna - Divya, Deshmukh

November, 1
November, 1
Round III / 3:00 pm
Divya, Deshmukh - Goryachkina, Aleksandra
Tan, Zhongyi - Lagno, Kateryna
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag - Koneru, Humpy
Salimova, Nurgyul - Paehtz, Elisabeth
Assaubayeva, Bibisara - Tsolakidou, Stavroula


November, 2
November, 2
Round IV / 3:00 pm
Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Tsolakidou, Stavroula
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Assaubayeva, Bibisara
Koneru, Humpy - Salimova, Nurgyul
Lagno, Kateryna - Munguntuul, Batkhuyag
Divya, Deshmukh - Tan, Zhongyi

November, 3
November, 3
Round V / 3:00 pm
Tan, Zhongyi - Goryachkina, Aleksandra
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag - Divya, Deshmukh
Salimova, Nurgyul - Lagno, Kateryna
Assaubayeva, Bibisara - Koneru, Humpy
Tsolakidou, Stavroula - Paehtz, Elisabeth


November, 4
November, 4
Free Day
November, 5
November, 5
Round VI / 3:00 pm
Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Paehtz, Elisabeth
Koneru, Humpy - Tsolakidou, Stavroula
Lagno, Kateryna - Assaubayeva, Bibisara
Divya, Deshmukh - Salimova, Nurgyul
Tan, Zhongyi - Munguntuul, Batkhuyag

November, 6
November, 6
Round VII / 3:00 pm
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag - Goryachkina, Aleksandra
Salimova, Nurgyul - Tan, Zhongyi
Assaubayeva, Bibisara - Divya, Deshmukh
Tsolakidou, Stavroula - Lagno, Kateryna
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Koneru, Humpy

November, 7
November, 7
Round VIII / 3:00 pm
Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Koneru, Humpy
Lagno, Kateryna - Paehtz, Elisabeth
Divya, Deshmukh - Tsolakidou, Stavroula
Tan, Zhongyi - Assaubayeva, Bibisara
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag - Salimova, Nurgyul

November, 8
November, 8
Round IX & Closing Ceremony
Salimova, Nurgyul - Goryachkina, Aleksandra
Assaubayeva, Bibisara - Munguntuul, Batkhuyag
Tsolakidou, Stavroula - Tan, Zhongyi
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Divya, Deshmukh
Koneru, Humpy - Lagno, Kateryna


November, 9
November, 9
Departure