World Championship Match
Chongqing/Shanghai, China
5-25 July, 2023
Final Score: Ju Wenjun 6.5 - 5.5 Lei Tingjie
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Ju Wenjun
Women’s World Chess
Champion
Lei Tingjie
Silver Medalist
vs
Candidates
Tournament
Knockout
POOL A: MONTE CARLO, MONACO. OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 6, 2022
POOL B: KHIVA, UZBEKISTAN. NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 11, 2022
FINAL. CHONGQING, CHINA MARCH 27 - APRIL 6
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Humpy Koneru
2019-2021 Grand Prix
Aleksandra Goryachkina
2020 Match runner-up
Kateryna Lagno
2019-2021 Grand Prix
Alexandra Kosteniuk
2021 World Cup winner
Tan Zhongyi
2021 World Cup
Anna Muzychuk
2021 World Cup
Mariya Muzychuk
By rating
Lei Tingjie
2021 Grand Swiss winner
qualification
tournaments
2019–2021 FIDE Women's Grand Prix
Goryachkina won the Grand Prix series, but as she had already qualified for the Candidates Tournament, the third place, Lagno, qualified instead of her. Koneru was the runner-up of the series.
Each of 16 players can participate in three out of four WGP tournaments. Each WGP tournament is a 12-player round-robin that grants WGP points to players according to their place in the final standings. The winner of the WGP Series is a player who scores the highest number of cumulative WGP points.
The time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
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Humpy Koneru
/
Kateryna Lagno
Top two qualify
FIDE Women's Grand Prix
First leg:
10
sept
-
23
sept
Skolkovo, Russia, 2019
Second leg:
2
dec
-
15
dec
Monaco, 2019
Third leg:
1
mar
-
14
mar
Lausanne, Switzerland, 2020
Fourth leg:
22
may
-
2
jun
Gibraltar, 2021
16
players
80 000 €
prize fund
round-robin
2020 FIDE Women's World Championship Match
The classical part of 12 games finished in a tie 6-6. Ju Wenjun prevailed in the playoff 2.5-1.5 and retained her title.
The time control for each game of the classical part was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. The playoff consisted of 4 rapid games with a time control of 25m+10s. Additional blitz games were planned in case of a further tie, but the match ended after the rapid portion.
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Aleksandra Goryachkina
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The runner-up qualifies
FIDE Women's World Championship Match
previous cycle
3
jan
-
24
jan
Shanghai (China) and Vladivostok (Russia), 2020
2
players
500 000 €
prize fund
match
2021 FIDE Women's World Cup
Kosteniuk became the winner of the World Cup. The runner-up, Goryachkina, had already qualified for the Candidates Tournament, so two other semi-finalists, Tan Zhongyi and Anna Muzychuk, both qualified.
Each match consisted of two classical games (one game per day) with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. If tied, a tiebreak followed on the third day: two 25m+10s rapid games, if still tied, then two 10m+10s games, if still tied, then two 5m+3s games, if still tied, an Armageddon game.
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Alexandra Kosteniuk
/
Tan Zhongyi
/
Anna Muzychuk
Top three qualify
FIDE Women's World Cup
12
jul
-
03
aug
Sochi, Russia, 2021
103
players
676 250 $
prize fund
knockout
2021 FIDE Women's Grand Swiss
Lei Tingjie won the event with 9 out of 11, 1.5 points above the closest pursuers.
Swiss system, 11 rounds. The time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
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Lei Tingjie
/
The winner qualifies
FIDE Women's Grand Swiss
Previous Cycle
25
oct
-
08
nov
Riga, Latvia, 2021
50
players
125 000 $
total prize fund
swiss system
QUALIFICATION PATHS
FIDE Women's Grand Prix
16
players
12
By rating
4
Nominees of the Organisers (one per each)
QUALIFICATION PATHS
FIDE Women's World Championship Match
2
players
Ju Wenjun – the reigning Women’s World Champion
Aleksandra Goryachkina – the Challenger, winner of the Candidates Tournament 2019
QUALIFICATION PATHS
FIDE Women's World Cup
103
players
51
Women’s Continental Championships and Zonals
39
Nominees of the Federations (1 per 39 highest-rated Federations)
5
By rating
4
Women’s World Championship 2018 – four semi-finalists
2
World Junior Girl Champions U-20 of 2018 & 2019
1
Nominee of the FIDE President
1
Nominee of the Organiser
QUALIFICATION PATHS
FIDE Women's Grand Swiss
50
players
40
By rating
4
Continental Spots
3
Nominees of the FIDE President
3
Nominees of the Organise