FIDE Women World Chess Cup 2025 is taking place July 5 – July 29 in Batumi, Georgia, and is one of the major events of The Chess Calendar. A total of 107 participants (increased from the initially announced 103 participants) will compete for 691 000 eur prize fund. This is the third edition of the FIDE Women’s World Cup. The first one was in Sochi in 2021 and was won by Alexandra Kosteniuk. The second one was in Baku in 2023 and was won by Aleksandra Goryachkina. Now both of them will participate in the FIDE Women’s World Chess Cup 2025 in Batumi together with a strong field of world’s best players.
The qualification paths for the Women’s World Cup are detailed in the FIDE regulations and the main chess body has been updating the participants list regularly. As of yesterday, 104 of the 107 participants were known – missing only the two FIDE President Nominees and the Hong Kong nomination. FIDE announced the two FIDE President Nominees, leaving out a long list of players including 47 from the World Top 100. In the next 24 hours erratic changes were brought without official explanation , leading to confusion among the chess fans.
More than 36 hours than the required deadline by the regulations, FIDE has announced the round 1 pairings of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025. Games will be daily live on Chessdom
FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 round 1 pairings
Bo.
SNo.
Title
Player
Rtg
FED
Res.
Title
Player
Rtg
FED
SNo.
1
22
IM
Yip Carissa
2431
USA
WFM
Wilson Hannah
1934
BAR
107
2
106
WFM
Yuliana Evi
1937
INA
IM
Tsolakidou Stavroula
2428
GRE
23
3
24
GM
Khotenashvili Bella
2418
GEO
WIM
Caxita Esperanca
1966
ANG
105
4
104
CM
Ning Isabelle Yixuan
1984
NZL
GM
Gunina Valentina
2416
FID
25
5
26
GM
Ushenina Anna
2413
UKR
WIM
February Jesse Nikki
1989
RSA
103
6
102
WFM
Canino Ruelle
2004
PHI
WGM
Shukhman Anna
2413
FID
27
7
28
IM
Song Yuxin
2410
CHN
WGM
Kiran Manisha Mohanty
2006
IND
101
8
100
WIM
Miranda Rodriguez Tania
2007
MEX
IM
Kulon Klaudia
2407
POL
29
9
30
IM
Daulyte-Cornette Deimante
2404
FRA
WIM
Wadifa Ahmed
2023
BAN
99
10
98
Mohamed Zaki Jana
2023
EGY
IM
Maltsevskaya Aleksandra
2403
POL
31
11
32
GM
Danielian Elina
2403
ARM
WFM
Antonova Nadezhda
2030
TJK
97
12
96
WIM
Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa
2032
MAS
GM
Stefanova Antoaneta
2399
BUL
33
13
34
IM
Mkrtchian Lilit
2396
ARM
WIM
Nassr Lina
2054
ALG
95
14
94
WFM
Khuslen Erdenebayar
2081
MGL
IM
Bulmaga Irina
2393
ROU
35
15
36
WGM
Gaal Zsoka
2391
HUN
WIM
Priyanka K
2090
IND
93
16
92
WGM
Wafa Shahenda
2093
EGY
IM
Narva Mai
2391
EST
37
17
38
IM
Lee Alice
2389
USA
WIM
Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini
2121
SRI
91
18
90
WFM
Shohradova Lala
2135
TKM
IM
Vantika Agrawal
2388
IND
39
19
40
WGM
Beydullayeva Govhar
2386
AZE
WIM
Zahedifar Anahita
2143
IRI
89
20
88
Herfesa Shafira Devi
2167
INA
IM
Salimova Nurgyul
2385
BUL
41
21
42
WGM
Zhai Mo
2379
CHN
WIM
Campos Maria Jose
2174
ARG
87
22
86
WGM
Rouda Essa Alserkal
2175
UAE
GM
Krush Irina
2376
USA
43
23
44
IM
Fataliyeva Ulviyya
2372
AZE
WGM
Zhang Jilin
2184
AUS
85
24
84
WGM
Wafa Shrook
2203
EGY
IM
Efroimski Marsel
2372
ISR
45
25
46
IM
Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim
2370
UZB
WGM
Miranda Llanes Yerisbel
2205
CUB
83
26
82
WGM
Ryjanova Julia
2209
AUS
IM
Kiolbasa Oliwia
2366
POL
47
27
48
IM
Milliet Sophie
2360
FRA
WIM
Omonova Umida
2211
UZB
81
28
80
WFM
Kaliakhmet Elnaz
2218
KAZ
IM
Balajayeva Khanim
2358
AZE
49
29
50
IM
Pham Le Thao Nguyen
2357
VIE
WFM
Mgeladze Kesaria
2226
GEO
79
30
78
WIM
Wang Chuqiao
2229
CHN
IM
Cori T. Deysi
2354
PER
51
31
52
IM
Padmini Rout
2352
IND
Zhang Lanlin
2230
CHN
77
32
76
WIM
Li Yunshan
2230
CAN
IM
Mammadova Gulnar
2352
AZE
53
33
54
WGM
Ouellet Maili-Jade
2350
CAN
WIM
Borda Rodas Anapaola S.
2247
ARG
75
34
74
WIM
Ortiz Verdezoto Anahi
2248
ECU
WGM
Nandhidhaa P V
2343
IND
55
35
56
WCM
Mungunzul Bat-Erdene
2337
MGL
WGM
Cervantes Landeiro Thalia
2278
USA
73
36
72
IM
Charochkina Daria
2283
FID
IM
Guichard Pauline
2332
FRA
57
37
58
WGM
Toncheva Nadya
2332
BUL
FM
Avramidou Anastasia
2294
GRE
71
38
70
WGM
Sliwicka Alicja
2299
POL
IM
Kamalidenova Meruert
2330
KAZ
59
39
60
IM
Gaponenko Inna
2327
UKR
WIM
Urh Zala
2304
SLO
69
40
68
WIM
Contreras Huaman Fiorella
2305
PER
WIM
Khamdamova Afruza
2326
UZB
61
41
62
IM
Matnadze Bujiashvili Ann
2325
ESP
WFM
Kirtadze Anastasia
2307
GEO
67
42
66
WGM
Alinasab Mobina
2311
IRI
WIM
Kairbekova Amina
2317
KAZ
63
43
64
WGM
Francisco Guecamburu Candela Be
2316
ARG
WIM
Gao Muziyan
2315
CHN
65

