The 2025 Women’s Speed Chess Championship (WSCC) takes place August 4 – August 29. It will be a 16 player event, with 6 invited players and 10 qualified. The participants include Women’s Speed Chess Champions Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, and Ju Wenjun. See the full participants list below
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Invited (6 players)
- Hou Yifan
- Ju Wenjun
- Lei Tingjie
- Koneru Humpy
- Kateryna Lagno
- Vaishali Rameshbabu
- Carissa Yip (IM)
- Alice Lee (IM)
Qualified via Titled Tuesday Grand Prix (8 players)
- Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Polina Shuvalova (IM)
- Karina Ambartsumova (IM)
- Meri Arabidze (IM)
- Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (WGM)
- Anastasia Avramidou (FM)
- Zhu Jiner (GM)
- Bibisara Assaubayeva (GM)
Women Speed Chess Championship historical winners