FIDE Women's World Cup 6 to 27 July 2025

[Mick Norris]

Batumi, Georgia

7 round knockout, 107 players, top 21 enter in round 2

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The players who finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd shall qualify to the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament to be held in the first half of 2026

Results

[Mick Norris]

FIDE round 4 tiebreaks report

quarterfinals are set: Lei Tingjie vs Dzagnidze, Humpy vs Song Yuxin, Harika vs Divya and Tan Zhongyi vs Vaishali

[LawrenceCooper]

FIDE round 4 tiebreaks report

quarterfinals are set: Lei Tingjie vs Dzagnidze, Humpy vs Song Yuxin, Harika vs Divya and Tan Zhongyi vs Vaishali

Wins for Lei (with black) and Humpy with white, in game 1.

[Mick Norris]

FIDE report game 2 of round 5 with photo of a big cake

Lei Tingjie, Tan Zhongyi and Humpy Koneru qualify for the semifinals

Former Women’s World Champion Tan Zhongyi continues to demonstrate remarkable consistency at the highest level. She is the only player to have reached the semi-finals in all three Women’s World Cups to date: Sochi 2021 (third place) and Baku 2023 (fourth place).

[Mick Norris]

Semi-finals are China v India:

Lei Tingjie - Humpy Koneru
Tan Zhongyi - Divya Deshmukh

[LawrenceCooper]

Semi-finals are China v India:

Lei Tingjie - Humpy Koneru
Tan Zhongyi - Divya Deshmukh

Both games were drawn yesterday. Today's games were rather dramatic with a win for Divya and the other match going to play-offs.

[Mick Norris]

That puts Divya in the Candidates then

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The 19-year-old from Nagpur made history as the first Indian woman to reach the final of this prestigious tournament. With this landmark achievement, Divya also secures one of three highly sought-after spots in the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament, bringing her within striking distance of a world title challenge. In addition, her performance earns her a Grandmaster norm, a major milestone on the path to the sport’s highest title.

[LawrenceCooper]

Humpy wins the tie-break 4-2 after being 2-1 down.

[Mick Norris]

Humpy becomes the 2nd Indian to reach the final, plus reaches the Candidates

An all Chinese battle for 3rd place, and the 3rd spot in the Candidates, will be interesting

[LawrenceCooper]

Humpy becomes the 2nd Indian to reach the final, plus reaches the Candidates

An all Chinese battle for 3rd place, and the 3rd spot in the Candidates, will be interesting

Divya has the added incentive of the GM title if she can win the final.

[LawrenceCooper]

Two draws today.

[LawrenceCooper]

Tan beat Lei yesterday to claim third and a Candidates place. Divya & Humpy have just started their play-off this morning for first place (and the added incentive of the GM title for Divya).

[LawrenceCooper]

After a draw in the first game, Divya Deshmukh wins the second game to win the world cup and qualify for the GM title.

[Mick Norris]

Amazing result, another Indian star