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Women’s Grand Prix in New Delhi - Live!

4/5/2023 – From March 25 to April 5, New Delhi is hosting the third stage of the 2022-23 Women’s Grand Prix series. The two best players from four tournaments will qualify for the Candidates Tournament. The action kicks off at 11.30 CEST (5.30 EDT, 15.00 IST). Follow the games live, with commentary by GM Praveen Thipsay and IM Soumya Swaminathan.
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Women’s Grand Prix in Munich - Live

2/13/2023 – From 1 to 13 February, Munich is hosting the second stage of the 2022-23 Women’s Grand Prix series. The two best players from four tournaments will qualify for the Candidates Tournament. The action kicks off at 15.00 CET. Follow the games live, with commentary by Stefan Kindermann and Veronika Exler. | Photo: Mark Livshitz
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Women’s Grand Prix Munich 2023: Pairings announced

1/24/2023 – The full pairings for every round of the upcoming Women's Grand Prix Munich 2023 have been announced. The second leg of Women’s Grand Prix 2022-23 will take place in Munich from February 1-14, 2022. Twelve players will compete in a round-robin tournament.
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Fighting for a spot in the Candidates: Gibraltar Women’s GP

5/21/2021 – The International Chess Federation announced the new dates of the final stage of the Women’s FIDE Grand Prix, to be played in Gibraltar from May 22 to June 2. The best female chess players in the world will be competing in a crucial event in the race for the World Championship title, since the two best players from the Women Grand Prix Series qualify directly for the Candidates Tournament. | Photo: David Llada / FIDE

Gibraltar to host the final stage of FIDE Women’s Grand Prix

10/23/2020 – The International Chess Federation announced that Gibraltar will host the final stage of the Women’s FIDE Grand Prix, to be played in January 17-29, 2021. The best female chess players in the world will be competing in a crucial event in the race for the World Championship title, since the two best players from the Women Grand Prix Series qualify directly for the Candidates Tournament. | Photo: David Llada / FIDE

I will go to Iran as a chess player and just play chess!

1/17/2017 – Ju Wenjun won the tournament in Khanty Mansiysk and with it the overall women's Grand Prix as well. This gives her the right to challenge the World Championship winner in Tehran 2017. ChessBase India's Niklesh Jain got in touch with the women's world number two and asked her questions, not only about her Grand Prix victory, but also about the hijab controversy, Hou Yifan's decision to pull out of the cycle and her personal ambitions in chess.

Ju Wenjun wins Grand Prix series

12/5/2016 – Ju Wenjun won the Fide Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk, the last tournament of the Grand Prix series 2015/2016. By winning this tournament Ju Wenjun also won Grand Prix series and now has the right to challenge the next Women's World Champion for the title. The next Women's World Champion will be established in February, in a knock-out tournament in Tehran.

Khanty-Mansiysk, Rd. 9: Nino Batsiashvili and Ju Wenjun lead

11/30/2016 – Nine of eleven rounds are played in the Fide Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk and Ju Wenjun has the best chances to finish on one of the top places and to win the Grand Prix series 2015/2016. In round nine Ju won against Sarasadat Khademalsharie and with 6.0/9 she now shares the lead with Nino Batsiashvili (photo, who won against Valentina Gunina. Games and results.

Khanty-Mansiysk: Three players lead with 3.0/4

11/22/2016 – The top encounter of round four of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk was the game between Valentina Gunina and Nino Batsiashvili. Before the round Batsiashvili was leading with 3.0/3, Gunina was one point behind with 2.0/3. But in round four Gunina stopped Batsiashvili's run and is now again at the top, together with Olga Girya and Batsiashvili. Games and results...

Khanty-Mansiysk: Nino Batsiashvili leads with 3.0/3

11/21/2016 – Three games, three wins - Nino Batsiashvili from Georgia had a perfect start at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk. Batsiashvili is also the only player with a perfect score. In round three she won with White against Alexandra Kosteniuk while Valentina Gunina, who started the tournament with 2.0/2, lost against Sarasadat Khademalsharieh. Games and results...

Khanty-Mansiysk, Rd. 2: Four wins, two draws

11/20/2016 – With four wins and only two draws Sunday was not a peaceful day at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk. Valentina Gunina from Russia and Nino Batsiashvili from Georgia had the best start into the tournament: after two rounds they both have 2.0/2 and share the lead. Games and results...

Khanty-Mansiysk, Rd. 1: Three wins

11/19/2016 – The FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk, the last tournament of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series 2015/2016, brought three wins and three draws. Valentina Gunina, who still has chances to win the Grand Prix, defeated Lela Javakhashvili, Nino Batsiashivli won against Bela Khotenashvili, and Olga Girya won against Nataljia Pogonina. Games and results...

Who will challenge the World Champion?

11/17/2016 – The last tournament of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series 2015/2016 will take place from 18th November to 2nd in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It will decide who wins the Grand Prix series and who will challenge the next Women's World Champion. The best chances to do so has Chinese grandmaster Ju Wenjun.

Women's Grand Prix in Chengdu: Koneru with strong finish

7/14/2016 – The Women's Grand Prix in Chengdu had a happy end for Indian Grandmaster Humpy Koneru when she won her last two games to finish shared first with Harika Dronavalli. Both scored 7.0/11 but Harika Dronavalli won the tournament on tie-break. With 6.0/11 Anna Muzychuk, Ju Wenjun and Antoaneta Stefanova shared places three to six. But though Koneru did not win the tournament she gained 145 Grand Prix points and is now first in the overall Grand Prix standings.

Chengdu Rd. 6: Four draws, two wins

7/9/2016 – 24 of the 36 games that have been played by now in the Women's Grand Prix in Chengdu ended in a draw, a 66% drawing percentage, unusually high for a women's tournament. But round six followed the trend: four of the six games ended in a draw, two had a winner. Mariya Muzychuk won against Pia Cramling and Antoaneta Stefanova defeated Lela Javakhishvili. Tournament leader Humpy Koneru played a short draw against Ju Wenjun and now leads with 4.5/6.

Chengdu, Rd 5: Ju Wenjun and Olga Girya win

7/8/2016 – After a rest day, which the players used to get better acquainted with Chinese culture, play in the Women's Grand Prix in Chengdu resumed with round five. Olga Girya won against Bela Khotenashvili, Ju Wenjun defeated Anna Muzychuk, the other four games ended in a draw. Ju Wenjun now has 3.5/5 and shares second and third place with Harika Dronavalli. Humpy Koneru leads with 4.0/5.

Grand Prix Chengdu: Humpy Koneru takes lead

7/5/2016 – After round four of the Women's Grand Prix in Chengdu, China, which takes place from 1st to 15th July, the Indian Grandmaster Humpy Koneru leads with 3.5/4. In round four she played against Tan Zhongyi from China and won her third game in a row. The other decisive game of the round was Ju Wenjun's victory against Pia Cramling. The four other games of the round all ended in a draw.

Valentina Gunina takes lead in Grand Prix

5/3/2016 – Valentina Gunina won the Women's Grand Prix tournament in Batumi and now is first in the overall Grand Prix 2015-2016 standings. Gunina has the same number of points as Nana Dzagnidze but has played one tournament less. Women's World Champion Hou Yifan withdrew from the Grand Prix because she is dissatisfied with the current World Championship format.

Batumi: Gunina wins with one round to go

5/2/2016 – For a long time the players in the Women's Grand Prix in Batumi all snatched points from each other and the lead changed all the time. Until Valentina Gunina took countermeasures: She simply won all her games! After defeating Zhao Xue in round ten Gunina now has 7.0/10, one-and-half points more than her closest rival, and thus wins the tournament with one round to go.

Tehran WGP Final: Ju Wenjun is gold, Sara is silver

2/28/2016 – The final rounds of the tournament were no less thrilling than the rest, with a new leader taking over: Ju Wenjun, and taking gold. It was a fitting result as she was also the only undefeated player. In second was the Cinderalla story wth Iranian IM Sarasadat "Sara" Khademalsharieh, the lowest rated by far, who took a fantastic silver. A large illustrated report.

Dzagnidze stumbles, Zhao advances

2/22/2016 – With four decisive games round 9 was again combative. And it saw remarkable changes at the top: Nana Dzagnidze lost with Black against Pia Cramling and was caught up by Zhao Xue who won with Black against the former leader, Natalija Pogonina. Sarasadat Khademalsharieh obtained her first GM norm by defeating Antoaneta Stefanova with White. Report by Alina l'Ami.

Tehran WGP Rd8: Nana Dzagnidze takes command

2/20/2016 – The high number of decisive games persisted in round eight. The pivotal result was Nana Dzagnidze's win with White against Harika Dronavalli, making the Georgian sole leader with a margin of a full point after Antoaneta Stefanova defeated former leader Natalija Pogonina in a dramatic game that plummeted the Russian to a shared 2nd-4th. Here is the report by Alina L'Ami.

Tehran WGP Rd6-7: Nana Dzagnidze joins lead

2/19/2016 – The sixth and seventh rounds offered great action, with a slew of decisive games, enough to satisfy any fan. After catching up with Natalija Pogonina, Nana Dzagnidze is now first be virtue of tiebreak, hoping to take over the lead. The youngest player in the competition, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, is in full ascension as she scored two win. A large illustrated report.

Tehran WGP Rd5: Keeping the status quo

2/16/2016 – After the refreshing free day, the players started the fifth round with renewed forces. Paradoxically, there was only one decisive game, but this was due to the increased degree of accuracy, as the fighting spirit was as high as ever. In the only decisive game, Harika Dronavalli defeated Antoaneta Stefanova after the Bulgarian chose an uninspired plan at an early stage.
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