Women's Grand Prix Nicosia - Live!

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3/16/2025 – The fourth leg of the 2024/25 Women's Grand Prix series is taking place in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 14–25 March. A 10-player single round-robin, the event has Aleksandra Goryachkina, Anna Muzychuk and Zhu Jiner as the top seeds. The top two finishers in the series will qualify for the next edition of the Women's Candidates Tournament. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 14.00 CEST (9.00 ET, 18.30 IST)

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Round 2

The Nicosia stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix is the fourth of six events that constitute the two-year series. The top two finishers in the series will qualify for the next edition of the Women's Candidates Tournament.

The event is a 10-player single round-robin. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move starting from move 1.

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StWhiteEloWBlackEloBResRndid
Dzagnidze,N2513Badelka,O24292.1917548
Paehtz,E2424Zhu,J25142.2917549
Dronavalli,H2483Tsolakidou,S24452.3917551
Muzychuk,M2490Divya Deshmukh24702.4917553
Goryachkina,A2548Muzychuk,A25162.5917555
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Commentary by GM Alik Gershon and WGM Anastasia Karlovich

Current standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
Zhu,J
2514
2.0
2
1
1
0.50
3227
2
Tsolakidou,S
2445
1.5
2
½
1
0.50
2647
3
Dronavalli,H
2483
1.0
2
½
½
1.25
2458
4
Goryachkina,A
2548
1.0
2
½
½
1.00
2515
5
Muzychuk,A
2516
1.0
2
½
½
1.00
2519
6
Muzychuk,M
2490
1.0
2
½
½
1.00
2493
7
Divya Deshmukh
2470
1.0
2
½
½
1.00
2487
8
Dzagnidze,N
2513
1.0
2
½
½
0.75
2489
9
Badelka,O
2429
0.5
2
0
½
0.50
2321
10
Paehtz,E
2424
0.0
2
0
0
0.00
1680
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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