World Women's Team Championship - Live!

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11/23/2025 – The World Women's Team Championship took place in Linares, Spain, from 18 to 23 November. The knockout stage saw Russia beating China in the semifinals, while Azerbaijan got the better of Kazakhstan. In the final, Russia (FIDE team) defeated Azerbaijan convincingly, while China grabbed third place. | Follow the games live starting at 13.30 CET (8.30 ET, 18.00 IST)
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Finals

Twelve teams are divided into two pools of approximately the same strength. Each pool plays a five-round single round-robin tournament. The top four teams of each pool qualifies for a knockout deciding stage.

The time control is 45 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Each duel in the knockout consists of two matches, with colours reversed in the second match. In case of a tie, the following procedure will take place to break the tie:

  • After draw of colours, a blitz match shall be played with the time control 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.
  • If the blitz match is drawn, another blitz match shall be played with the time control 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move, with colours reversed.
  • If the second blitz match is drawn, one sudden death game shall be played between a pair of players who played against each other in the blitz matches above. This pair shall be determined by drawing of lots. The sudden death game shall be the following:
    • White shall have 4 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.
    • Once the pair of players is determined, both players shall submit a time bid – specifying how much starting time they are willing to play with as Black, also with a 2-second increment. The player who submits the lowest time wins the bid and plays with Black. If the players make exactly the same bid, Black starts with that amount of time; a drawing of lots shall determine the colours.

Women's World Team Chess Championship 2025

All games - Knockout

The full rosters of each team can be consulted here.

World Women's Team Championship 2025

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