The FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025 is being hosted at the Batumi Sports Palace in Georgia between 5 July and 29 July 2025. The tournament features 107 players from 46 federations participating in a gruelling knockout contest over three weeks.
FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025 Guide: Team India Preview, Prize Money, Live Streaming, More
FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025 will be hosted between 5 and 29 July, featuring 107 players, including top Indian talents like Koneru Humpy. Find out all about the tournament, including the Indian contingent, prize money on offer, live streaming details, and more
The players will be competing for a total prize pool of USD 691,250. The winner will receive USD 50,000 from the pool. However, the most important prize on offer is three spots in the Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026.
The tournament will follow the classical World Cup structure – two classical games per round, featuring progressively faster tie-breaks (rapid and blitz). Each player will have 90 minutes from the start and a 30-minute increment from move 40, plus a 30-second increment from the first move.
The tournament will feature 17 of the world’s top 20 women chess players, including the top three seeds from China – Lei Tingjie, Zhu Jiner, and Tan Zhongyi. Defending champion Alexandra Goryachkina has been seeded sixth, having already secured her place for the Candidates through the Grand Prix circuit.
Other key players include Norway Chess 2024 winner Anna Muzychuk, last year’s World Cup winner Nurgyul Salimova, and Cairns Cup 2025 champion Carissa Yip.
FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025 – Team India Preview
India has sent a nine-player squad to Batumi for the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025. The team will be led by fourth seed Koneru Humpy, who is fresh off winning the Pune Grand Prix 2025.
The other seeded players in the squad are Harika Dronavalli (10), Vaishali Rameshbabu (11), and Divya Deshmukh (15). They have all progressed to Round 2 due to their seedings.
Full Squad: Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh, Kiran Manisha Mohanty, Priyanka K, Vantika Agrawal, Padmini Rout, PV Nandhidhaa
FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025 – Live Streaming Details
The FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025 tournament will be live-streamed for free on the FIDE chess YouTube channel.
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