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Women's Chess World Cup 2021

The Women's Chess World Cup 2021 was a 103-player single-elimination chess tournament, the first edition of Women's Chess World Cup, that took place in Sochi, Russia, from 12 July to 3 August 2021. It was the inaugural edition of a women's-only version of the FIDE World Cup. The tournament was held in parallel with the Chess World Cup 2021, an open tournament.

The tournament formed part of the qualification for the Women's World Chess Championship 2023. The top three finishers, other than Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun and players who had otherwise qualified, qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2022–23.

Format

The format was a 7-round knockout event. 78 women played one another in the first round. The 39 that went through were joined in the second round by the top 25 seeds, who were given a bye for the first round. The losers of the two semi-finals played one another for third place.

Each round consisted of two classical games with shorter tiebreaks as needed. Their time controls were as follows:

  1. Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves with 30 minutes added for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move.
  2. If tied, two games of 25 minutes with a 10 second increment per move.
  3. If tied, two games of 10 minutes with a 10 second increment per move.
  4. If tied, two games of 5 minutes with a 3 second increment per move.
  5. If the match was still tied, a single armageddon game was played. The players drew lots and the winner of the draw chose their color. White received 5 minutes, black received 4 minutes, and each player received a 2-second increment per move beginning at move 61.

Prize money

The total prize fund was US$676,250, with a first prize of US$50,000.

Participants

The following was the list of participants. Players were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021.

  1. , GM, 2596 (E18)
  2. , GM, 2558 (WC)
  3. , GM, 2544 (WC)
  4. , GM, 2535 (R)
  5. , GM, 2524 (E18)
  6. , GM, 2515 (R)
  7. , GM, 2511 (R)
  8. , IM, 2500 (AS19)
  9. , IM, 2494 (E19)
  10. , IM, 2494 (Z3.1)
  11. , GM, 2491 (FN)
  12. , IM, 2489 (J19)
  13. , IM, 2473 (E18)
  14. , GM, 2472 (WC)
  15. , GM, 2472 (R)
  16. , GM, 2470 (E18)
  17. , WGM, 2469 (R)
  18. , GM, 2463 (PN)
  19. , GM, 2459 (E19)
  20. , IM, 2456 (E18)
  21. , WGM, 2448 (R)
  22. , IM, 2446 (E19)
  23. , IM, 2443 (E18)
  24. , IM, 2442 (PN)
  25. , IM, 2440 (FN)
  26. , GM, 2438 (E18)
  27. , GM, 2436 (E18)
  28. , IM, 2430 (FN)
  29. , IM, 2430 (E18)
  30. , GM, 2429 (E18)
  31. , IM, 2428 (PN)
  32. , IM, 2421 (FN)
  33. , IM, 2418 (PN)
  34. , IM, 2418 (E18)
  35. , IM, 2417 (E18)
  36. , IM, 2413 (E19)
  37. , IM, 2413 (FN)
  38. , IM, 2413 (FN)
  39. , IM, 2411 (FN)
  40. , GM, 2407 (FN)
  41. , GM, 2404 (FN)
  42. , IM, 2404 (E18)
  43. , WGM, 2403 (E19)
  44. , WGM, 2399 (FN)
  45. , IM, 2395 (E19)
  46. , GM, 2393 (E19)
  47. , WGM, 2393 (FN)
  48. , IM, 2391 (Z3.7)
  49. , WGM, 2390 (J18)
  50. , IM, 2389 (FN)
  51. , WGM, 2388 (AM18)
  52. , IM, 2382 (FN)
  53. , IM, 2379 (E19)
  54. , IM, 2379 (E19)
  55. , IM, 2370 (AS18)
  56. , IM, 2369 (FN)
  57. , IM, 2363 (E18)
  58. , WGM, 2362 (FN)
  59. , IM, 2360 (Z3.3)
  60. , GM, 2358 (FN)
  61. , WGM, 2358 (Z2.1)
  62. , IM, 2357 (E19)
  63. , WGM, 2355 (FN)
  64. , IM, 2346 (FN)
  65. , WGM, 2344 (PN)
  66. , WGM, 2341 (E19)
  67. , WGM, 2339 (FN)
  68. , WGM, 2335 (FN)
  69. , WIM, 2323 (ON)
  70. , FM, 2321 (FN)
  71. , WIM, 2317 (FN)
  72. , WGM, 2316 (Z2.1)
  73. , WGM, 2309 (E19)
  74. , WGM, 2301 (E19)
  75. , WGM, 2299 (Z3.6)
  76. , WIM, 2278 (FN)
  77. , WIM, 2276 (PN)
  78. , WIM, 2273 (Z3.4)
  79. , WIM, 2262 (Z2.3)
  80. , WGM, 2257 (AM19)
  81. , WGM, 2256 (E19)
  82. , WGM, 2229 (FN)
  83. , WIM, 2201 (FN)
  84. , WIM, 2191 (FN)
  85. , WIM, 2189 (FN)
  86. , WFM, 2182 (FN)
  87. , WGM, 2182 (AF)
  88. , WGM, 2179 (FN)
  89. , WIM, 2170 (Z2.5)
  90. , WGM, 2106 (FN)
  91. , WIM, 2083 (FN)
  92. , WIM, 2076 (AF)
  93. , WIM, 2072 (FN)
  94. , WIM, 2071 (Z2.2)
  95. , WGM, 2071 (PN)
  96. , WFM, 2061 (FN)
  97. , WIM, 2046 (FN)
  98. , WFM, 2035 (FN)
  99. , WIM, 2015 (AF)
  100. , WIM, 2013 (Z2.3)
  101. , WIM, 2009 (Z3.2)
  102. , WIM, 1863 (PN)
  103. , 1835 (FN)
Qualification paths
Replacements

The following are the players from the list of qualifiers who declined to play, and their replacements:

  • (WC) → (R)
  • (R) → (R)
  • (R) → (R)
  • (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)
  • (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)
  • (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)
  • (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)

In addition, three federations (China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam) did not nominate a player.

Results

Due to the size of the bracket, the results view is made up of two parts on this page. Rounds one through four are shown first, split up into different sections of the bracket. They then join again for the quarterfinals and beyond, which are shown afterwards.

Rounds 1-4

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Rounds 5-7

Third place

Finals

See also

References

External links