Jiner and Goryachkina secure their spots in the Women's Candidates

GM R Vaishali scored 5/9 to finish fourth. She also gained 6 Elo rating points in the process. The total prize fund in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 season was €120000. The top three prizes were €30000, €22000 and €16000 each respectively.

Champion - GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 6/9 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Runner-up - GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) 6/9 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Second Runner-up - GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) 5.5/9 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) 5.5/9, 1st GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 6/9 and 2nd GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) 6/9 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Anna - Vaishali: 0.5-0.5

GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR, 2526) and GM R Vaishali (2475) had five draws against each other in Classical rated games. The sole victory was scored by Vaishali last year.

GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) - GM R Vaishali: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

IM Olga Badelka (AUT) - GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO): 1-0 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI) missed a win against GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) and the game ended in a draw | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) - GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) - IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO): 0-1 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Replay live stream

Replay Round 8 live commentary by Angelika Valkova (UKR) and GM Felix Blohberger (AUT) | Video: FIDE

GP Standings

GM Jiner Zhu wins the FIDE Women GP 2024-25 with 352.5 points. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina finishes second 308.34 points. GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) missed a spot in the Women's Candidates by a whisker as she scored 306.67 points.

GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina have qualified to the Women's Candidates via GP 2024-25 | Source: Official site

Prizes

Total prize fund is €80000. The top three prizes are €18000, €13000 and €10500 each. The top three GP points are - 130, 105 and 85. For more details, check out the regulations below.

Schedule

Round 1 started on 6th May at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. The tournament concluded on 15th May 2025. Sole rest day was on Monday 12th May.

Round 9 results

Bo.No.Rtg WhiteResultBlack RtgNo.PGN
152426
IMBadelka, Olga1 - 0GMDzagnidze, Nana
250910PGN
262479
GMKosteniuk, Alexandra½ - ½GMZhu, Jiner
25414PGN
372536
GMTan, Zhongyi½ - ½GMMuzychuk, Mariya
24943PGN
482526
GMMuzychuk, Anna½ - ½GMVaishali, Rameshbabu
24752PGN
592399
IMSalimova, Nurgyul0 - 1IMJavakhishvili, Lela
24301PGN

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Final standings

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 Rp
18
GMMuzychuk, AnnaUKR25266526,25302602
24
GMZhu, JinerCHN25416423,75502600
37
GMTan, ZhongyiCHN25365,5523,25402555
42
GMVaishali, RameshbabuIND24755419,75302525
510
GMDzagnidze, NanaGEO25094,5519,25202478
63
GMMuzychuk, MariyaUKR24944,5419,00202480
76
GMKosteniuk, AlexandraSUI24794519,75302439
81
IMJavakhishvili, LelaGEO24304415,25302444
95
IMBadelka, OlgaAUT24263,5413,50302408
109
IMSalimova, NurgyulBUL2399259,25102271

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Links

Official site

Tournament Regulations