Women's Chess World Cup 2021

FIDE Women's Chess World Cup 2021
2021 FIDE Women's World Cup winner Alexandra Kosteniuk.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationRussia Sochi
Dates12 July 2021–3 August 2021
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format
Single-elimination tournament
HostChess Federation of Russia
Participants103
Final positions
ChampionRussia Alexandra Kosteniuk
Runner-upRussia Aleksandra Goryachkina
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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2]

Prize money in US dollars
Round Prizes Total
Round 1 39 × $3,750 $146,250
Round 2 32 × $5,000 $160,000
Round 3 16 × $6,750 $108,000
Round 4 8 × $9,500 $76,000
Round 5 4 × $14,000 $56,000
4th place 1 × $20,000 $20,000
3rd place 1 × $25,000 $25,000
Runner-up 1 × $35,000 $35,000
Winner 1 × $50,000 $50,000
Total 676,250

Participants

The following was the list of participants.[3] Players were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021.[4]

  1.  Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS), GM, 2596 (E18)
  2.  Kateryna Lagno (RUS), GM, 2558 (WC)
  3.  Mariya Muzychuk (UKR), GM, 2544 (WC)
  4.  Anna Muzychuk (UKR), GM, 2535 (R)
  5.  Nana Dzagnidze (GEO), GM, 2524 (E18)
  6.  Harika Dronavalli (IND), GM, 2515 (R)
  7.  Tan Zhongyi (CHN), GM, 2511 (R)
  8.  Dinara Saduakassova (KAZ), IM, 2500 (AS19)
  9.  Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS), IM, 2494 (E19)
  10.  Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (IRI), IM, 2494 (Z3.1)
  11.  Nino Batsiashvili (GEO), GM, 2491 (FN)
  12.  Polina Shuvalova (RUS), IM, 2489 (J19)
  13.  Lela Javakhishvili (GEO), IM, 2473 (E18)
  14.  Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), GM, 2472 (WC)
  15.  Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ), GM, 2472 (R)
  16.  Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL), GM, 2470 (E18)
  17.  Natalia Pogonina (RUS), WGM, 2469 (R)
  18.  Bela Khotenashvili (GEO), GM, 2463 (PN)
  19.  Pia Cramling (SWE), GM, 2459 (E19)
  20.  Elisabeth Pähtz (GER), IM, 2456 (E18)
  21.  Olga Girya (RUS), WGM, 2448 (R)
  22.  Anastasia Bodnaruk (RUS), IM, 2446 (E19)
  23.  Gunay Mammadzada (AZE), IM, 2443 (E18)
  24.  Alisa Galliamova (RUS), IM, 2442 (PN)
  25.  Irina Bulmaga (ROU), IM, 2440 (FN)
  26.  Marie Sebag (FRA), GM, 2438 (E18)
  27.  Valentina Gunina (RUS), GM, 2436 (E18)
  28.  Carissa Yip (USA), IM, 2430 (FN)
  29.  Ekaterina Atalik (TUR), IM, 2430 (E18)
  30.  Anna Ushenina (UKR), GM, 2429 (E18)
  31.  Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul (MGL), IM, 2428 (PN)
  32.  Ana Matnadze (ESP), IM, 2421 (FN)
  33.  Olga Badelka (BLR), IM, 2418 (PN)
  34.  Iulija Osmak (UKR), IM, 2418 (E18)
  35.  Karina Cyfka (POL), IM, 2417 (E18)
  36.  Pauline Guichard (FRA), IM, 2413 (E19)
  37.  Nataliya Buksa (UKR), IM, 2413 (FN)
  38.  Irine Kharisma Sukandar (INA), IM, 2413 (FN)
  39.  Almira Skripchenko (FRA), IM, 2411 (FN)
  40.  Elina Danielian (ARM), GM, 2407 (FN)
  41.  Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN), GM, 2404 (FN)
  42.  Laura Unuk (SLO), IM, 2404 (E18)
  43.  Jolanta Zawadzka (POL), WGM, 2403 (E19)
  44.  Leya Garifullina (RUS), WGM, 2399 (FN)
  45.  Nurgyul Salimova (BUL), IM, 2395 (E19)
  46.  Monika Soćko (POL), GM, 2393 (E19)
  47.  Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND), WGM, 2393 (FN)
  48.  Bhakti Kulkarni (IND), IM, 2391 (Z3.7)
  49.  Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (RUS), WGM, 2390 (J18)
  50.  Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ), IM, 2389 (FN)
  51.  Deysi Cori (PER), WGM, 2388 (AM18)
  52.  Gulnar Mammadova (AZE), IM, 2382 (FN)
  53.  Marina Brunello (ITA), IM, 2379 (E19)
  54.  Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE), IM, 2379 (E19)
  55.  Padmini Rout (IND), IM, 2370 (AS18)
  56.  Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés (CUB), IM, 2369 (FN)
  57.  Klaudia Kulon (POL), IM, 2363 (E18)
  58.  Betül Cemre Yıldız (TUR), WGM, 2362 (FN)
  59.  Medina Warda Aulia (INA), IM, 2360 (Z3.3)
  60.  Peng Zhaoqin (NED), GM, 2358 (FN)
  61.  Tatev Abrahamyan (USA), WGM, 2358 (Z2.1)
  62.  Inna Gaponenko (UKR), IM, 2357 (E19)
  63.  Teodora Injac (SRB), WGM, 2355 (FN)
  64.  Carolina Luján (ARG), IM, 2346 (FN)
  65.  Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (USA), WGM, 2344 (PN)
  66.  Dina Belenkaya (RUS), WGM, 2341 (E19)
  67.  Joanna Majdan (POL), WGM, 2339 (FN)
  68.  Viktoria Radeva (BUL), WGM, 2335 (FN)
  69.  Anna Afonasieva (RUS), WIM, 2323 (ON)
  70.  Jana Schneider (GER), FM, 2321 (FN)
  71.  Mobina Alinasab (IRI), WIM, 2317 (FN)
  72.  Jennifer Yu (USA), WGM, 2316 (Z2.1)
  73.  Turkan Mamedjarova (AZE), WGM, 2309 (E19)
  74.  Ulviyya Fataliyeva (AZE), WGM, 2301 (E19)
  75.  Julia Ryjanova (AUS), WGM, 2299 (Z3.6)
  76.  Turmunkh Munkhzul (MGL), WIM, 2278 (FN)
  77.  Mai Narva (EST), WIM, 2276 (PN)
  78.  Nilufar Yakubbaeva (UZB), WIM, 2273 (Z3.4)
  79.  Yerisbel Miranda Llanes (CUB), WIM, 2262 (Z2.3)
  80.  Maili-Jade Ouellet (CAN), WGM, 2257 (AM19)
  81.  Anastasya Paramzina (RUS), WGM, 2256 (E19)
  82.  Qiyu Zhou (CAN), WGM, 2229 (FN)
  83.  Melissa Castrillón Gómez (COL), WIM, 2201 (FN)
  84.  Ingrid Aliaga Fernández (PER), WIM, 2191 (FN)
  85.  Zenia Corrales Jiménez (MEX), WIM, 2189 (FN)
  86.  Julia Alboredo (BRA), WFM, 2182 (FN)
  87.  Shrook Wafa (EGY), WGM, 2182 (AF)
  88.  Janelle Mae Frayna (PHI), WGM, 2179 (FN)
  89.  Gabriela Vargas (PAR), WIM, 2170 (Z2.5)
  90.  Shahenda Wafa (EGY), WGM, 2106 (FN)
  91.  Javiera Belén Gómez Barrera (CHI), WIM, 2083 (FN)
  92.  Sabrina Latreche (ALG), WIM, 2076 (AF)
  93.  Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid (VEN), WIM, 2072 (FN)
  94.  Svitlana Demchenko (CAN), WIM, 2071 (Z2.2)
  95.  Amina Mezioud (ALG), WGM, 2071 (PN)
  96.  Jemal Ovezdurdiyeva (TKM), WFM, 2061 (FN)
  97.  Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar (MAS), WIM, 2046 (FN)
  98.  Umida Omonova (UZB), WFM, 2035 (FN)
  99.  Ayah Moaataz (EGY), WIM, 2015 (AF)
  100.  Anahi Ortiz Verdezoto (ECU), WIM, 2013 (Z2.3)
  101.  Sharmin Sultana Shirin (BAN), WIM, 2009 (Z3.2)
  102.  Jesse February (RSA), WIM, 1863 (PN)
  103.  Penelope Drastik (AUS), 1835 (FN)
Qualification paths
Replacements

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

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. [5]

Rounds 1-4

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
1 Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina Bye
- Bye
1 Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina 2
65 United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova 0
65 United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova 1½
64 Argentina Carolina Luján ½
1 Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina 1½
33 Belarus Olga Badelka ½
33 Belarus Olga Badelka w/o
96 Turkmenistan Jemal Ovezdurdiyeva
33 Belarus Olga Badelka 5
32 Spain Ana Matnadze 4
97 Malaysia Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar ½
32 Spain Ana Matnadze 1½
1 Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina 3
16 Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova 1
17 Russia Natalia Pogonina Bye
- Bye
17 Russia Natalia Pogonina 1½
48 India Bhakti Kulkarni ½
81 Russia Anastasya Paramzina
48 India Bhakti Kulkarni w/o
17 Russia Natalia Pogonina ½
16 Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova 1½
49 Russia Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 1½
80 Canada Maili-Jade Ouellet ½
49 Russia Aleksandra Maltsevskaya ½
16 Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova 1½
- Bye
16 Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova Bye

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
9 Russia Alina Kashlinskaya Bye
- Bye
9 Russia Alina Kashlinskaya 1½
56 Cuba Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés ½
73 Azerbaijan Turkan Mamedyarova ½
56 Cuba Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés 1½
9 Russia Alina Kashlinskaya 1½
24 Russia Alisa Galliamova ½
41 Hungary Hoang Thanh Trang 2½
88 Philippines Janelle Mae Frayna 1½
41 Hungary Hoang Thanh Trang ½
24 Russia Alisa Galliamova 1½
- Bye
24 Russia Alisa Galliamova Bye
9 Russia Alina Kashlinskaya 2
8 Kazakhstan Dinara Saduakassova 4
25 Romania Irina Bulmaga Bye
– Bye
25 Romania Irina Bulmaga 0
40 Armenia Elina Danielian 2
89 Paraguay Gabriela Vargas 0
40 Armenia Elina Danielian 2
40 Armenia Elina Danielian ½
8 Kazakhstan Dinara Saduakassova 1½
57 Poland Klaudia Kulon 1
72 United States Jennifer Yu 3
72 United States Jennifer Yu 0
8 Kazakhstan Dinara Saduakassova 2
- Bye
8 Kazakhstan Dinara Saduakassova Bye

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
5 Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze Bye
- Bye
5 Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze 2
60 Netherlands Peng Zhaoqin 0
69 Russia Anna Afonasieva 0
60 Netherlands Peng Zhaoqin 2
5 Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze 3
28 United States Carissa Yip 1
37 Ukraine Nataliya Buksa 2½
92 Algeria Sabrina Latreche 1½
37 Ukraine Nataliya Buksa 1
28 United States Carissa Yip 3
101 Bangladesh Sharmin Sultana Shirin 0
28 United States Carissa Yip 2
5 Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze 3½
12 Russia Polina Shuvalova 2½
21 Russia Olga Girya Bye
- Bye
21 Russia Olga Girya ½
44 Russia Leya Garifullina 1½
85 Mexico Zenia Corrales Jiménez 0
44 Russia Leya Garifullina 2
44 Russia Leya Garifullina 2½
12 Russia Polina Shuvalova 3½
53 Italy Marina Brunello 0
76 Mongolia Turmunkh Munkhzul 2
76 Mongolia Turmunkh Munkhzul 0
12 Russia Polina Shuvalova 2
- Bye
12 Russia Polina Shuvalova Bye

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
13 Georgia (country) Lela Javakhishvili Bye
- Bye
13 Georgia (country) Lela Javakhishvili 1
52 Azerbaijan Gulnar Mammadova 3
77 Estonia Mai Narva 3½
52 Azerbaijan Gulnar Mammadova 4½
52 Azerbaijan Gulnar Mammadova ½
20 Germany Elisabeth Pähtz 1½
45 Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova 2½
84 Peru Ingrid Aliaga Fernández 1½
45 Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova 3½
20 Germany Elisabeth Pähtz 4½
- Bye
20 Germany Elisabeth Pähtz Bye
20 Germany Elisabeth Pähtz ½
4 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 1½
29 Turkey Ekaterina Atalik 2
100 Ecuador Anahí Ortiz Verdezoto 0
29 Turkey Ekaterina Atalik ½
36 France Pauline Guichard 1½
93 Venezuela Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid 1½
36 France Pauline Guichard 2½
36 France Pauline Guichard ½
4 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 1½
61 United States Tatev Abrahamyan 2
68 Bulgaria Viktoria Radeva 0
61 United States Tatev Abrahamyan 0
4 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 2
- Bye
4 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk Bye

Section 5

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
3 Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk Bye
- Bye
3 Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk 1½
62 Ukraine Inna Gaponenko ½
67 Poland Joanna Majdan ½
62 Ukraine Inna Gaponenko 1½
3 Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk 4½
30 Ukraine Anna Ushenina 3½
35 Poland Karina Cyfka 3½
94 Canada Svitlana Demchenko 2½
35 Poland Karina Cyfka ½
30 Ukraine Anna Ushenina 1½
99 Egypt Ayah Moaataz 1½
30 Ukraine Anna Ushenina 2½
3 Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk ½
14 Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk 1½
19 Sweden Pia Cramling Bye
- Bye
19 Sweden Pia Cramling 3½
46 Poland Monika Soćko 2½
83 Colombia Melissa Castrillón Gómez ½
46 Poland Monika Soćko 1½
19 Sweden Pia Cramling ½
14 Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk 1½
51 Peru Deysi Cori 1½
78 Uzbekistan Nilufar Yakubbaeva ½
51 Peru Deysi Cori 0
14 Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk 2
- Bye
14 Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk Bye

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
11 Georgia (country) Nino Batsiashvili Bye
- Bye
11 Georgia (country) Nino Batsiashvili 1½
54 Greece Stavroula Tsolakidou ½
75 Australia Julia Ryjanova ½
54 Greece Stavroula Tsolakidou 1½
11 Georgia (country) Nino Batsiashvili 2
43 Poland Jolanta Zawadzka 0
43 Poland Jolanta Zawadzka 1½
86 Brazil Julia Alboredo ½
43 Poland Jolanta Zawadzka 2
22 Russia Anastasia Bodnaruk 0
- Bye
22 Russia Anastasia Bodnaruk Bye
11 Georgia (country) Nino Batsiashvili ½
27 Russia Valentina Gunina 1½
27 Russia Valentina Gunina 1½
102 South Africa Jesse February ½
27 Russia Valentina Gunina 2
38 Indonesia Irine Kharisma Sukandar 0
91 Chile Javiera Belén Gómez Barrera ½
38 Indonesia Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1½
27 Russia Valentina Gunina 1½
6 India Harika Dronavalli ½
59 Indonesia Medina Warda Aulia 2
70 Germany Jana Schneider 0
59 Indonesia Medina Warda Aulia 0
6 India Harika Dronavalli 2
- Bye
6 India Harika Dronavalli Bye

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
7 China Tan Zhongyi Bye
- Bye
7 China Tan Zhongyi 1½
58 Turkey Betül Cemre Yıldız ½
71 Iran Mobina Alinasab ½
58 Turkey Betül Cemre Yıldız 1½
7 China Tan Zhongyi 2
26 France Marie Sebag 0
39 France Almira Skripchenko 4
90 Egypt Shahenda Wafa 2
39 France Almira Skripchenko 2½
26 France Marie Sebag 3½
103 Australia Penelope Drastik ½
26 France Marie Sebag 1½
7 China Tan Zhongyi 1½
10 Iran Sarasadat Khademalsharieh ½
23 Azerbaijan Gunay Mammadzada Bye
- Bye
23 Azerbaijan Gunay Mammadzada 1½
42 Slovenia Laura Unuk ½
87 Egypt Shrook Wafa 0
42 Slovenia Laura Unuk 2
23 Azerbaijan Gunay Mammadzada ½
10 Iran Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 1½
55 India Padmini Rout 2
74 Azerbaijan Ulviyya Fataliyeva 0
55 India Padmini Rout 1
10 Iran Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 3
- Bye
10 Iran Sarasadat Khademalsharieh Bye

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
15 Kazakhstan Zhansaya Abdumalik Bye
- Bye
15 Kazakhstan Zhansaya Abdumalik 1½
50 Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 2½
79 Cuba Yerisbel Miranda Llanes ½
50 Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 1½
50 Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 4
18 Georgia (country) Bela Khotenashvili 2
47 India Vaishali Rameshbabu 2
82 Canada Qiyu Zhou 0
47 India Vaishali Rameshbabu 0
18 Georgia (country) Bela Khotenashvili 2
- Bye
18 Georgia (country) Bela Khotenashvili Bye
50 Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 1½
2 Russia Kateryna Lagno 2½
31 Mongolia Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul 1½
98 Uzbekistan Umida Omonova ½
31 Mongolia Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul 2
34 Ukraine Iulija Osmak 0
95 Algeria Amina Mezioud ½
34 Ukraine Iulija Osmak 1½
31 Mongolia Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul ½
2 Russia Kateryna Lagno 1½
63 Serbia Teodora Injac 2
66 Russia Dina Belenkaya 0
63 Serbia Teodora Injac ½
2 Russia Kateryna Lagno 1½
- Bye
2 Russia Kateryna Lagno Bye

Rounds 5-7

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina 1½
8 Kazakhstan Dinara Saduakassova ½
1 Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina 1½
4 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk ½
5 Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze 1
4 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 3
1 Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina ½
14 Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk 1½
14 Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk 2
27 Russia Valentina Gunina 0
14 Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk 1½ 3rd Place
7 China Tan Zhongyi ½
7 China Tan Zhongyi 1½ 4 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 1½
2 Russia Kateryna Lagno ½ 7 China Tan Zhongyi 2½

Third place

Seed Name Jul 2021 rating 1 2 R1 R2 Total
4 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 2527 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1½
7 China Tan Zhongyi 2511 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2½

Finals

Seed Name Jul 2021 rating 1 2 Total
1 Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina 2596 0 ½ ½
14 Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk 2472 1 ½ 1½

See also

References

  1. ^ "Schedule – FIDE World Cup 2021". Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Regulations for the FIDE Women's World Cup 2021" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ^ "FIDE Women's World Cup – Participants". chessnews.info. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Top 100 Women June 2021 – Archive". FIDE. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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