Qualified so far:Eight players shall qualify for the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2024 by the following criteria:
A. 1 spot – FIDE Women’s World Championship Match 2023, Runner-up
B. 2 spots – FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Series 2022-23 The players who finish 1st and 2nd in the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Series 2022-23. If one of these players is GM Tan Zhongyi and she is also participant of the FIDE Women’s World Championship Match 2023, the unallocated spot shall be awarded to the next non-qualifying player in the final ranking of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Series 2022-23.
C. 3 spots – FIDE Women’s World Cup 2023 The players who finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2023. If the FIDE Women’s World Champion 2023 and/or one of the players qualified via tracks A or B is (are) among these three qualifiers, the unallocated spot(s) shall, in order of priority:
- be awarded by rating*;
- be awarded to the player who finishes 4th in the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2023 (if she has not qualified via tracks A or B);
- became (an) additional spot(s) at the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023.
*The spot shall be awarded to the player having the highest standard rating among non-qualified players in the January 2024 FIDE rating list, provided she has played at least 30 games rated in the FIDE standard rating lists from February 2023 to January 2024.
D. 2 spots – FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 The players who finish 1st and 2nd in the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023. If the FIDE Women’s World Champion 2023 and/or one of the players qualified via tracks A, B or C is (are) among these two qualifiers, the unallocated spot(s) shall be awarded to the next non-qualifying player of the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023.
If any replacement is needed, the spot shall be awarded to the player having the highest standard rating among non-qualified players in the January 2024 FIDE rating list, provided she has played at least 30 games rated in the FIDE standard rating lists from February 2023 to January 2024.
Finalist of last match - Lei Tingjie
Grand Prix - Kateryna Lagno, Aleksandra Goryachkina
World Cup - Nurgyul Salimova, Anna Muzychuk
Rating - TBD
Grand Swiss - IoM 23 October - 5 November first 2 (non-qualified)