The Women's Candidates Tournament is a women major chess competitions organized by FIDE.[1]
It's a final contest to determine the challenger for the Women's World Chess Championship. The winner of the Candidates earns the right to a match for the World Championship against the incumbent world champion.[2]
Winners and results
Edition | Host city | Prize fund | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
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1997 | Groningen, Netherlands | ? | Xie Jun | Alisa Galliamova | Maia Chiburdanidze |
2019 | Kazan, Russia | € 200,000 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | Anna Muzychuk | Kateryna Lagno |
2022–23 | Monaco, Khiva, Chongqing | € 250,000 | Lei Tingjie | Tan Zhongyi | Anna Muzychuk Aleksandra Goryachkina |
2024 | Toronto, Canada | ? |
See also
References
- ↑ "Tingjie wins Women's Candidates Final to set up World Championship Match". www.insidethegames.biz. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "Women's Candidates Tournament, Final". womenscandidates.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
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