FIDE Women's World Cup is starting

GM Elina Danielian and IM Lilit Mkrtchian will compete in the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup, which will be held from July 6 to 28 in Batumi, Georgia.

In the first round, Elina will face WFM Nadezhda Antonova (rating: 2030), representing Tajikistan.

Lilit will face WIM Lina Nassri (rating: 2054), representing Algeria.

The tournament will be held in a knockout format, with 7 rounds. In each round, the players will play two classical games. If the score is 1:1, the winner will be decided in rapid and blitz tie-breaks.

The first game of the first round will start on July 6 at 15:00.

You can follow the games here.

We wish good luck to our chess players!