Chess Gambit 64

The FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 has reached the quarterfinals, with only eight top chess players remaining: four from India, three from China, and one from Georgia. The first games are set for tomorrow, and we're currently assessing the chances of each pairing: GM Nana  Dzagnidze 2505  -  GM T ingjie Lei 2552 Tingjie Lei , the number one seed, is having an excellent tournament, winning all her games so far in the regular season without needing tiebreaks. The Chinese player has won five games and only drawn one, making her appear to be the favorite in this match. Nana Dzagnidze, on the other hand, had a tough encounter with Valentina Gunina. However, it's important to remember that the Georgian is playing at home. IM Deshmukh  Divya  2463  -  GM  Harika Dronavalli 2483 The match between Deshmukh Divya vs Harika Dronavalli promises to be very interesting, as both players hail from the same country. While they are similarly strong, we're giving Desh...

And now we know! Rameshbabu Vaishali is the eighth and final player to qualify for the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 The Indian chess player secured her spot after six intense tiebreak games. We're posting the deciding game on the website. Complete results:

  Harika Dronavalli advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025. It wasn't easy, as she had to play four tiebreak games. Congratulations! We've posted the decisive game on our website.

Deshmukh Divya and Humpy Koneru have advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 after winning their tiebreak matches.  Both players secured victory in their first games and then drew the second to clinch their spots. Congratulations! Check out both winning games:

Apart from Lei Tingjie (see our entry:  Lei Tingjie advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 ), the following players also advanced to the quarterfinals: T an Zhongyi,  Dzagnidze Nana and  Song Yuxin .  A draw was enough for the two Chinese players to advance today, but Nana Dzagnidze had to win her game against Mariya Muzychuk. The Georgian player first won a pawn and then gradually strengthened her position to convert her advantage. We're posting this game on the website. 3 GM Tan Zhongyi CHN 2546 1 ½ 1½ 14 IM Osmak Yuliia UKR 2468 0 ½ ½ 9 GM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2492 ½ 0 ½ 8 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2505 ½ 1 1½ 28 IM Song Yuxin CHN 2410 1 ½ 1½ 21 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2432 0 ½ ½

  FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 - 16.07.2025: GM Lei, Tingjie - 1:0 -  WIM Omonova, Umida IM Divya Deshmukh - 1:0 - GM  Zhu, Jiner GM Tan, Zhongyi - 1:0 -  IM Osmak, Yuliia GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra -  ½- ½ - G M Koneru, Humpy GM Lagno, Kateryna -  ½- ½ -  GM Dronavalli, Harika GM Muzychuk, Mariya -  ½- ½ -  GM Dzagnidze, Nana GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu -  ½- ½  IM Kamalidenova, Meruert IM Song, Yuxin - 1:0 -  IM Javakhishvili, Lela All games in the fourth round of the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 have concluded. It could be called " China Day ," as all the games played by the Chinese players resulted in a draw. The remaining games were draws. We've included all the games from this round on this website; we encourage you to analyze them. Games [Event "Women's World Cup 2025"] [Site "Batumi, Georgia"] [Date "2025.07.01"] [Round "23.1"] [White "Lei, Tingjie"] [Black "Omonova, Umida"] [Result...

In Tbilisi, during the first round of the FIDE Grand Prix, the match between Tsolakidou Stavroula and Vaishali Rameshbabu took place. The Indian player, who holds the title of Grandmaster and is the elder sister of the prodigious Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, made a questionable move with 25...Nxe5? after the position shown in the diagram. It's peculiar, as it implies a compelled forfeiture of quality without any recompense. Could it be a transient obscuration? Observe for yourself: Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/25 - First "] [Site "Tbilisi, Georgia"] [Date "2024.08.15"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"] [Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2429"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/JMbpakjF"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "...