Women's Chess World Cup 2023
The Women's Chess World Cup 2023 was a 103-player single-elimination chess tournament, the second edition of the Women's Chess World Cup, taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 29 July to 22 August 2023. The runner up and third place finishers, Nurgyul Salimova and Anna Muzychuk, qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024. Since Aleksandra Goryachkina, the winner of the tournament, had already qualified through the Grand Prix, her replacement was Koneru Humpy, who was the highest-rated player on the January 2024 FIDE rating list who had played a minimum 30 games.
2023 FIDE Women's World Cup winner Alexandra Goryachkina. | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Dates | 30 July 2023–21 August 2023 |
| Administrator | FIDE |
Tournament format(s) | Single-elimination tournament |
| Host(s) | Azerbaijan Chess Federation |
| Participants | 103 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| Runner-up | Nurgyul Salimova |
| 3rd place | Anna Muzychuk |
The tournament was held in parallel with the Chess World Cup 2023.
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