FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–2014

The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–2014  is a series of  6 Chess Tournaments exclusively for women, which formed part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship 2015

The winner of the Grand Prix will challenge the 2014 Women's World Chess Champion in a10 Game match.

Should the Grand Prix winner be the 2014 World Champion, the Grand Prix runner-up will play the 2015 championship

Players and Qualification

The 4 Semi-finalists of the Women's World Chess Championship 2012

1. Anna Ushenina(Ukraine)
2. Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria)
3. Ju Wenjun (PRC)
4. Dronavalli Harika (India)

The 6 highest ranked players (average of 9 FIDS World Rankings lists from March 2012 to January 2013

1. Hou Yifan(PRC)
   
2. Koneru Humpy(India) 
3. Anna Muzychuk(Slovenia) 
4. Zhao Xue(PRC) 
5. Nana Dzagnidze(Georgia) 
6. Kateryna Lahno(Ukraine) 

6 Organizer Nominees

1. Alexandra Kosteniuk(Russia) 
2. Elina Danielian(Armenia) 
3. Nafisa Muminova(Uzbekistan) 
4. Olga Girya(Russia)
5. Bela Khotenashvili(Georgia) 
6. Batchimeg Tuvshintugs(Mongolia)

2 FIDE President Nominees

1. Nadezhda Kosintseva(Russia) 
2. Viktorija Cmilyte(Lithuania)

Schedule

The 6 Tournaments are -

S No	Venue	Date	Winner	Points
1	Geneva,Switzerland	May 02-16,2013	Bela Khotenashvili(Georgia)	8/11
2	Dilijan,Armenia	June 15-29,2013	Koneru Humpy(India)	8/11
3	Tashkent,Uzbekistan	Sep 17- Oct 01,2013
4	Khanty-Mansiysk,Russia	May 02-14,2014
5	Tbilisi,Georgia	June 18-July 02,2014
6	Erdenet,Mongolia	Aug 24- Sep 07,2014