FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021

FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021
2021 Grand Swiss Tournament winner Lei Tingjie
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationLatvia Riga
Dates27 October 2021–
7 November 2021
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Swiss-system tournament
Host(s)IOM International
Chess Limited
Final positions
ChampionChina Lei Tingjie
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The FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 was a chess tournament, FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament, that forms part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship 2022. It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament, with up to 50 players competing, ran from 27 October to 7 November 2021 in Riga, Latvia, in parallel with the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021.[1] It was the first FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament.

The top finisher who has not already qualified, qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2022.

  1. ^ "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2021 announced". FIDE. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.