Tournament information | |
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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 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.[1] The runner up and third place finishers, Nurgyul Salimova and Anna Muzychuk, qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024.[2] 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.
The tournament was held in parallel with the Chess World Cup 2023.