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FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 Blitz TB

KnockoutBlitz

12 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 06 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Batumi, Georgia. 12 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2431, and top seed was Tingjie Lei (๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ CHN, GM, 2552).

Humpy Koneru (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ IND, GM, 2543) won with 2.0/8, ahead of K Priyanka (2.0) and Anahita Zahedifar (2.0). Koneru took the lead from round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 1: K Priyanka (WIM, 2090) beat Zsoka Gaal (IM, 2391), a +301-point gap.

Location
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชBatumi, Georgia
Dates
06 Jul 2025 โ†’ 28 Jul 2025
Time control
Blitz: 5 minutes for game with 3 seconds delay from move 1
System
Knockout ยท 8 rounds
Top seed
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณGMTingjie Lei2552
Avg top 10
2,431
Participants
12
Titled players ยท 12
GMร—5
IMร—4
WGMร—1
WIMร—2
Federations ยท 8 represented
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndiaร—5
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstanร—1
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIranร—1
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraineร—1
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChinaร—1
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerlandร—1
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungaryร—1
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijanร—1
Top 3
  • ๐Ÿฅ‡
    GMHumpy Koneru
    ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณINDยท2543
    2.0ptsยท3290perf+12.0
  • ๐Ÿฅˆ
    WIMK Priyanka
    ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณINDยท2090
    2.0ptsยท3046perf+32.4
  • ๐Ÿฅ‰
    WIMAnahita Zahedifar
    ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIRIยท2143
    2.0ptsยท2988perf+31.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 ยท 8 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 2.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Koneru takes lead
Koneru2Priyankaโ€”Zahedifarโ€”Kosteniukโ€”Agrawalโ€”Vaishaliโ€”
R7 ยท LEADER CHANGE22 Jul

GM Humpy Koneru takes the sole lead (1.0/7).

R8 ยท TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 2.0/8. Koneru takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).

Grille amรฉricaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfฮ”
1Koneru, HumpyGM2543INDFFFFFF+10B+10N2.00.00.00.003290+12.0
2Priyanka, KWIM2090IND+12N+12Bโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”2.00.00.00.003046+32.4
3Zahedifar, AnahitaWIM2143IRI+11N+11Bโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”2.00.00.00.002988+31.6
4Kosteniuk, AlexandraGM2474SUIFF+7B=7Nโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”1.51.01.00.7524270.0
5Vantika AgrawalIM2388INDFF+8B=8Nโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”1.51.01.00.752550+12.4
6Vaishali, RameshbabuGM2481INDFFFF=9N+9Bโ€”โ€”1.51.01.00.752456+1.4
7Padmini, RoutIM2352INDFFโˆ’4N=4Bโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”0.53.03.00.7522350.0
8Ushenina, AnnaGM2413UKRFFโˆ’5N=5Bโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”0.53.03.00.752124-6.2
9Kamalidenova, MeruertIM2330KAZFFFF=6Bโˆ’6Nโ€”โ€”0.53.03.00.752207-2.8
10Lei, TingjieGM2552CHNFFFFFFโˆ’1Nโˆ’1B0.04.04.00.001618-12.0
11Beydullayeva, GovharWGM2386AZEโˆ’3Bโˆ’3Nโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”0.02.04.00.001154-31.6
12Gaal, ZsokaIM2391HUNโˆ’2Bโˆ’2Nโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”0.02.04.00.001200-64.8

Key insights

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