FIDE to change tournament format for women’s chess championship
The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship took place in Khanty-Mansiysk on November 2-23. 64 players from 28 countries were determining the strongest in a knock-out format, according to FIDE.
Ju Wenjun from China, defended the title she had won in spring, beating the Russian Kateryna Lagno in the final match.
FIDE has announced changes regarding shifting the knock-out format to a standard one. “In the future we will have both the FIDE Grand Prix series and the World Cup played according the knock-out system. A number of players qualified by rating and the best ones of the GP series and the World Cup will play in the Candidates tournament. That means that all the players who have already got their rights to participate in the knock-out tournament will keep their rights. There will be no harm for anyone while there will be clear benefits for high-level players,” FIDE President said at a press conference.