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Over the last several weeks zonal and continental qualifiers were taking place around the globe in anticipation of the World Cup scheduled for 10 July – 6 August, 2021 in Sochi, Russia. Among the latest qualifier tournaments was the American Continental Championship that took place 22 - 30 May and was played as a hybrid tournament. Eight players secured a ticket to Sochi.
The 2021 FIDE Women’s World Cup will be played in 7 rounds, knock-out system, with 103 players and a prize pool of 676,000 dollars.
Most of the participants are already known with Canada (Zone 3.2) as the only remaining federation to run qualifiers in early June.
List of participants:
GM Kateryna Lagno (a qualifier from the Women’s World Championship 2018)
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (a qualifier from Women’s the World Championship 2018)
GM Mariya Muzychuk (a qualifier from the Women’s World Championship 2018)
WGM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (U20 World Girls Chess Champion 2018)
WGM Polina Shuvalova (U20 World Girls Chess Champion 2019)
GM Hou Yifan (qualified by rating)