The fourth and final leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix will take place from May 22 to June 2, 2021, in Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar.
Twelve players will compete in a round-robin event in Gibraltar, fighting for the qualification spot for the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2022. Two best ranked players on the list with cumulative scores from all 4 Grand Prix events will qualify for Women’s Candidates.
Live games from the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2021 will be daily on Chessdom.com
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Round 7 live games
Muzychuk Mariya — Stefanova Antoaneta
Dzagnidze Nana — Abdumalik Zhansaya
Kashlinskaya Alina — Bulmaga Irina
Gunina Valentina — Mammadzada Gunay
Lagno Kateryna — Paehtz Elisabeth
Muzychuk Anna — Saduakassova Dinara
Round 6 live games
Antoaneta Stefanova – Muzychuk Anna
Sadukassova Dinara – Lagno Kateryna
Paehtz Elisabeth – Gunina Valentina
Mammadzada Gunay – Kashlinskaya Alina
Bulmaga Irina – Dzagnidze Nana
Abdumalik Zhansaya – Muzychuk Mariya
Round 1 games
Gunay Mammadzada – Antoaneta Stefanova / Irina Bulmaga – Elisabeth Paehtz / Dinara Saduakassova – Zhansaya Abdumalik / Mariya Muzychuk – Ana Muzychuk / Nana Dzagnidze – Kateryna Lagno / Alina Kashlinskaya – Valentina Gunina
Round 2 games
Gunay Mammadzada – Irina Bulmaga / Elisabeth Paehtz – Zhansaya Abdumalik / Dinara Saduakassova – Mariya Muzychuk / Anna Muzychuk – Nana Dzagnidze / Kateryna Lagno – Alina Kashlinskaya / Antoaneta Stefanova – Valentina Gunina
Round 3 games
Valentina Gunina – Kateryna Lagno / Alina Kashlinskaya – Anna Muzychuk / Nana Dzagnidze – Dinara Saduakassova / Mariya Muzychuk – Elisabeth Paehtz / Zhansaya Abdumalik – Gunay Mammadzada / Irina Bulmaga – Antoaneta Stefanova
Round 4 games
Antoaneta Stefanova – Kateryna Lagno / Anna Muzychuk – Valentina Gunina / Dinara Saduakassova – Alina Kashlinskaya / Elisabeth Paehtz – Nana Dzagnidze / Gunay Mammadzada – Mariya Muzychuk / Irina Bulmaga – Zhansaya Abdumalik
Round 5 games
Zhansaya Abdumalik – Antoaneta Stefanova / Mariya Muzychuk – Irina Bulmaga/ Nana Dzagnidze – Gunay Mammadzada / Alina Kashlinskaya – Elisabeth Paehtz / Valentina Gunina – Dinara Saduakassova / Kateryna Lagno – Anna Muzychuk
List of participants – Gibraltar Women’s Grand Prix:
| 1 | IM | Gunay Mammadzada | 2443 | AZE |
| 2 | IM | Irina Bulmaga | 2440 | ROU |
| 3 | IM | Zhansaya Abdumalik | 2472 | KAZ |
| 4 | GM | Mariya Muzychuk | 2544 | UKR |
| 5 | GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2524 | GEO |
| 6 | IM | Alina Kashlinskaya | 2494 | RUS |
| 7 | GM | Valentina Gunina | 2421 | RUS |
| 8 | GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2546 | RUS |
| 9 | GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2535 | UKR |
| 10 | IM | Dinara Saduakassova | 2500 | KAZ |
| 11 | IM | Elisabeth Paehtz | 2467 | GER |
| 12 | GM | Antoaneta Stefanova | 2470 | BUL |
The leader of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix series after 3 events is Aleksandra Goryachkina, who already has a spot in the Candidates event.
With 293 points, Koneru Humpy holds the second place on the overall list and she is 100 points ahead of Kosteniuk Alexandra who will not participate in the Gibraltar event.
Dzagnidze Nana is fourth with 180 points, followed by Lagno Kateryna and Harika Dronavalli, each with 165 points. The difference is that Lagno will have a chance in Gibraltar to improve the score, while Harika won’t play in the event.
Current overall standings:
| Rank | Name | Skolkovo | Monaco | Lausanne | Gibraltar | Points |
| 1 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 120 | 133 | 145 | 398 | |
| 2 | Koneru, Humpy | 160 | 133 | 293 | ||
| 3 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 45 | 133 | 15 | 193 | |
| 4 | Dzagnidze, Nana | 35 | 145 | 180 | ||
| 5-6 | Lagno, Kateryna | 90 | 90 | 180 | ||
| 5-6 | Harika, Dronavalli | 60 | 60 | 60 | 180 | |
| 7 | Muzychuk, Anna | 80 | 85 | 165 | ||
| 8 | Ju, Wenjun | 120 | 35 | 155 | ||
| 9 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | 45 | 85 | 130 | ||
| 10 | Muzychuk, Mariya | 60 | 60 | 120 | ||
| 11 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | 110 | 110 | |||
| 12 | Cramling, Pia | 10 | 60 | 35 | 105 | |
| 13-14 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 75 | 20 | 95 | ||
| 13-14 | Gunina, Valentina | 75 | 10 | 85 | ||
| 15-16 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 25 | 60 | 85 | ||
| 15-16 | Sebag, Marie | 25 | 15 | 40 | ||
| 17 | Zhao, Xue | 35 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Mammadzada, Gunay | – | ||||
| 19 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | – | ||||
| 20 | Saduakassova, Dinara | – |
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