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FIDE Candidates 2026: Women

29 Mar to 15 Apr 2026 · Pegeia, Cyprus · 8-player double round-robin · 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min, + 30 sec / move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Rameshbabu Vaishali ★: No. 1, 8½/14, performance 2607 (+26)
GM Bibisara Assaubayeva ★: No. 2, 8/14, performance 2570 (+11)
GM Jiner Zhu ★: No. 3, 7½/14, performance 2540 (-8)
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina ★: No. 4, 7½/14, performance 2547 (+2)
GM Anna Muzychuk ★: No. 5, 7/14, performance 2519
GM Kateryna Lagno ★: No. 6, 6½/14, performance 2492 (-2)
GM Divya Deshmukh ★: No. 7, 5½/14, performance 2443 (-10)
GM Zhongyi Tan ★: No. 8, 5½/14, performance 2437 (-18)

Standings

Standings, FIDE Candidates 2026: Women
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Rameshbabu Vaishali ★	IND	2470	8½	14	2607	+26
2	GM Bibisara Assaubayeva ★	KAZ	2516	8	14	2570	+11
3	GM Jiner Zhu ★	CHN	2578	7½	14	2540	-8
4	GM Aleksandra Goryachkina ★	FID	2534	7½	14	2547	+2
5	GM Anna Muzychuk ★	UKR	2522	7	14	2519	0
6	GM Kateryna Lagno ★	FID	2508	6½	14	2492	-2
7	GM Divya Deshmukh ★	IND	2497	5½	14	2443	-10
8	GM Zhongyi Tan ★	CHN	2535	5½	14	2437	-18

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Jiner Zhu – Zhongyi Tan	½-½
1.2	Aleksandra Goryachkina – Kateryna Lagno	½-½
1.3	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
1.4	Divya Deshmukh – Anna Muzychuk	½-½
2.1	Kateryna Lagno – Jiner Zhu	½-½
2.2	Anna Muzychuk – Zhongyi Tan	½-½
2.3	Divya Deshmukh – Rameshbabu Vaishali	½-½
2.4	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Aleksandra Goryachkina	½-½
3.1	Aleksandra Goryachkina – Divya Deshmukh	½-½
3.2	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Anna Muzychuk	½-½
3.3	Jiner Zhu – Bibisara Assaubayeva	0-1
3.4	Zhongyi Tan – Kateryna Lagno	0-1
4.1	Anna Muzychuk – Kateryna Lagno	1-0
4.2	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Zhongyi Tan	½-½
4.3	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Aleksandra Goryachkina	½-½
4.4	Divya Deshmukh – Jiner Zhu	0-1
5.1	Kateryna Lagno – Bibisara Assaubayeva	1-0
5.2	Aleksandra Goryachkina – Anna Muzychuk	½-½
5.3	Jiner Zhu – Rameshbabu Vaishali	1-0
5.4	Zhongyi Tan – Divya Deshmukh	½-½
6.1	Jiner Zhu – Anna Muzychuk	0-1
6.2	Kateryna Lagno – Rameshbabu Vaishali	0-1
6.3	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Divya Deshmukh	0-1
6.4	Zhongyi Tan – Aleksandra Goryachkina	½-½
7.1	Anna Muzychuk – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
7.2	Divya Deshmukh – Kateryna Lagno	½-½
7.3	Aleksandra Goryachkina – Jiner Zhu	½-½
7.4	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Zhongyi Tan	1-0
8.1	Anna Muzychuk – Divya Deshmukh	0-1
8.2	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Rameshbabu Vaishali	½-½
8.3	Kateryna Lagno – Aleksandra Goryachkina	1-0
8.4	Zhongyi Tan – Jiner Zhu	0-1
9.1	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Divya Deshmukh	1-0
9.2	Jiner Zhu – Kateryna Lagno	1-0
9.3	Zhongyi Tan – Anna Muzychuk	½-½
9.4	Aleksandra Goryachkina – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
10.1	Anna Muzychuk – Rameshbabu Vaishali	½-½
10.2	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Jiner Zhu	1-0
10.3	Divya Deshmukh – Aleksandra Goryachkina	0-1
10.4	Kateryna Lagno – Zhongyi Tan	½-½
11.1	Aleksandra Goryachkina – Rameshbabu Vaishali	0-1
11.2	Kateryna Lagno – Anna Muzychuk	½-½
11.3	Jiner Zhu – Divya Deshmukh	½-½
11.4	Zhongyi Tan – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
12.1	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Jiner Zhu	0-1
12.2	Anna Muzychuk – Aleksandra Goryachkina	½-½
12.3	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Kateryna Lagno	1-0
12.4	Divya Deshmukh – Zhongyi Tan	0-1
13.1	Jiner Zhu – Aleksandra Goryachkina	0-1
13.2	Zhongyi Tan – Rameshbabu Vaishali	½-½
13.3	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Anna Muzychuk	1-0
13.4	Kateryna Lagno – Divya Deshmukh	1-0
14.1	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Kateryna Lagno	1-0
14.2	Divya Deshmukh – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
14.3	Anna Muzychuk – Jiner Zhu	½-½
14.4	Aleksandra Goryachkina – Zhongyi Tan	1-0

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Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.