Anna Muzychuk wins Grosslobming GP

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/05/2025

GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) drew with GM R Vaishali to win FIDE Grosslobming GP in Austria. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (UKR) missed a win against GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) in the endgame and the game ended in a draw. Thus, Jiner finished second and won the FIDE Women's GP 2024-25 with 352.5 points. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina secured second place scoring 308.34 point. Anna missed a spot in the Women's Candidates by a whisker 1.67 points as she scored 306.67. There are still many paths left for her as well as others to qualify. GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) scored 5.5/9 to finish third overall. Total prize fund was €80000. The top three prizes were €18000, €13000 and €10500 each. Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Jiner and Goryachkina secure their spots in the Women's Candidates

GM R Vaishali scored 5/9 to finish fourth. She also gained 6 Elo rating points in the process. The total prize fund in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 season was €120000. The top three prizes were €30000, €22000 and €16000 each respectively.

Champion - GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 6/9 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Runner-up - GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) 6/9 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Second Runner-up - GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) 5.5/9 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) 5.5/9, 1st GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 6/9 and 2nd GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) 6/9 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Anna - Vaishali: 0.5-0.5

GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR, 2526) and GM R Vaishali (2475) had five draws against each other in Classical rated games. The sole victory was scored by Vaishali last year.

GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) - GM R Vaishali: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

IM Olga Badelka (AUT) - GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO): 1-0 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI) missed a win against GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) and the game ended in a draw | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) - GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) - IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO): 0-1 | Photo: FIDE/Przemysław Nikiel

Replay live stream

Replay Round 8 live commentary by Angelika Valkova (UKR) and GM Felix Blohberger (AUT) | Video: FIDE

GP Standings

GM Jiner Zhu wins the FIDE Women GP 2024-25 with 352.5 points. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina finishes second 308.34 points. GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) missed a spot in the Women's Candidates by a whisker as she scored 306.67 points.

GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina have qualified to the Women's Candidates via GP 2024-25 | Source: Official site

Prizes

Total prize fund is €80000. The top three prizes are €18000, €13000 and €10500 each. The top three GP points are - 130, 105 and 85. For more details, check out the regulations below.

Schedule

Round 1 started on 6th May at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. The tournament concluded on 15th May 2025. Sole rest day was on Monday 12th May.

Round 9 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	5	2426	IM	Badelka, Olga	1 - 0	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2509	10	PGN
2	6	2479	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	½ - ½	GM	Zhu, Jiner	2541	4	PGN
3	7	2536	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	½ - ½	GM	Muzychuk, Mariya	2494	3	PGN
4	8	2526	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	½ - ½	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2475	2	PGN
5	9	2399	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	0 - 1	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	2430	1	PGN

Details

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	8	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	UKR	2526	6	5	26,25	3	2602
2	4	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2541	6	4	23,75	5	2600
3	7	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2536	5,5	5	23,25	4	2555
4	2	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IND	2475	5	4	19,75	3	2525
5	10	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	2509	4,5	5	19,25	2	2478
6	3	GM	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	2494	4,5	4	19,00	2	2480
7	6	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2479	4	5	19,75	3	2439
8	1	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2430	4	4	15,25	3	2444
9	5	IM	Badelka, Olga	AUT	2426	3,5	4	13,50	3	2408
10	9	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	BUL	2399	2	5	9,25	1	2271