Women's Candidates Tournament 2019

The Women's Candidates Tournament 2019 was held from 29 May to 19 June 2019 in Kazan, Russia. The format was an eight-player double round-robin tournament.^[1] The winner took part in the Women's World Chess Championship 2020 match.

Women's Candidates Tournament 2019
Aleksandra Goryachkina, the winner of the tournament, advanced to the Women's World Chess Championship 2020 match.
Location	Kazan, Russia
Dates	29 May to 19 June 2019
Competitors	8 from 4 nations
Champion
Aleksandra Goryachkina
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Summary

Opening ceremony of the tournament

Three players qualified by virtue of reaching the semi-finals of the last championship.^[2] All remaining players came from the rating list, by taking the average of all twelve monthly ratings in 2018.^[3] Aleksandra Goryachkina replaced Hou Yifan, who declined an invitation.^[4]

Qualifiers

Place	Player	Points	Women's world no.	Elo (May 2019)	Women's World champion
1	Aleksandra Goryachkina	9.5	9	2522
2	Anna Muzychuk	8	7	2539
3	Kateryna Lagno	7	4	2554
4	Tan Zhongyi	7	10	2513	2017
5	Nana Dzagnidze	6.5	11	2510
6	Mariya Muzychuk	6.5	3	2563	2015
7	Alexandra Kosteniuk	6	6	2546	2008
8	Valentina Gunina	5.5	13	2506

Goryachkina won with two rounds to spare.^[5][6]

Results

By round

Leading player after each round in green.

Place	Player	Results by round
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)	½	1½	2½	3	4	5	5½	6½	7½	8	8½	9	9½	9½
2	Anna Muzychuk (UKR)	½	½	½	1	1½	2½	3	3½	4½	5	5½	6½	7½	8
3	Kateryna Lagno (RUS)	½	1	1	2	2½	3½	4	4½	5	5½	6	6	6½	7
4	Tan Zhongyi (CHN)	½	1	2	2½	2½	2½	2½	3½	3½	4	5	5½	6	7
5	Nana Dzagnidze (GEO)	½	1½	2½	3½	3½	3½	4	4	4	4½	4½	5½	6	6½
6	Mariya Muzychuk (UKR)	½	1	1	1	1½	2½	3	3½	4½	5	5½	5½	5½	6½
7	Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)	½	1	1	1½	2½	2½	3	3	3½	4½	4½	4½	5½	6
8	Valentina Gunina (RUS)	½	½	1½	1½	2	2	3	3½	3½	3½	4½	5½	5½	5½

Crosstable

No.	Player	Elo (May 2019)[7]	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		Pts	Tie-breaks	Place
																				H2H
1	Valentina Gunina (RUS)	2506			1	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	1	0	0	1	0	5½		8
2	Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)	2546	0	1			½	0	½	½	1	0	0	1	½	½	½	0	6		7
3	Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)	2522	1	1	½	1			1	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	9½		1
4	Kateryna Lagno (RUS)	2554	½	½	½	½	0	½			½	½	1	½	½	0	1	½	7	1½	3
5	Nana Dzagnidze (GEO)	2510	1	0	0	1	0	½	½	½			1	½	1	0	½	0	6½	1½	5
6	Mariya Muzychuk (UKR)	2563	½	0	1	0	½	1	0	½	0	½			½	½	½	1	6½	½	6
7	Anna Muzychuk (UKR)	2539	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	½			0	½	8		2
8	Tan Zhongyi (CHN)	2513	0	1	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	0	1	½			7	½	4