The FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship starts on May 28. The tournament, organized by the International Chess Federation and Chess.com, will consist of qualifiers held until June 6 and the main event from June 10 to July 3. Players will battle for their share of $66,000, the highest-ever prize fund for a women’s online competition.$58,000 will be allocated to the main event with $20,000 going to the winner and $12,000 to the runner-up.  

The first of the eight qualifiers of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship will start this Friday at 7:00 a.m. PT (16:00 CEST). The events are Swiss Tournaments open to all titled female players (FIDE titles only). The participants can register by navigating to the upcoming tournaments tab located at Chess.com/live up to one hour before each qualifier begins.

The eight top-finishing players from each Titled Swiss event will advance to a knockout Playoff Qualifier, which will happen right after each Swiss tournament is over. The participants will face each other in the 16-player brackets under three different time controls – rapid, blitz and bullet.

One player from each playoff qualifier will move on to the main event. There they will be joined by eight invited players: GM Humpy Koneru (IND), GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL), GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR), GM Irina Krush (USA), GM Kateryna Lagno (RUS), GM Lei Tingjie (CHN).

Fans can follow the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship by watching the live broadcast with expert commentary on Chess.com/TV and Chess.com’s Twitch channel. They will also be able to enjoy the event through Chess.com’s Events page (https://www.chess.com/events).

More info and a full schedule of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship can be found here.