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According to FIDE regulations, if there is a vacancy in the Women’s Candidates field, the next eligible player from the FIDE Women’s Events 2024–25 cycle will fill it.
Koneru Humpy of India competes with Lei Tingjie of China in a tie-break of the 2019 King Salman World Chess Rapid Women Championship in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 28, 2019.
Credit: Xinhua/Maxim Chernavsky/IANS
