| * 2-16 May 2013 | Geneva, Switzerland | ||
| * 15-29 June 2013 | Dilijan, Armenia | ||
| * 17 September – 1 October 2013 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
| * 2-16 May 2014 | Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia | ||
| * 18 June – 2 July 2014 | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| * 24 August – 7 September 2014 | Erdenet, Mongolia |
In total 18 players will participate, 10 qualifiers as per regulations (listed below) plus 6 nominees from the organisers of each tournament (to be announced) plus 2 nominees of the FIDE President (to be announced).
The 10 original qualifiers who have to confirm their participation by 26 March are:
01. Ushenina, Anna (World Champion 2012)
02. Stefanova, Antoaneta (finalist world championship 2012)
03. Ju, Wenjun (semi-finalist world championship 2012)
04. Harika, Dronavalli (semi-finalist world championship 2012)
05. Polgar, Judit (by rating 2703.78, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
06. Hou, Yifan (by rating 2610.78, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
07. Koneru, Humpy (by rating 2598.44, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
08. Muzychuk, Anna (by rating 2593.33, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
09. Zhao, Xue (by rating 2555.00, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
10. Dzagnidze, Nana (by rating 2551.89, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
The first reserve for any replacement needed is Lagno, Kateryna (by rating 2546.33, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013).
The full regulations of the Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 are published here:
http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=137&view=article
How much money will they play for?
I hardly doubt if Judit would accept such invitation. Grand Prix for men probably.. but for women? Nah! Like waiting for the sun to rise from the west. lol