FIDE Women's World Cup Quarterfinals: Indians in action — Schedule, opponents, match order, streaming info
The World Cup offers three spots to the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament, set to happen in the first half of 2026.
Opponents for Indians in quarterfinals
Divya Deshmukh vs Harika Dronavalli
Koneru Humpy vs Yuxin Song (CHN)
R Vaishali vs Tan Zhongyi (CHN)
Quarterfinals schedule
Game 1 - July 19, 4:45 pm IST
Game 2 - July 20, 4:45 pm IST
Tiebreaks - July 21, 4:35 pm IST
Streaming info
The Women's World Cup will be streamed live on FIDE's YouTube channel.
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