The Queens’ Festival 2023 is getting to its final stage this weekend.
With the Online Blitz Qualification tournaments for Asia and the Americas finished, the last stage of the competition will be played tomorrow to determine the ultimate winners.
The Asian Qualification event attracted 166 players from 24 countries. The title of the Queens’ Festival Continental European queen went to WIM Hong Anh Nguyen from Vietnam, who scored 9½ points in 11 rounds. Her compatriot WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram finished second with 9 points, and WFM Tan Li Ting of Malaysia got bronze with 8½ points.
The complete list of top-25 players qualified for the semi-finals on Saturday:
| Rank | Name | FED | Pts | |
| 1 | WIM | Hong Anh Nguyen | VIE | 9½ |
| 2 | WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE | 9 |
| 3 | WFM | Tan Li Ting | MAS | 8½ |
| 4 | Li Shenyue | CHN | 8½ | |
| 5 | Wang Qinxuanyi | CHN | 8½ | |
| 6 | Gupta Shubhi | IND | 8 | |
| 7 | Carreon Melizah Ruth | PHI | 8 | |
| 8 | Severin Helen D Silva | IND | 7½ | |
| 9 | S Pournami | IND | 7½ | |
| 10 | WIM | Ranasinghe S D | SRI | 7½ |
| 11 | WIM | Komiagina Maria | FIDE | 7½ |
| 12 | CM | Aparajita Gochhikar | IND | 7½ |
| 13 | Alwis Jenuki | SRI | 7 | |
| 14 | Romanillos Shaina Magne | PHI | 7 | |
| 15 | Pattnaik Sherali | IND | 7 | |
| 16 | Batzaya Yanjav | MGL | 7 | |
| 17 | Momyn Madina | KAZ | 7 | |
| 18 | WFM | Singgih Diajeng Theresa | INA | 7 |
| 19 | Butuzova Tatyana | FIDE | 6½ | |
| 20 | Binoj Shybi | IND | 6½ | |
| 21 | Katakam Deethya Sai | AUS | 6½ | |
| 22 | Sheikh Abdullah Munshee | MAS | 6½ | |
| 23 | Meenu Rajendran | IND | 6½ | |
| 24 | Natarajan Indusheetala | IND | 6 | |
| 25 | Cao Youjia | CHN | 6 |
164 players from 33 countries representing the Americas competed in another Online Blitz Qualification tournament. WIM Tatiana Brizzi Milagros from Argentina netted 9½/11 and tied for first place with WFM Erin Bian of the USA to become the Queens’ Festival Continental Queen, thanks to better tiebreaks. Paula Sofia Hernandez Diaz from Mexico was third with 9 points.
The complete list of 25 qualifiers to advance into the semifinals of the Queens’ Festival from the Americas:
| Rank | Name | FED | Pts | |
| 1 | WIM | Brizzi Milagros Tatiana | ARG | 9½ |
| 2 | WFM | Bian Erin | USA | 9½ |
| 3 | Hernandez Diaz Paula | MEX | 9 | |
| 4 | GM | Krush Irina | USA | 8½ |
| 5 | Hyatt Jessica | USA | 8 | |
| 6 | Jou Esther | USA | 8 | |
| 7 | WCM | Yellamraju Ambica | USA | 8 |
| 8 | WIM | Plazaola Maria | ARG | 8 |
| 9 | WCM | Pang Ashley | USA | 8 |
| 10 | WFM | Jimenez Salas Maria | PER | 7½ |
| 11 | WFM | Velasquez Angie Gabriela | COL | 7½ |
| 12 | Montano Vicente Guadalupe | MEX | 7½ | |
| 13 | Rodriguez Rivero Jinela | CUB | 7½ | |
| 14 | Ortegon Villacorte Linda | COL | 7 | |
| 15 | Galeano Solis Mayte | ARG | 7 | |
| 16 | Wilson Hannah | BAR | 7 | |
| 17 | Tapia Morocho Alison | ECU | 7 | |
| 18 | Santos Taina Moura Dos | BRA | 7 | |
| 19 | WCM | Rivera Negron Yanira | PUR | 7 |
| 20 | Montiel Marin Micaela | ARG | 7 | |
| 21 | WFM | Torres Hernandez Leslie | HON | 7 |
| 22 | WCM | Adam Ernestina | ARG | 7 |
| 23 | Rozas Lazcano Valeska | CHI | 7 | |
| 24 | IM | Cori T. Deysi | PER | 7 |
| 25 | Moscoso Paz Esther | BOL | 7 |
In addition to the Semi-finals and Finals of the Queens’ Women Open Tournament, this weekend, the Unrated Princesses’ tournaments will be held. U16 girls without FIDE rating will compete in two age categories – U9 and U16. There are 277 players from 74 countries of the world on the starting list.
The finals of both the Queens’ Women Open Tournament and the Unrated Princesses’ tournaments will be streamed live on the FIDE Youtube channel with commentaries by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni.
Link to the broadcast: youtu.be/72vbPHkL1A0
