Women's Candidates Tournament 2019

The Women's Candidates Tournament 2019 was held from 29 May to 19 June 2019 in Kazan, Russia. The format was an eight-player double round-robin tournament. The winner took part in the Women's World Chess Championship 2020 match.

Summary
Three players qualified by virtue of reaching the semi-finals of the last championship. All remaining players came from the rating list, by taking the average of all twelve monthly ratings in 2018. Aleksandra Goryachkina replaced Hou Yifan, who declined an invitation.

Qualifiers
Goryachkina won with two rounds to spare.

By round
Leading player after each round in green.