Qualification paths

World Champion (1)
WC: Semi-finalists of the Chess World Cup 2017 (4)
WWC: Women's World Champion 2018 (1)
J17 and J18: World Junior Champions 2017 and 2018 (2)
E18 and E19: European Individual Championships 2018 (24) and 2019 (22)
AM18 and AM19: American Continental Championships 2018 (4) and 2019 (4)
AS18 and AS19: Asian Chess Championships 2018 (5) and 2019 (5)


AF: African Chess Championship 2019 (2)
Z2.1 (5), Z2.2 (1), Z2.3 (2), Z2.4 (2), Z2.5 (2), Z3.1 (1), Z3.2 (1), Z3.3 (2), Z3.4 (2), Z3.5 (2), Z3.6 (1), Z3.7 (1), Z4.1 (1), Z4.2 (1), Z4.3 (1), Z4.4 (1): Zonal tournaments
R: Rating (average of all published ratings from August 2018 to July 2019 is used) (18)
ACP: highest-placed participant of the ACP Tour who has not qualified with the previous criteria (1)
PN: FIDE President nominee (5)
ON: Organizer nominee (4)