Participants of GP stage:

Hou Yifan (China)
Humpy Koneru (India)
Ju Wenjun (China)
Kateryna Lagno (Russia) 
Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)
Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine)
Irina Krush (USA)
Zhansaya Abdumalik (Kazakhstan)
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran)
Kaiyu Ning (China, qualified via playoff)
Anna Ushenina (Ukraine, qualified via playoff)

217 players started the second FIDE Chess.com Women SpeedChess Championship Qualifier. 13 rounds of 3+1 blitz are ahead with two spots in the Grand Prix on stake.