Global Exchange Forum: Facts and myths about gender in chess
The Year of the Woman in Chess is in full swing with the strong engagement of women in chess worldwide through workshops, training seminars, fundraisers, and women’s day events, organized by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess. One more online event – the Global Exchange Forum, a quarterly seminar aiming to connect chess officials, organizers and influencers […]
FIDE Podcast: A new episode featuring Hou Yifan released
The third episode of the FIDE Podcast, the initiative born under the umbrella of the Year of the Woman in Chess, as cooperation between FIDE’s Commission for Women’s Chess, Michael Busse of Schachgeflüster podcast and Lilli Hahn of Chess Sports Association, has been released. The podcast’s monthly episodes feature a series of interviews with remarkable women in the chess world. The guest of […]
Jennifer Shahade: “’Being good at chess’ is also how well you use it to enhance your life”
The second episode of the FIDE Podcast, the initiative born under the umbrella of the Year of the Woman in Chess, as cooperation between FIDE’s Commission for Women’s Chess, Michael Busse of Schachgeflüster podcast, and Lilli Hahn of Chess Sports Association, has just been released. The podcast’s monthly episodes feature a series of interviews with remarkable women in the chess world. The […]
FIDE launches a new podcast
FIDE is pleased to announce the launch of its new podcast, a format that keeps growing in popularity in general, and particularly among chess players. Hosted on Podbean, the first podcast episode is already available there. In the coming days, you should also be able to subscribe from all the leading apps like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, […]
Workshop: Increase your inner strength
WGM Jana Krivec is a Doctor of Psychology and a university professor, apart from a seven-time winner of the Slovenian Women’s Championship. Last year she authored a book titled “Improve Your Life By Playing A Game“, an exciting journey through a wide range of psychology topics explained from the perspective of a tournament chess player. You […]
FIDE declares 2022 the Year of the Woman in Chess
The International Chess Federation has declared 2022 the Year of the Woman in Chess. “We announced 2022 – the Year of the Woman in Chess. It doesn’t mean that we will only pay attention to this very important trend for one year. We started doing big things already quite some time ago. We increased prizes […]
Happy International Women’s Day!
FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess would like to congratulate our inspirational women on this 2021 women’s day!