Celebrating Women in Chess. Next stop: Oceania
“All4Chess & Chess4All – Oceanian Way” set for 21 March – 8 April 2023 in Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia.
International Women’s Day Chess festival held in Tirana, Albania
International Chess Federation, Balkan Chess Federation and Albanian Chess Federation, in collaboration with Albanian Center for Openness and Dialogue, jointly held the International Women’s Day Chess festival, a series of chess events to celebrate the International Women’s Day and reinforce the commitment to women’s equality. The large-scale celebration took place from March 9-10, 2023 and […]
The Queen’s Gambit Challenge: Chess Course for Caribbean Girls
A free chess crash course for English-speaking Caribbean females 8 years and older starts in April.
Girls’ Chess Day at Waipuna Conference Centre, New Zealand set for March 26
New Zealand Chess Federation and FIDE WOM Commission are pleased to announce a series of events aimed to promote girls’ chess in New Zealand.
Chess events to celebrate the International Women’s Day set in Tirana, Albania
The large-scale celebration will be held on March 9-19 2023.
Tolerance Games, Asian Chess Women’s Contest, run big in Abu-Dhabi
The Tolerance Games – Asian Chess Women’s Contest took place from February 06-07, 2023, in Abu-Dhabi, UAE.
Tolerance Games – Asian Chess Women’s Contest set for February 06
The event will be held in the framework of Global Tolerance and Human Fraternity Summit.
Women in Chess: FIDE WOM Workshop held in Stockholm
The International Chess Federation declared 2022 the Year of the Woman in Chess. Throughout the year, many events were held to form gender equity policies, practices and programs to promote women’s participation in chess and to make the game more attractive to women. The year is over, but the work continues. The first FIDE WOM […]
Tan Zhongyi and Bibisara Assaubayeva win the FIDE Women’s World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships
After five days of play, the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships ended in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In the Women’s Rapid tournament, China’s Tan Zhongyi and Dinara Sadaukassova of Kazakhstan finished in a tie for first place after 11 rounds of play in the Women’s Rapid with 8,5 points each. The winner was decided in […]
All for chess & Chess for all – WOM event “Gwiazdka szachowa”
FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, European Chess Union Commission for Women’s Chess & Organizing Committee of the European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2022 in Katowice organised the first “All for chess & Chess for all” WOM event “Gwiazdka szachowa”. 8 young ladies (born 2014 or younger!) were chosen to participate on the main stage […]