Sehba Shah becomes a Pakistani Women Champion, despite suffering from progressive muscular dystrophy!
Incredible story of perseverance, fighting spirit and achieving seemingly impossible. We are glad to see the dream coming true for Ms. Sehba after 52 (!) years since her passion to chess blossomed. This is a truly remarkable feat and we hope it will serve as a great example and inspiration to all, to fight for […]
”Advocate for Women in Chess” – one of the FIDE100 awards!
As part of celebrating 100 years of FIDE special awards will be presented, in 19 different categories. „The International Chess Federation (FIDE) proudly announces a series of awards to honor those who have made exceptional contributions to the world of chess in the past 100 years.” – says the official announcement. We are glad to […]
Training sessions with GM Anna Muzychuk for the winners of the Children-Youth Chess Festival Rudaga-Kaissa 2024!
We are pleased to announce, that as part of our partnership with the annual FIDE endorsed International Children-Youth Chess Festival Rudaga-Kaissa 2024, the FIDE Women’s Commission will be providing on-line lessons (held on September 28th) with Anna Muzychuk for the winners of the girl’s tournaments (A&B, U21). It is our great belief that thanks to […]
9 Women’s Teams at the World Senior Team Championships
FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championships 2024 take place in Krakow, Poland from 1st till 12th July, featuring both 50+ and 65+ categories. Nine women’s teams participate in the event. Playing hall./Photos by Mark Livshitz After 6 rounds the leaders among women are: Teams from small baltic countries Latvia and Estonia are leading after 6 […]
Nine new female teams to compete in 45th Chess Olympiad
The Women’s Commission National Female Team Initiative, a significant step in promoting women’s chess, reached its penultimate stage on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Led by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess (WOM), this initiative aims to help countries establish female teams for the upcoming Chess Olympiad in Budapest. The online closing ceremony celebrated the successful […]
Selected participants for the ChessMom Project announced
The FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess is pleased to announce the names of the five players selected to participate in the ChessMom pilot project during the 45th Chess Olympiad. This innovative program aims to support mother chess players by covering all expenses related to an accompanying caregiver, enabling them to participate in the tournament. The […]
Humpy Koneru and Nurgyul Salimova met the finalists of the Queens’ Chess Festival
The fourth edition of the Queens’ Online Chess Festival, a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments, took place from March 09-30, 2024, on Tornelo online platform. Like a year ago, the Queens’ Women Open Tournament saw the triumph of IM Deysi Cori from Peru. Unrated Princesses’ tournament (for girls without FIDE ID competing in U9 and […]
Cairns Cup Begins Today in St. Louis
The fourth Cairns Cup begins Thursday, June 13, hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club.
Students of the Girls Club qualified for the Refugee Team at Chess Olympiad
The selection for the Refugee Chess Team has concluded at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya
Norway Chess – bringing gender equality to chess
The project has been running online for the last half a year.