Our project, the National Female Team Initiative, continues to impact female chess players.
Launched in August 2023, this ambitious project aimed to promote women’s chess, and help countries form new female teams for the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. The results were impressive – we have seen debut of eight new female teams, from: Liechtenstein, Guernsey, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, the US Virgin Islands, St. Lucia and the Cayman Islands.
We are thrilled to see that, just as we have hoped, this was just a beginning of a wave of progress in these countries. Many are continuing to build on this momentum, with increased emphasis on women’s chess development.
A fantastic example is Liechtenstein. Despite hosting National Championships since 1942, the country had never held a women’s championship – until now! Motivated by the initiative and the formation of a national women’s team, Liechtenstein hosted its first-ever Liechtenstein Women’s Chess Championship this year.
The Championships have seen the participation of 10 female players and the winner of the 1st ever Liechtenstein Women’s Championship was Timea Sele. Congratulations!
Timea was also a top board of the Liechtenstein Team at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest and received a WCM title for her great performance, and it is fantastic to continue her striving.
This milestone is a very important step to develop women’s chess further in the country. We hope it will encourage more girls to take on the game of chess and get inspired from the winners of this historical edition.
More about the results of the initiative here:
Thank you to Renato Frick and Liechtenstein Chess Federation for providing materials about the tournament.
