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Asian Online Chess Camp for Girls U-14 in Russian.. Great Success!
The Fide Women’s Commission would like to express its sincere gratitude to FIDE and Asian Chess Federation for providing their full support. It takes great effort to organise such a camp focused on young girls U-14 from 5 Asian federations. Special thanks goes out to Mr. Hisham Al-Taher, General Secretary of ACF and the Chief […]
FIDE WOM team wishes WGM Saraí Sánchez all the best in her recovery from Covid-19
“As a girl, you can perform just as well intellectually as men”- Chess Legend Judit Polgár on Success
Courtesy: Hungary Today 2021.03.12. ” Things are the way they are. But how we look at things, with what attitude and humility we approach them- that depends on us. And this is in very large part the secret to success,” For full article visit: https://hungarytoday.hu/chess-legend-judit-polgar-video-series-hungarian-success/
Fide Women’s Commission congratulates Laura Unuk on her IM title, the first Slovenian woman to have reached this title
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Congratulations to Koneru Humpy who won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award!
For full story please go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/koneru-humpy-wins-bbc-indian-sportswoman-year-award
FIDE WOM is very pleased to welcome Yuhua Xu onto its team!
Congratulations Team Grenke!
Congratulations to the Grenke Bank team with a 75% female ratio that won the first ever FIDE Online World Corporate Championship over the weekend! GM Georg Meier IM Alina Kashlinskaya WGM Hanna Marie Klek WIM Inna Agrest Georg Meier, Alina Kashlinskaya, Hanna Marie Klek, and Inna Agrest. Image: still from the live broadcast.
Interview Magnus Carlsen: ‘Chess has not been very kind to women over the years’ by Archie Bland
Magnus has praised Netflix series the Neflix series “The Queens Gambit”, in his interview to The Gardian. In his Instagram feed, Magnus Carlsen imagined a photoshopped match against Beth Harmon, the fictional heroine of Netflix’s smash hit chess series The Queen’s Gambit. “I think it would be close,” he wrote. The whole article can be found […]
Asian Online Chess Camp for Girls U-20. Acknowledgments of WOM Secretary.
First of all, on behalf of WOM I would like to express my sincere gratitude to FIDE and Asian Chess Federation for providing their full support. It takes huge efforts to organise such an amazing camp focused on young girls U-20 from 30 Asian federations and for that special thanks go to Mr. Hisham Al-Taher, […]