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 […]
Judit Polgar: “It is possible for a woman to beat the world champion”
Judit Polgar is the guest of the final episode of the FIDE Podcast, born under the umbrella of the Year of the Woman in Chess.
Players of the FIDE & ChessKid Girls event attended mini-camps with WGMs
Weekly mini-camps with professional chess players held for participants of the FIDE&ChessKid Girls event.
Chess for Social Benefits and Women Inclusion Conference held in Paris
The conference was held in a hybrid format and brought together by 118 people from 58 countries.
The 1st Chess Workshop for Women set for January 05
The 1st FIDE WOM and Stockholm chess federation workshop will take place on January 05, 2023
GM Nona Gaprindashvili gets her eighth Women’s World Senior Chess Champion title
The 30th edition of the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship in Assisi (Italy) ended on Saturday, November 26.
FIDE Commissions for 2022-26 announced
Anastasia Sorokina (AUS) is the new Chair of the Women’s Commission.
Year of the Woman in Chess: New podcast episode released
The guest of the October episode is Harika Dronavalli, an Indian Grandmaster, #12 in the women’s ranking list.
Women Chess Conference kicks off in Prague
A conference highlighting women and girls in chess took place in Prague, Czech Republic, as part of the 22nd European Women’s Chess Championship and the Year of the Woman in Chess. A two-day-long educational and motivational networking conference for women in chess is aimed to share best practices and introduce successful female chess projects, engage […]