The FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess is proud to announce an new event for women and girls. Now Chess4All & All4Chess, a series of worldwide chess events for women, moves to Baltic countries! A new edition made for female players from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Ukraine will take place in Tallinn on June 26-27, 2023. The event is organized in cooperation with Estonian Chess Federation and will take place in Paul Keres Chess House (Vene Str. 29, Tallinn, Estonia).
A true festival, organized especially for women and girls playing chess, will include a blitz tournament, Q&A session with female chess role models, and a friendly teams match between U8, U10, U12, U14 girls representing Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Ambassadors of the event: WGM Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Deputy Chair of the FIDE Management Board, and GM Natalia Zhukova, Winner of Chess Olympiad, two-time European women’s champion, President of the Ukrainian Dream 2023 Foundation.
FIDE Blitz Girls/Women Tournament (June 26, 2023)
Participation in the blitz tournament is free and open for all female chess players regardless their age and rating.
Format: 7-round Swiss tournament with time control 5 min + a 3-second increment.
Schedule:
17.00-17.30 Registration
17.30-17.40 Opening Ceremony
17.40-20.00 Round 1-7
20.00 Closing Ceremony and photo session with WGMs
Top-3 players of the tournament will receive diplomas, medals and a cup. All participants will get certificates of participation. Prizes (equivalent of 500 euros) will be provided by the organizers.
Tournament regulations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xMc-1SnzIA9zBIfz5zLuqdTvQ1XooE22VrhqkfbPybE/edit
To register for the event, pease fill the following form: https://goo.su/W8dzr
Contacts:
Project Supervisor Anastasia Sorokina a.sorokina@fide.com
Tournament Coordinator Nadzeya Krauchuk nadzeya.krauchuk@fide.com
Tournament Organizer Margit Brokko mkgambiit@gmail.com
