women in chess

IM Lela Javakhishvili emerged as the Winner of the 81st Georgian Women’s Chess Championship which conluded today in Tbilisi! It was a tight race for the top as GM Nino…

The Azerbaijan Women’s Chess Championship 2024 took place from 11-17 February in Baku, as a 7-round swiss tournament with 15 participants. Third-seeded WFM Ayan Allahverdiyeva emerged as the sole winner of the…

Chess should be a safe and inclusive place for all. Following the adoption of the European Fair Play and Safe Play Policies, the European Chess Union is taking further steps…

The reigning World Women’s Chess Champion Ju Wenjun made a huge upset yesterday at Tata Steel Chess 2024, defeating Alireza Firouzja. It was her first win against a player rated…

The fourth edition of the Queens’ Online Chess Festival returns this March. The Festival comprises a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments and will take place from 9-30 March…

The 2023 European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship will take place on January 12th, 2024 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. The event gathers 110 players coming from 24 European federations. Among the top-seeds…

For the third time, the Saint Louis Chess Club will host the Cairns Chess Cup, an elite level tournament for the top female players from around the world. Inspired by…

Kateryna Lagno and Aleksandra Goryachkina emerged as the Winner and the runner-up of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022/2023 series and became the first two qualifiers for the FIDE Women’s…

13-year-old Melika Mohammadi became the Iranian Women’s Chess Champion 2023 after emerging as the sole winner of the Iranian National Championship for Women. The event was played as a 14-player…

The city of Bydgoszcz, in Poland, will host the 9th edition of the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship 2023, to be held from September 5-12.  The competition will follow a…