Introducing commentators for the upcoming Queens Chess Festival

The Queens’ Festival 2024 is getting to its final stage this weekend. The last stage of the competition will be played on March 30 to determine the ultimate winners. The finals of both the Queens’ Women Open Tournament and the Unrated Princesses’ tournaments will be streamed live on the FIDE Youtube channel with our esteemed […]

Queens’ Festival: Polina Kobak and Christine Makwena win continental qualifiers

The Queens’ Festival 2023 kicked off with Online Blitz Qualification tournaments for Europe and Africa. Polina Kobak from Armenia became the Queen of Europe, while Christine Makwena from Zimbabwe got the same title on African continent. This weekend two more qualifying tournaments for players from the Americas and Asia will be played. The 25 players from […]

Venezuelan chess celebrated International Women’s Day with a Grand Simultaneous Chess Exhibition

In order to continue promoting women’s chess and highlight its value within society, within the framework of International Women’s Day, this Sunday a Grand Simultaneous Chess Exhibition was held in Plaza Diego Ibarra in Caracas, capital of Venezuela. The president of the Venezuelan Chess Federation (FVA), IM Johann Álvarez Márquez, highlighted the institution’s commitment to […]

Women’s Chess Commission – empowering equality

One of FIDE’s key areas of focus over the past five years has been introducing initiatives to encourage more women to take up chess. New events and more sponsorship for women’s chess have increased, but there is more work to be done. Since taking office in October 2018, the new FIDE executive team has prioritized […]

FIDE launches the ChessMom initiative

FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess is pleased to announce a new initiative focused on supporting Professional Chess Players going through motherhood The ChessMom pilot project aims to provide support for professional chess players who are mothers of infants under one year old. Specifically, through this initiative, all expenses related to an accompanying or caregiver person […]

FIDE and World Chess launch Women’s Wednesday Online Tournament Series

January 23, 2024, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND — In a groundbreaking move to elevate women’s participation and recognition in the world of chess, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and World Chess are thrilled to announce the launch of the Women’s Wednesday Online Tournament Series “Swiss Queens Wednesday”. This weekly event, hosted on the FIDE Online Arena platform […]

Women’s Norway Chess 2024: Lineup announced

Norway Chess has announced the lineup for this year’s women’s tournament. The prestigious event will be held from May 27 to June 7 at SR-Bank’s main building in Stavanger. For the first time in the history of the Norway Chess, organisers introduce the inaugural Norway Chess Women’s Tournament. The event will transpire in the same […]

Queens’ Online Chess Festival returns in March 2024

The Queens’ Online Chess Festival, a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments, is returning this spring! The fourth edition of the popular event, organised by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, will take place from March 09-30, 2024, on the Tornelo online platform. In 2023, over 800 female players from 124 countries participated in […]

Women Chess Match Poland vs. the World took place in Wroclaw, Poland

The 13th edition of a Women Chess Festival took place in Wroclaw, Poland between 15th and 22nd December. The main part of the Festival is exteremly exciting and strong Match – Poland top female players are facing invited guests from the Rest of the World Team. The Match consists of 5 classical games, each player […]