WSCC 2023: Hou, Harika, Lagno and Kosteniuk advance to semis
Chess.com’s top event for women, the $70,000 Julius Baer Women’s Speed Chess Championship, is back in November 2023, bringing together eight of the strongest female players on the planet. This year’s Julius Baer Women’s Speed Chess Championship is the fifth edition of the event, which has seen a series of thrilling finals since it first […]
Chess4Peace, a project for women from Ukraine, launched in Poland
Chess4Peace, a special project set up by FIDE and its Commission for Women’s Chess, with the support of the International Olympic Committee and Polish Chess Federation, was launched in Warsaw, Poland, this fall. It is aimed at helping young women from Ukraine, aged 18-23, who have left their home country because of war. The first […]
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2023: Day 1 Recap
The 2023 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz kicked off on Novermber 14 with the first three rounds of rapid action, as the Grand Chess Tour makes its fourth stop of the year. Both events feature a 10-player round-robin format, with a time control of 25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment for the rapid, and five minutes […]