Jennifer Shahade: ‘There’s a long and embedded history of abuse in chess’

The former US women’s champion Jennifer Shahade changed her life and her sport when she made allegations against a grandmaster. Now, she tells Donald McRae, she has turned her hand to writing and poke ...

Nona Gaprindashvili: The first woman chess grandmaster who played against men to show why queen is the game’s most powerful piece

Nona Gaprindashvili became the first woman Grandmaster in 1978 and a dominant world champion. The Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit mentioned her but inaccurately claimed she had never faced men.

‘Queen of Chess’ celebrates Judit Polgár’s status as a living legend

A new documentary highlights the achievements of Judit Polgár, the greatest woman chess player ...
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She’d love to see more women play chess, and maybe join her for a game over a beer

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...
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Women's chess | It's reigning queens

It was billed as a clash of generations, two queens contending for the same crown: on one end, Koneru Humpy, 38, the experienced, stoic millennial who has been India's top female chess player for two ...
Oregonian

Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is just 16

Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton. “Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to women that is awarded by ...