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'Chess doesn’t lack women’s talent, it lacks equal investment': Koneru Humpy
Despite empowerment initiatives, women in chess lag globally, with top players' ratings significantly lower than their male ...
Social inequalities & emotional dissimilarities mean women in chess continue to lag behind
Despite empowerment initiatives, women in chess lag globally, with top players' ratings significantly lower than their male ...
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'Removing women-only events would kill Women's Chess': FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky
Currently, no female player apart from Hou Yifan has crossed the 2600 mark in ... in an interview on the New In Chess podcast ...
Women’s Grand Prix: Humpy and Divya Deshmukh remind Chinese of great Indian chess challenge
It took India’s oldest – in Koneru Humpy (ranked 6th at 2528), and youngest – Divya Deshmukh (ranked 20 at 2460) at Pune’s ...
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Maidenhead Chess Club's Matthew Wadsworth to become a Grandmaster
From playing on local boards to global glory, Maidenhead Chess Club’s Matthew Wadsworth is set to receive the highest honour ...