10/25/2018 – Weekends are quite busy for chess players, with tournaments of all kinds being organized. DAVIDE NASTASIO was lucky to witness the Georgia State Women's Championship held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta, and interview the winner, Alisa Scherbakova, who shares her insights along with games from the tournament. | Photo: Davide Nastasio

9/17/2018 – Dealing with subjects such as aesthetics and gender is generally prone to criticism. After all, the concepts that are used as bases for analysis tend to compel some degree of subjectivity. Nevertheless, AZLAN IQBAL has been exploring this issue for years. After publishing a controversial article a couple of years ago, he informs us about the improvements made to his original research. The question remains the same: do women play more beautiful chess than men? | Photos: Pascal Simon / Simon Bohnenblust

9/14/2018 – PRESS RELEASE: Young female players explain the powerful impact of chess in their lives and the challenges they’ve faced in the game in a short video shot at the 2018 KCF All-Girls Nationals in Chicago, Illinois. The project exemplifies the educational mission of the US Chess Federation: “Empowering people through chess, one move at a time.” | Pictured: Cerena, who is featured in the video saying, “Chess is like life for me,” plays against Jen Shahade, executive producer of the video and US Chess Women liaison. | Photo: Rachel Utain-Evans

7/3/2018 – The two best female players of all time recently came together for The Conversation, a BBC podcast interview. They spoke about their respective chess careers as the best women in the sport, the challenges they each faced, and how they chose to transition away from dedicated competition. These are subjects both have dealt with often before, but rarely have the two come together for a direct back-and-forth conversation like this.

3/8/2018 – Last Sunday in Moscow the contest "blondes against brunettes" was held for the eighth time. Alexandra Kosteniuk led the "brunettes" to a clear victory. In India, IM Tania Sachdev launches a "Powerless Queen" project, and in Belgrade, there's a 50th International Women's tournament ongoing | Pictured: Elmira Mirzoeva | Photo: Russian Chess Federation

7/24/2017 – The label has settled into chess parlance, but its usage is a disservice to the inherent meritocracy of chess that all players appreciate. FM ALISA MELEKHINA argues that it's time to let the term “women’s chess” fade into our patriarchal past. | Photo: Doug Morisoli

5/2/2015 – A week ago Nigel Short unleashed a storm in the international press with his article on the gender difference in chess. Now one of India's top female players, IM Nisha Mohota, has thankfully taken it upon herself to describe the situation in her country – where chess is not very attractive for women players. Nisha tells us what can and must be done to alleviate an unfortunate situation.

4/30/2015 – The Chengdu Women's World Team Championship was definitely a success. From many compliments players had for the wonderful organization, to the drama over the board, it was certainly a memorable event. The team medals were handed out, with Georgia, Russia and China on top, but also the individual laurels were awarded. We bring you impressions from the award and closing ceremony.

4/29/2015 – They led from beginning to end, and their performance (especially Khotenashvili's) was absolutely fantastic. The Georgian team, perhaps not one of the pre-tournament favorites to take first, was able to win over the strong Chinese team in the last round to secure their gold medal! Russia and China finished silver and bronze, respectively. Last round overview.

4/27/2015 – All the top teams had a tough match ahead of them. Georgia passed their test: thanks to Arabidze's win they were able to score a 2.5-1.5 victory against the strong India squad. Ukraine was a slight favorite against China, but the Chinese team were trying to win to keep in gold medal contention, a 2-2 draw was the result. Meanwhile, the resilient team of Kazakhstan held Russia to a draw.

4/26/2015 – Both Russia and Georgia won their matches today, increasing their lead. Russia had no problems defeating Poland 3.5-0.5, and Georgia also had few difficulties in overcoming USA. Meanwhile it was the Chinese team that disappointed; they were unable to keep pace and drew every game in their match against Kazakhstan. It seems hard for them to win with only three rounds left.