The first event of the 2022-2023 Women’s Grand Prix Series will kick off on September 18 in Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan. Fielding 16 of the world’s top female players, the Grand Prix will consist of four tournaments (to be played in Kazakhstan, Germany, India and Poland). Each player will participate in three out of the four tournaments. | Photo: FIDE / David Llada
At the end of 2013, a match facing chess legends from the 20th century against young female talented players was organized in Podebrady, the Czech Republic. A 20-year-old Alina Kashlinskaya was the top scorer in the winning team of the Snowdrops, while Boris Gulko and Iossif Dorfman were the strongest for the Oldhands.