The Women’s Grand Prix is a series of tournaments launched by FIDE in 2009 to promote women’s chess. FIDE is pleased to announce the list of players who have secured their place in the 2024-2025 WGP Series. All 14 qualified players have earned their spot thanks to fulfilling the qualifying conditions. The remaining six players to take part will be nominated by the organizers of each of the six tournaments. Reigning women’s world champion Ju Wenjun will not take part in the series she was replaced by Sarasadat Khademalsharieh.
The Spanish Championships were held in Marbella this year, a nine round Swiss, in which men and women played in the same tournament. In the end, Eduardo Iturrizaga and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh won the titles. With 7.0/9 Iturrizaga shared first with Alan Pichot and Maksim Chigaev, but won the tournament on tiebreak. Khademalsharieh finished with 6.0/, but had a better tiebreak than her rival Marta Garcia Martin. | Photos: Patricia Claros Aguilar (FEDA)
Indonesian female chess player IM Medina Warda Aulia made an extraordinary appearance at the 2023 Chess World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. Technical, non-technical, and romantic factors collaborate to support Medina making history.
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Sara Khadem, an Iranian chess player who made headlines for participating in an international tournament without wearing a hijab, has been granted Spanish nationality, as announced by Spain s.