CHESS Fide candidate Master William Wachira Wachania (right) playing against Martin Njoroge in the semi final of the Nairobi Gymkhana Millionaire Chess Open Champiomnship 2016 on July 10, 2016 ...

According to the Washington Post, in 2019, only 14.6 percent of U.S. chess players were female and in 2020, among the 1,600 chess grandmasters, only 37 were female.

Ju Wenjun of China (R) competing against Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia (L) during the 2020 International Chess Federation (FIDE) Women's World Chess Championship in Shanghai on January 5, 2020.

India has secured the rights to host the FIDE World Cup in 2025 after a 23-year gap, with the event scheduled from October 30 ...

A world chess organization said: “The player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made.” ...

The International Chess Federation – also known as FIDE – says players who have transitioned from male to female have “no right to participate” in women’s events until the federation ...

The International Chess Federation, known as FIDE, will effectively stop allowing transgender women from participating in women's competitions until "further analysis" can be made — which could ...

International Chess Federation (FIDE) world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway poses ahead of his Speed Chess Championship semi-final against Hans Niemann of the U.S., in Paris, France, September ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current ...