Articles, features and stories about London Women Chess Club and women's chess.
LWCC members were invited by the Chess in Schools charity to meet Arsenal forward Eberechi Eze at a Knight Club chess night, watching him take on a near-grandmaster opponent and chatting with him about the game.
"One in nine FIDE rated chess players is a woman. This is a data story about why." An interactive deep dive into The Queen's Gambit effect, Judit Polgár, peak ages, and a Monte Carlo decomposition of the rating gap, by LWCC volunteer Anna.
"A female chess player from Battersea is encouraging more women to get involved with the game after it has helped her to overcome her trauma. Zoya Boozorginia, 39, began playing chess at 10. Now, as a full-time architect, she balances her work and her addiction to chess, even moving house to live nearer to the chess club…"
A look at how London's chess clubs, including LWCC, are building new communities around the game.
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