Girls In Chess
Empowering girls through chess
Our role is to break down the barriers that play a role in the gender gap and girls’ empowerment in chess and give more girls access to this powerful game through online chess classes.
As of May 2020, only one woman ranks in the top 100 chess players worldwide, over 90% of the U.S. Chess Federation members are men, and of 1,479 World Chess Federation grandmasters, two percent are women.
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During the decades that I actively played chess, I think I proved that we are capable of the same fight as any man. It’s not a matter of gender, it’s a matter of being smart.
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