girl wins and becomes national chess champion

Abby Marshall wins , becomes the first girl to win world champion in a long time, she shows the girls of the world that in can be done dispite the fact girls are outnumber by male chess players, they can still come out on top.


Many girls are becoming chess masters and are doing very well

Here is a picture of a very talented female chess player Alexandra Kosteniuk

She wins this game beating Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk, rated #10 in the world.



She beats the world champion at this challenge, here is a quote from her blog-

"was a great day for me at the World Blitz Championship in Moscow, I scored an incredible 7/14 (performance 2725 ELO) and managed to beat many super Grandmasters, such as Morozevich, Grischuk, and Aronian, as well as the #1 rated woman in the world Judith Polgar. But my biggest achievement that day was when I beat the (Overall - Men's) World Chess Champion Vishy Anand.So I dedicate this victory to all of you, supporters of women's and girl's chess! With it, I send out also a special message to all girls and women chess players, don't be afraid of being out-numbered by men and boys, you can do it, you can play well and beat anybody! Chess is the fairest of games, the more you love it, the more you study and practice chess, the more chess will give back to you!

Long live Women's & Girl's Chess!"

Here is her book, Diary of a chess queen, paving a way for more girls to get into chess and become masters, in the future there will be many more chess queens coming our way so look out for a wave of female chess players giving the guys some serious competion.


Humpy Koneru - Mysterious Chess Grandmaster from India

She is a very good chess player