Does Chess Empower Girls?
The opening speaker at the London Chess Conference 2019 was April Cronin. April is a recently retired primary school headteacher and former Irish woman’s chess champion. She has been running chess in...
View ArticleTop Women Benefit Most from Federation Spending
Alice O´Gorman´s brilliant and insightful presentation during our plenary session is a must-see for everyone involved in policies for women and girls in chess. It contains preliminary results from a...
View ArticleGame Changer – The Alpha Zero programme
Clearly chess theorists have their work cut out as they update the middlegame tomes. We have Matthew and Natasha to thank for having brought to the world's attention the breakthrough represented by...
View ArticleMost women work below their level of competence
Women’s superior educational achievements mean that we cannot afford to ignore the dissipation of talent at every level implied by the Paula principle. Changing this will not be robbing Peter to pay...
View ArticleGirl Power – Sarah Hurst reporting for Kingpin
When I heard that the theme of this year’s London Chess Conference was going to be ‘Chess and Female Empowerment,’ I wanted to be there. I didn’t know what chess and female empowerment was, exactly,...
View ArticleGood Intentions
Prize funds in women-only competitions have increased considerably in recent years. Half a million Euros were at stake at the recent World Championship match. Ju Wenjun and Alexandra Goryachkina gained...
View ArticleExplaining Chess
One of the great things about chess is that it is a crucible for so many aspects of computer technology. The development of chess engines has transformed chess over the last 25 years. Computers...
View ArticleChessTech2020
The London Chess Conference 2020 will be held online under the title ChessTech2020. Please go to the new conference website
View ArticleChess and Technology
This year we have moved online in keeping with the theme of the Conference: Chess and Technology. We are inviting industry leaders, pioneers and startups alike. We are expecting 400+ attendees, mostly...
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