Blogs

  • Women’s Grandswiss + Nottingham GM all-play-all | Dual Report

    By Trisha FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023: Extremely tough and enriching experience Coming into this elite-level tournament as a wild-card player made me feel lucky and I wanted to make the most out of this opportunity. My first half of the tournament went really bad. I’m still processing what happened. At the halfway mark, there…

  • Irish Player at FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023

    Trisha beside Tournament banner

    The FIDE (Open) Grand Swiss and Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 is the strongest-ever swiss tournament in the world. Both tournaments are filled with the world’s strongest chess players. It is being held at Isle of Man, UK from 23 October – 06 November. Each of them is part of the qualifications for the World Championship…

  • World Junior Chess Championship 2023 – Rolling Report

    Trisha standing with Susan Polgar

    This year’s World Junior Chess Open and Girls Championship is being held in Mexico City at Hotel del Prado. This event is held from 20 September – 02 October. The Championship is organized by the Mexican Chess Federation in collaboration with CONADE (National Sports Commission), COM (Mexican Olympic Committee), and Culture Ministry, under the auspices…