{"id":11498,"date":"2024-09-30T12:14:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/?p=11498"},"modified":"2024-09-30T13:13:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:13:27","slug":"from-milestone-to-tradition-norway-chess-women-continues-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/2024\/09\/30\/from-milestone-to-tradition-norway-chess-women-continues-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"From Milestone to Tradition: Norway Chess Women Continues in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"font-600 text-xl font-bold\">A History of Inclusivity<\/h3>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Norway Chess has consistently championed gender equality in the chess arena. Over the years, we&#8217;ve proudly featured women in key roles throughout our tournaments, including Chief Arbiter, Arbiters, Commentators, Press Officer, and other crucial crew positions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11507 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norway-Chess-Woman-2024-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norway-Chess-Woman-2024-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norway-Chess-Woman-2024-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norway-Chess-Woman-2024-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norway-Chess-Woman-2024-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norway-Chess-Woman-2024-317x178.jpg 317w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norway-Chess-Woman-2024.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Norway Chess Women 2024. Photo by Roy-Andre Tollefsen.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"font-600 text-xl font-bold\">2024: A Landmark Year for Women&#8217;s Chess<\/h3>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">2024 marked a significant milestone in our commitment to elevating women&#8217;s chess on a global stage. We introduced <strong>the world&#8217;s first equal super tournament for women<\/strong> \u2013 a parallel event held in the same venue, with identical formats, number of players, and equal prize money as the main event. This historic move set a new precedent in the chess world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Benedicte Westre Skog, co-owner and general manager of Norway Chess, shared her enthusiasm during Norway Chess 2024:<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\u2013 Its been a goal for us for several years now, to create a tournament for females with equal price funds, so I&#8217;m really happy that it&#8217;s a reality this year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Norway Chess Women Tournament &amp; Equal Price Fund\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iHrLjkI4RuM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>The Importance of Equality in Chess<\/h3>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Kjell Madland, founder, chairman, and tournament director of Norway Chess, emphasized the significance of this initiative:<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\u2013 It has to be like this now. And it means a lot for women in chess, but also for everyone who has an interest in chess.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Our primary objectives were to shine a spotlight on women in chess \u2013 an underrepresented group \u2013 and to establish a new standard for equality in the sport. We hope that the visibility and success of the women&#8217;s super tournament will inspire more girls to take up chess and show young female players that there are increasing opportunities to become professional players.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"font-600 text-xl font-bold\">Looking Ahead: Norway Chess Women 2025<\/h3>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">We recognize that true change requires consistency and commitment. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re excited to announce:<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"><strong>In 2025, we will continue the Norway Chess Women tournament, alongside the Norway Chess tournament!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Benedicte Westre Skog highlighted the importance of this ongoing commitment:<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\u2013 For us to have a women&#8217;s tournament, we wanted to make sure we don&#8217;t do this only once. We don&#8217;t want to have a stunt like a &#8216;women&#8217;s tournament making history, equal price fund&#8217;, and then the next year its gone! So for us its been very important to make sure that we can also do this next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">At Norway Chess, we&#8217;re dedicated to fostering a more inclusive and equitable chess community. Join us as we continue to make history and shape the future of chess for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A History of Inclusivity Norway Chess has consistently championed gender equality in the chess arena. Over the years, we&#8217;ve proudly featured women in key roles throughout our tournaments, including Chief Arbiter, Arbiters, Commentators, Press Officer, and other crucial crew positions. Norway Chess Women 2024. Photo by Roy-Andre Tollefsen. 2024: A Landmark Year for Women&#8217;s Chess [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":11499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11498"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11519,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11498\/revisions\/11519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}