{"id":11970,"date":"2025-01-28T10:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/?p=11970"},"modified":"2025-02-06T09:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T09:34:41","slug":"norway-chess-women-2025-final-lineup-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/2025\/01\/28\/norway-chess-women-2025-final-lineup-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the final lineup for Norway Chess Women 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Norway Chess Women 2025 is set to return, building on the success of last year\u2019s groundbreaking event. Featuring six of the world\u2019s top female players, the tournament once again highlights Norway Chess\u2019s commitment to equality and representation in chess.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11971 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Female-players_landscape-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Norway Chess Women 2025 lineup\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Female-players_landscape-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Female-players_landscape-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Female-players_landscape-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Female-players_landscape-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Female-players_landscape-317x178.png 317w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Female-players_landscape.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Ju, Lei, Humpy, Anna, Vaishali: Norway Chess \/ Stev Bonhage, <\/em><em>Sara: FIDE \/ Maria Emelianova<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Final Norway Chess Women Lineup:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ju Wenjun (China) \u2013 World No. 2 among women<\/li>\n<li>Lei Tingjie (China) \u2013 World No. 4 among women<\/li>\n<li>Humpy Koneru (India) \u2013 World No. 6 among women<\/li>\n<li>Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) \u2013 World No. 8 among women<\/li>\n<li>Vaishali Rameshbabu (India) \u2013 World No. 18 among women<\/li>\n<li>Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Spain) \u2013 World No. 21 among women<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">A Milestone in Women\u2019s Chess<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2024, Norway Chess made history by launching the world\u2019s first equal super tournament for women with an equal prize fund, held in the same venue, format, and structure as the main event. This move set a new precedent in the chess world, demonstrating a commitment to promoting women in chess and driving meaningful change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a goal for us for several years now, to create a tournament for females with equal price funds, so I\u2019m really happy that it\u2019s a reality this year\u201d said Benedicte Westre Skog, Co-owner and General Manager of Norway Chess, during last year\u2019s Norway Chess Women tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kjell Madland, Founder and Tournament Director of Norway Chess, emphasized the importance of this step: \u201cIt has to be like this now. It means a lot for women in chess, but also for everyone who has an interest in chess.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">A Continued Commitment in 2025<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Recognizing that meaningful change requires consistency, Norway Chess is proud to host Norway Chess Women for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFor us, it was vital to ensure this wasn\u2019t a one-time event,\u201d said Benedicte Westre Skog. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want a \u2018women\u2019s tournament making history with an equal prize fund\u2019 only for it to disappear the next year. It\u2019s been very important for us to continue this and show our commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The tournament aims to inspire more girls to take up chess and create a pathway for young female players to pursue professional chess careers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Follow us on social media for more updates and insights:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/norway_chess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/norway_chess\" data-outlook-id=\"92586daa-a06f-4a13-be0b-0be72129e3dd\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX_tAmRRY4yniFKRMZ4h1hg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX_tAmRRY4yniFKRMZ4h1hg\" data-outlook-id=\"f540f7cc-6719-4da0-b664-0f8576098277\">Youtube\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorwayChess\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorwayChess\" data-outlook-id=\"6612b73e-ee43-4e11-9eda-072790c6048b\">X<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@norwaychess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@norwaychess\" data-outlook-id=\"d93c4312-c79e-409c-93b7-d58858bfc03a\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorwayChess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorwayChess\" data-outlook-id=\"0818b2a0-961b-42e1-9b26-ddc5720db514\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/norway-chess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/norway-chess\" data-outlook-id=\"44bce339-f131-42d4-9127-0b002af777b7\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norway Chess Women 2025 is set to return, building on the success of last year\u2019s groundbreaking event. Featuring six of the world\u2019s top female players, the tournament once again highlights Norway Chess\u2019s commitment to equality and representation in chess. Photo: Ju, Lei, Humpy, Anna, Vaishali: Norway Chess \/ Stev Bonhage, Sara: FIDE \/ Maria Emelianova [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":11971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11970","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\/11970","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=11970"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12079,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11970\/revisions\/12079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}