Alexandra Kosteniuk

June 6–7. Tokyo, Japan. We are proud to confirm the first three players for the WR Women's Chess Tour. Vaishali Rameshbabu, fresh from winning the Candidates Tournament. Alexandra Kosteniuk (@chessqueen), former World Champion. Antoaneta Stefanova, former World Champion in classical and rapid chess. Japan is hosting a top-tier women's chess event for the first time. We plan to make it count. More announcements to follow.

June 6–7. Tokyo, Japan. Mark your calendars. The first edition of the WR Chess Women’s Tour 2026 is coming to Japan. Four invited players, three top-rated players from Asia, and one winner of the online qualifier will compete for the title. More details about the qualifier will follow shortly. We are proud to bring our chess initiative to Japan 🇯🇵 - a country we are already connected to through our own presence. Chess offers a unique platform that aligns closely with the philosophy and discipline behind many of Japan’s leading companies. We would be honored to engage with leaders such as @ToyotaMotorCorp @Sony @SoftBank @panasonic @Nintendo @RakutenJP @Hitachi @Fujitsu_Global @Honda @NissanMotor @Canon @Kirin_Company @asahigroupjapan @UNIQLO_JP @MHI_Group @mitsuiandco @Sumitomo_SA @official_kddi @docomo to explore the potential of chess as a global platform. We welcome you to join us for this event in Tokyo. Feel free to contact me directly. Let’s build something meaningful together and unite chess worldwide.

We are happy to introduce the beginning of a new chapter for women in chess – the WR Women’s Chess Tour! This initiative is inspired by the 12th Women’s World Chess Champion, Alexandra Kosteniuk, and supported by the 13th Women’s World Chess Champion, Hou Yifan, two leading figures in modern chess. A global system. A unified calendar. Qualification open to all. Year-round competition. We are building a global system that promotes women in chess. We are ready to invest, organize, and develop it sustainably. Mark your calendars for the inaugural events of the WR Chess Women’s Tour 2026: •Asia: June 5-8, 2026 •The Americas: June 30 -July 3, 2026 •Africa: August 20-23, 2026 •Europe: August 24-27, 2026 Followed by the Grand Final at the end of the year. The specific locations will be announced at a later stage. The total prize fund for the 2026 Tour is $200,000. If a country wishes to host one of the five tournaments next year 2027, please send me a direct message. This is not a short-term project. Nothing like this has existed in a truly global format. We are making a change right now! We invite top women streamers and all those who want to support women in chess to reach out and join this initiative. The more support it receives, the stronger it becomes – for all of us. Let’s build it together! Visit the link below for more information and tournament regulations. wr-chess.com/news/wr-women-…

Our Board 1 is back on board! Don’t miss the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships 2026 in Hong Kong, June 17–21. Welcome back, @MagnusCarlsen. And yes - Board 2 will be @FabianoCaruana. @Vachier_Lagrave joins the lineup as well and our women’s boards remain unchanged with Alexandra Kosteniuk @chessqueen and the number 1 in the women’s section Hou Yifan @houyifan0227. Our captain remains the best coach on the planet, the bundescoach @GMJanGustafsson Bringing the world’s strongest players together and giving chess the stage it deserves has always been central to my work. Proud we made this possible. PS: Let’s see if Magnus adds World Championship titles #23 and #24 to his historic legacy. @chesscom

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The 2025 European Company Chess Championship was launched in the presence of Manuel Aeschlimann, Mayor of Asnières-sur-Seine, and MI Malcom Pein, Vice-President of the ECU (European Chess Union). 53 teams are at the starting line, ready to battle it out over two days, 7 and 8 November 2025. The championship is played over nine rounds (four on 7 November, five on 8 November) with a time control of 15 minutes with a 5-second increment per move. The games on the first eight tables are broadcasted live and commented by world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk and GM Pavel Tregubov: Game commentaries on the ECU YouTube channel: youtube.com/live/7-qQdfhDI… The event kicked off with a conference bringing together leaders, champions and experts on the theme of ‘Chess and Business Strategy’. The conference is available on the ECU YouTube channel: youtube.com/live/2CkCdiRQn… More information, photos and round reports: ecc2025.ffechecs.org

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