She Plays To Win

Chess charity supporting UK girls and young women play chess. Led by England Women’s Coach IM Lorin D’Costa

[She Plays To Win @SPTWchess]

@c_kennaugh @4NCL @ecf @FideWomen @FIDE_chess Discussions with the 4NCL board on amending this to allow the team to play all females has been ongoing. She Plays To Win hopes this will be permitted for the 2026/27 season.

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She Plays To Win Lionesses are promoted to Division 1 of the 4NCL UK National Chess League! Back to back promotions-go girls! Only female squad ever in the 4NCL 33 year history #girlpower
@4ncl @ecf @FideWomen @FIDE_chess

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Proud to have MP Maria Eagle visit our SPTW and CSC girls event in Liverpool. Impact of 50 girls getting tournament experience. This is how we encourage girls to learn, play and benefit from chess #sptwmission @schoolschess @ecf_women @FideWomen

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The Lionesses win both matches of 4NCL weekend 4 and still have a chance for promotion to next season's Division 1. Go Lionesses!
Division 2 standings: https://t.co/VMZ8QhjOMe
@ecf_women @FideWomen @ecfchess #womeninSTEM

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The 2026 She Plays To Win Athena Finals, the final stage of our national event, took place at the London Mindsports Centre in Hammersmith on 7th March.
Well done to all the girls! #iwd2026 @ecfchess @ecfwomen @FideWomen
https://t.co/JD8fLtHkhB

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We would would like to thank https://t.co/mYDC1jePe1 for their partnership and invitation to the speed chess championships in London on February 6-8th. Girls were excited to meet @MagnusCarlsen @GothamChess @GMHikaru @ChessMike @AlirezaFirouzja @Anna_Chess what an experience!

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Very pleased to share that we will be speaking at Harrington Starr’s International Women’s Day Event on 3 March 2026.

Places are limited. Sign up here: https://t.co/O9mkcJ3krP

https://t.co/0TK5eqn394

#LeadershipThatOpensDoors #IWD2026 #HarringtonStarr #whychessmatters #sptw

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Very pleased to share that I will be speaking at Harrington Starr’s International Women’s Day Event on 3 March 2026.
Places are limited. Sign up here: https://t.co/O9mkcJ3Shn
#LeadershipThatOpensDoors #IWD2026 #HarringtonStarr #whychessmatters #sptw

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SPTW is happy to liaise with King's College London University as part of their 'Unlocking AI & Computer Science' course for year 12 girls. https://t.co/NObcZ9kANa
It was fun attending with female students Kim & Evie to teach and challenge these girls chess!
@KingsCollegeLon

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Chess & Pizza party at University Girls Chess Tournament on Saturday 15th November!
Our thanks to @warwickuni @WarwickChess for the collaboration.
Great fun had by all, and well done to the top 6 girls who go through to the She Plays To Win Athena Finals in March 2026. @ecfwomen

[She Plays To Win @SPTWchess]

Lionesses roar to top of 4NCL Division 2!
They lead the prestigious national chess league, the 4NCL, after winning both matches this weekend. Well done girls!
Division 2 table: https://t.co/VMZ8QhjOMe
@ecfchess @ecfwomen @FIDE_chess @FideWomen

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10-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan makes a huge upset and wins against former Women's World Chess Champion GM Mariya Muzychuk!
Her team She Plays to Win Lionesses is the 12th-seeded in the tournament, and now has 1-0 edge over the 2nd-seeded Turkish Airlines sports club #eccc2025

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Exciting weekend ahead for UK girls chess, starting with the Elite Training Day on Saturday plus the Heroes Cup junior rapidplay on Sunday held at @NLCS_SeniorSch #girlpower @ecfwomen

[Nusrat Ghani MP @Nus_Ghani]

Congratulations @SPTWchess ladies 👏🏼
♟️ @UKParliament Chess Club is open to all on the Parliamentary estate & we welcome players of all levels.
Thank you @peterhornsby94 for organising ♟️ 🥇
@ecfchess @ecf_women

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She Plays To Win is proud to announce our new Programme for girls! In partnership with @ChessKidcom
All details, and how to sign up, are here: https://t.co/mxZPmJujO4

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See this Instagram post by @fidewomen https://t.co/tpjFesCdDv

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@Nus_Ghani @UKParliament @LorinDC @Nus_Ghani thank you so much for your support!

[Nusrat Ghani MP @Nus_Ghani]

♟️Only around 1 in 10 young chess players are female, which makes the work of @SPTWchess even more important.

🤝🏽Delighted to join the @UKParliament Chess Club & look forward to competing & encouraging girls & women to play and compete in chess competitions.

If anybody fancies competing with the Parly team, get in touch!

#QueensGambit @ecfchess

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She Plays To Win visited Parliament in London for a match against the Parliamentary Chess Club. A tough but enjoyable 17-3 win with a post-match tour was well received by the SPTW team.
Our thanks to Madam Deputy Speaker @Nus_Ghani for her visit! @ecfchess @FIDE_chess @ecfwomen