Chess in Cyprus: How women have achieved equality and success

In the spring of 2022, which was declared the year of women’s chess by FIDE (International Chess Federation), the first national women’s championship was held in Cyprus. Three months later, the Cypriot women’s team took part in the Olympics for the first time. The Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit (2020), which made the image of a girl in chess colourful and attractive, can also be thanked for this. When the