Chess charity supporting UK girls and young women play chess. Led by England Women’s Coach IM Lorin D’Costa
Joined February 2021
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Hugely proud of @SPTWchess Lionesses A team making their 4NCL Division 1 Debut, with @anishgiri joining in support of the She Plays To Win mission♟️
Eight players. One vision. One team. Come join the movement to give more girls the best opening move in life #AnishGiri
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Tremendous. Well done @SPTWchess!
Hugely proud of @SPTWchess Lionesses A team making their 4NCL Division 1 Debut, with @anishgiri joining in support of the She Plays To Win mission♟️
Eight players. One vision. One team. Come join the movement to give more girls the best opening move in life #AnishGiri
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11-year-old UK chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan has achieved the @GWR title for youngest chess player to achieve the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title following her history-making performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand 🏆
🇬🇧🏆Representing England at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, 11 year old Bodhana became the youngest ever player to becomr Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title,
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British chess champion, 11, becomes youngest woman grandmaster in history trib.al/Ue8JP9s
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THE FIRST-EVER 11-YEAR-OLD WGM!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Congrats to Bodhana Sivanandan on becoming the first 11-year-old in chess history to earn the WGM title! 🏴
She just made her final WGM norm at the Olympiad! Only Hou Yifan & Kateryna Lagno were even WGMs at 12! 🤯
📷: R Oleksiewicz
Empowering the Next Generation of Girls and Women in STEM
We are incredibly excited to announce the collaboration with SheSaaS.
This partnership is a commitment to invest in the next generation of women who will shape the future of technology and innovation.
She Plays To Win ran a special event on Sunday 21st June 2026: The 2nd Pairs Invitational, involving 8 UK male titled players and some of the top UK female chess talent. Players played alternate moves chess- much fun was had! #equality
@ecf_women @ecfchess @FideWomen @FIDE_chess
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
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
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: 4nclresults.co.uk/2025-26/me…
@ecf_women @FideWomen @ecfchess #womeninSTEM
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
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We would would like to thank chess.com 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!
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: lnkd.in/e7FX4tSt
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#LeadershipThatOpensDoors #IWD2026 #HarringtonStarr #whychessmatters #sptw
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: lnkd.in/e7FX4tSt
#LeadershipThatOpensDoors #IWD2026 #HarringtonStarr #whychessmatters #sptw
SPTW is happy to liaise with King's College London University as part of their 'Unlocking AI & Computer Science' course for year 12 girls. kcl.ac.uk/unlocking-aicsIt
It was fun attending with female students Kim & Evie to teach and challenge these girls chess!
@KingsCollegeLon
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
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: 4nclresults.co.uk/2025-26/me…
@ecfchess @ecfwomen @FIDE_chess @FideWomen
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