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• Equality in the chess

environment in Norway

Nordic Queen Seminar, Stockholm, Nov 9th 2019, Geir Nesheim, Sec Gen, NCF

Status

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Share of female members in the Norwegian Chess Federation (NCF) is low –

• approx. 5%

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Other Nordic Countries: ~ 5%

 FIDE total: <= 15%

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In the autumn of 2016 a committee was mandated by the Board of NCF to «gather data, and try to provide answers to

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why women decide in favour of - or against - starting to play chess, and to

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what make those who start to play continue - or stop playing

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The committe should also suggest initiatives to

 increase the share of girls and women in chess, and to  Avoid that those who play stop doing so»

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Status II

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The report was finalised in October 2017, and included

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a survey of some 110 Norwegain Chess Players, answering relevant questions, and

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A review of available litterature on women/girls and chess

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The committee suggested some 10 most important initiatives:

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1 A conference to present the report 6 Develop tournament formats that would appeal specificaly to women 2 A compaign to convince grown-up chess players to spend as much time on encouraging girls to play as boys 7 Share best pratcice at club-level to the thess society at large 3 Conduct Girl- and Women Chess camps 8 Study how others handle similar issues, e.g. the Bridge Federation and others 4 Develop and promote femaile chess role-models 9 Financial incitaments to those clubs who deliver strong results in hte filed of recruiting women 5 Both sexes represented in school team tournaments 10 Both sexes represented in elite team tournaments

Way forward

 Proposal 1 – the conference – was conducted in March 2019, with broad

participation, also from other organisations, and internationally.

 But the other initiatives are all still in the startup phase

 Two initatives – 5 and 10 (both sexes in team tournaments) are put on hold – seen

as too premature

 Some new initatives are currently considered

 A committe to ensure delivery of all prioritized subprojects  A fixed agenda point on all Federation Board meetings to discuss chess and women-

issues

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Norway Youth Chess Federation

 Participates in the overall project  Has a committe – Jenteutvalget – dedicated to facilitate initiatives to support

girl chess at all levels and formats – with an annual budget

 Have a much higher share of girls than the NCF

, but the girls leave quicker/earlier

 More is needed also in this area

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