The final episode of the FIDE podcast series by Lilli Hahn and Michael Busse for the Year of the Woman in Chess features Judit Polgar, one of the most inspiring persons in chess, the strongest female chess player of all times, the only woman to have surpassed 2700 Elo and to be ranked in the top ten of all chess players. Nowadays, she is a commentator at some of the world’s top tournaments as well as an ambassador to have more females into chess and to use chess as a tool for education.

Shohreh Bayat is a very versatile person that brings so many positive assets into the chess world. She is a strong player herself and carries the title of WFM. Additionally, she is an international arbiter for FIDE and works as an arbiter at some of the biggest and most important tournaments, such as the Woman’s World Chess Championship. She is also a female role model fighting for women’s rights in her country of origin, Iran. Shohreh is the guest on the November episode of the FIDE podcast in this series of interviews by Lilli Hahn and Michael Busse for the Year of the Woman in Chess.

Harika  Dronavalli carries the grandmaster title and has a current rating of 2507, placing her #12 in the women's ranking list. She won three bronze medals at the Women’s World Chess Championship, in 2012, 2015 and 2017. Her recent achievement was winning the bronze medal with the Indian women’s team at the Olympiad in their home country. As if not impressive enough on its own, Harika played in the Olympiad during her ninth month of pregnancy and gave birth to a baby girl just two weeks after. Harika is a guest on the new episode of the FIDE podcast series by Lilli Hahn and Michael Busse for the Year of the Woman in Chess.

Anna Ushenina is the first Ukrainian woman to win the World champion’s title in 2012. She is also a key player for her national team. Ukraine managed to win 7 medals of the Chess Olympiads with Ushenina as a team member.  The most recent one was the gold medal at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India just over a month ago. Anna is a guest of the new episode of the FIDE podcast series by Lilli Hahn and Michael Busse for the Year of the Woman in Chess.

Pia and Anna Cramling are unbeatable mother and daughter duo. One of them is one of the world’s strongest chess players, who over the last decades more than once has been one of the strongest female players in the world as well as having been the highest-rated woman in the FIDE World Rankings. Her daughter is also a chess player and one of the most successful chess streamers. Pia and Anna are the new guests on the FIDE podcast in this series of interviews by Lilli Hahn and Michael Busse for the Year of the Woman in Chess.

Fiona Steil-Antoni was born and raised in Luxembourg. She presented her country in numerous Chess Olympiads and Championships and the highlight of her career was an individual gold medal at the 2006 Turin Olympiad. Since 2010 Fiona carries the title of woman international master. She attends tournaments as a player, but also as a commentator, press officer and part of the media team. Many people may also know her from her streams on Twitch, where she is known as "Fionchetta".  Fiona is the new guest on the FIDE podcast in this series of interviews by Lilli Hahn and Michael Busse for the Year of the Woman in Chess.

Susan Namangale is the President of the Malawi Chess Association (CHESSAM) and the first female President of a chess federation in Africa. Among the key milestones achieved under her leadership were increasing the number of female chess players from less than 10% to over 30%, launching a chess in the school development program, as well as reaching out to rural schools and setting up chess clubs there. Susan is the new guest on the FIDE podcast in this series of interviews by Lilli Hahn and Michael Busse for the Year of the Woman in Chess.

Hou Yifan is a four-time Women's World Chess Champion, and the second-highest-rated female player of all time (only behind Judit Polgar). A former prodigy, she was the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster and the youngest ever to win the Women's World Chess Championship. In 2019, she decided to focus on her studies, after being granted a Rhodes Scholarship by Oxford University. Hou is now a Professor at the Physical Education Department of Shenzhen University, where once again, she set a new precocity record by becoming the youngest full Professor in the history of the institution at 26 years old.