Invisible Pieces: Women in Chess • page 21/56 • General Chess Discussion • lichess.org

@notnotnotCarlsen depends on what you see superiority as. More men play chess, so more men spend their entire life on it.
And, also, no. The rating gap between the top man and woman in Sweden is about 200, and worldwide... It's still around 200. It's definitely NOT that women can't play chess. It's just that fewer women play chess.

@notnotnotCarlsen depends on what you see superiority as. More men play chess, so more men spend their entire life on it. And, also, no. The rating gap between the top man and woman in Sweden is about 200, and worldwide... It's still around 200. It's definitely NOT that women can't play chess. It's just that fewer women play chess.

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taherh40

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Your article was excellent.you rightly mentioned the thoughts and problems of women in the chess community.I think we can if we want to.I have been playing chess for 6 months.I am a woman and a mother but my husband supports me.I have begining without training and without a coach,I hope to reach the highest level.I have tried not to be influenced by my own thoughts and the thoughts of others and to continue on my way with a strong will.

notnotnotCarlsen

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@ruzgar9543 As women are 15% of the player mass, it should be expected that at least that there were 10 women in the top 100, and rated higher (there is only one, and in the 80th place). My point was that for that reason, we should see the leaderboards in countries such as Sweden, to discard the posibility that the"patriarchy" may be a influential factor.

biscuitderg

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Lmao catching up after I called it back at #14. Whiny dudes spending hours spewing the toxic talking points that the author literally was calling them out on.

ruzgar9543

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@notnotnotCarlsen my hypothesis is that getting to high spots needs really, really hard work. And since there are more men playing chess, there would be a lot more that are willing to put their entire lives into it.

Joe2011

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What matters, regarding to Bobby Fischer, are the moves he used to make on the board. You can remove the rest of his toughts so you can pass a good image of him. -uhh polemic

FlamoToolz

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Seeing some of the critical replies to the article unsurprisingly shows how many people didn't read the article and just went straight here after reading the title.

Ajile

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It's a very important topic to write about and the quality of the blog post is impressive! Thank you!

notnotnotCarlsen

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@Hyzer Actually, women have to work less hard to be titled, because the ratings are about 200 points lower for every title. They have to work less hard to compete against other women.
IF NOT, If women do have to work as hard as male players, If it is as hard for them to reach a woman's title as a man's title, that means something else, that man are better chess players than women

@Hyzer Actually, women have to work less hard to be titled, because the ratings are about 200 points lower for every title. They have to work less hard to compete against other women. IF NOT, If women do have to work as hard as male players, If it is as hard for them to reach a woman's title as a man's title, that means something else, that man are better chess players than women