I cannot comprehend the mental gymnastics required to argue that chess needs to have separate divisions or women will not win anything.
Maybe men are higher ranked in chess because the chess federations are run by men and shut out women for decades. Nobody gets to the top of anything, no matter how talented or intelligent they are, if structural barriers exist to gatekeep.
I cannot comprehend the mental gymnastics required to argue that chess needs to have separate divisions or women will not win anything.
Maybe men are higher ranked in chess because the chess federations are run by men and shut out women for decades. Nobody gets to the top of anything, no matter how talented or intelligent they are, if structural barriers exist to gatekeep.
Anyone who says the WNBA or women's soccer is unwatchable compared to the men's game (blatantly wrong, by the way, on both counts) needs to watch footage of the NBA from like the 50's and 60's, when dudes where wearing Chuck Taylors and smoking a pack and a half a day. People like Bob Cousy and Pele would be, at best, regular guys in their respective sports now. So too in chess, now that women are actually allowed to play, we're going to see the women of today get absolutely lapped by the women who come up 40-50 years from now.
Special shout-out to Alexandra Botez (and yes, her sister Andrea) who have somehow made chess cool to The Young People.
I cannot comprehend the mental gymnastics required to argue that chess needs to have separate divisions or women will not win anything.
Maybe men are higher ranked in chess because the chess federations are run by men and shut out women for decades. Nobody gets to the top of anything, no matter how talented or intelligent they are, if structural barriers exist to gatekeep.
Anyone who says the WNBA or women's soccer is unwatchable compared to the men's game (blatantly wrong, by the way, on both counts) needs to watch footage of the NBA from like the 50's and 60's, when dudes where wearing Chuck Taylors and smoking a pack and a half a day. People like Bob Cousy and Pele would be, at best, regular guys in their respective sports now. So too in chess, now that women are actually allowed to play, we're going to see the women of today get absolutely lapped by the women who come up 40-50 years from now.
Special shout-out to Alexandra Botez (and yes, her sister Andrea) who have somehow made chess cool to The Young People.