Female Chess

[JulesMaximus]

While I do think games like Chess don't fall into his generalization, every physical sport does. Ever watch the Olympics? The best women in the world couldn't even compete with the worst men that qualified. Men are simply evolved into better physical performers, and rightfully so. Men, for the most part, are expendable. Thus, they evolved into the warriors and protectors of women, who did not need to evolve in such a way. A single man can repopulate a village of women; a single women cannot. It is the same for a lot of other species as well. Lots of male birds are more vibrant in color than the females, giving the females the camouflage advantage. Males are generally larger and stronger than females, who need time to birth and care for the young.


I think the reason Chess has a separate league is merely because traditionally there are male and female leagues for competitive sports.

Yes, but we aren't talking about physical sports, we're talking about chess. There is no reason why a woman couldn't be as good at chess as a man.

 

[smackababy]

Yes, but we aren't talking about physical sports, we're talking about chess. There is no reason why a woman couldn't be as good at chess as a man.

Maybe women aren't allowed because in Soviet Russia, chess master's you! And since they have nearly 3x the grandmasters as the 2nd highest country, they get to make the rules! And we all know Russia hates gays and women.

 

[IronWing]

I went to a pawn shop once but my check didn't go through.

 

[alkemyst]

Jesus, so much misinformation and women hating above.

No wonder so many here can't get laid.

 

[MongGrel]

Why? This confuses me. Any chess players out there that can explain this? Why is there a league just for females?

 

[BladeVenom]

There are just a lot more male geniuses. Men's brains are also 10% larger.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I misread title as female chest.

 

[disappoint]

Why? This confuses me. Any chess players out there that can explain this? Why is there a league just for females?

The t is not silent.

 

[Mayne]

is your gif getting bigger these days?

 

[MongGrel]

is your gif getting bigger these days?

Yep.

With assistance.

 

[BrokenVisage]

You misspelled chest.

 

[rh71]

because they play on the kitchen table.

*if a future potential employer sees this, I am not the guy you are trying to find.

 

[DrPizza]

Because, from a young age, it's wasn't considered "feminine" to play chess. Boys were encouraged to play chess, girls were encouraged to play with Barbies. (Apologies if any of the y-chromosomally deficient among you take offense.) By having a women only league, it demonstrates to younger females that it's okay to play chess. And, I think a lot of the men would welcome it; perhaps the future of chess players would be better. It'd be nice to be able to have a nice conversation with a female at a chess club, rather than having just a bunch of guys there.

And oddly, I thought about it - I can only remember ever playing one game in a tournament against a female; and she was about 12 years old. Her brothers were avid chess players, and I think the family tried to get her involved as well.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

You know, it amazes me how many people give well reasoned, rational, thoughtful responses to an obvious troll thread.

 

[JulesMaximus]

You know, it amazes me how many people give well reasoned, rational, thoughtful responses to an obvious troll thread.

I like to think that there are idiots who would actually buy into the nonsense some people post here and that my posts inject some sanity into these threads.

That's what I like to think anyway. :sneaky:

 

[GrumpyMan]

It's obvious why they have female chess leagues, because most of the chess pieces are phallic symbol shaped and they stroke them just right before declaring a checkmate.

 

[DrPizza]

You know, it amazes me how many people give well reasoned, rational, thoughtful responses to an obvious troll thread.

Troll thread or not, some of us don't take the bait. Plus, I never really thought about it before - there is a huge lack of female chess competitors.

 

[tmc]

http://en.chessbase.com/post/explaining-male-predominance-in-chess

 

[highland145]

http://en.chessbase.com/post/explaining-male-predominance-in-chess

I see no bare naked ladies in the article.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Shiiiiiit. WTF did I just click on another Mayne thread?!

 

[Perknose]

Men have superior upper body strength that allows them to force chess piece moves that even the strongest women would not even be able to attempt.

Brilliant! :biggrin: