Originally posted by bellaluccaTeach her the English opening. She'll be happily winning a pawn or two on the Queenside in no time. Truly, this is chess for bitches.
Somebody told me that the best 50 chess players in the world are all men. My girlfriend would like to learn chess but thinks it is cruel and aggressive. Maybe chess is linked to testosterone. If it is, i aint got much testosterone!. Any girls dissagree?
Originally posted by Mariska AngelaThe stats don't lie.
Ye ye dream on.
-MA
As of March 2010, Judit Polgar is the highest ranked female player in the world, and is ranked 51 on the list of the top 100 players by FIDE rating.
As someone has already mentioned, if women were as good, they wouldn't need special titles just for them.
Yea and if women were treated equal (in general) in the little more than a hundred year of 'real' modern chess they wouldn't need the word emancipation or women rights either.
Same as the question. How many black grandmasters do you see? My grandfather could count on one hand and he's a carpenter.
Originally posted by EveRyDayWas it that guy coming over to my home to fix the door knob your granddad😲, and I always wondered how you guys looked much alike 😉
Yea and if women were treated equal (in general) in the little more than a hundred year of 'real' modern chess they wouldn't need the word emancipation or women rights either.
Same as the question. How many black grandmasters do you see? My grandfather could count on one hand and he's a carpenter.
-MA
Originally posted by clandarkfireAnd here at Red Hot Pawn the player with the most public tournament wins (77) is female.
The stats don't lie.
As of March 2010, Judit Polgar is the highest ranked female player in the world, and is ranked 51 on the list of the top 100 players by FIDE rating.
As someone has already mentioned, if women were as good, they wouldn't need special titles just for them.
Stats don't lie.
It's all about the numbers.
Go to an OTB tourn and what do you see? 50 males for every female would be my guess. So for every 1 Judith Polgar, there should be 50 guys at least as good.
Same thing with countries. In the 20th century everyman and his dog played chess in Russia. So most of the best players came from there. This century will see China and India becoming like this because of sheer weight of numbers. Does this show that the people of Russia were smarter than the rest of the world? No. Will China and India have the smartest in the future? No.
It's all about the numbers.
Edit1: Switched USSR for Russia as I said countries:-(
Edit2: 🙄
Originally posted by Maxacre42Oh no! Not IQ tests again!!!
Men are on average smarter than women though. IQ tests and SAT scores prove it.
The simple fact that you can practice doing and become better at the tests makes them almost useless for measuring anything.
As I've said before, IQ tests are only good for finding out how good you are at IQ tests:-)