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Adrian

@jeffowski This is old news. What's currently concerning me is why the fuck there are separate #chess championships for men and women?!

#equality #genderequality

15 March at 7:43 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.scot
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Stephen Chadfield ✝️

@adrianfry @jeffowski There isn't. In the chess world there are open championships where anyone can play and women only competitions to encourage women to participate in the sport.

15 March at 7:50 | Open on famichiki.jp
Sylvain MAILLER

@adrianfry
Technically, the "men" championship is mixed, but to my knowledge the last (and only) women to perform significantly in this "mixed cycle" was Judit Polgar, long ago. Therefore I guess FIDE has deemed necessary to also do a World championship cycle banned to men.
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15 March at 8:03 | Open on mastodon.zaclys.com
El Pamplina 🇺🇦 :cadiz:

@s_mailler @adrianfry @jeffowski I believe that women are allowed to participate in chess tournaments, but many of them prefer women-only tournaments because they feel uncomfortable or pressured playing with men. It's something that shouldn't happen.

15 March at 8:49 | Open on masto.es
Martijn Vos

@adrianfry @jeffowski

The reason there are separate chess championships for men an women is to encourage more women to play chess.

There's no championship for men, only an open championship. There's no biological reason for men to be better at chess than women, only a very big cultural one: men and boys have traditionally been much more encouraged to play chess. Many chess clubs and informal groups were officially or effectively boys-only. And a lot of parents are still much more likely to encourage boys to dedicate their life to chess (which is what's necessary to play at the GM level) than girls.

So separate separate explicit girls' spaces were necessary to encourage more girls to get into chess. So it's particularly ironic to hold this championship in a country that's all about restricting women.

@adrianfry @jeffowski

The reason there are separate chess championships for men an women is to encourage more women to play chess.

There's no championship for men, only an open championship. There's no biological reason for men to be better at chess than women, only a very big cultural one: men and boys have traditionally been much more encouraged to play chess. Many chess clubs and informal groups were officially or effectively boys-only. And a lot of parents are still much more likely to encourage...

15 March at 8:11 | Open on nerdica.net
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