its amazing i played two girls in the same tournament i won one and lost won they both we ok 

I love your games!  And I love your tactics!  I've been studying your games lately and I find them to be very enjoyable and I learn alot from you....thanx for posting them.

P.S.  Your an awesome columnist:-)

Sure i can't focus playing chess seriously if i challenge her...he he he...

Woman can give you that look:D and then your whole mind, melts:) Who's the champ now!!!!???

I know how this will be taken, but I'll say it anyway.  I'm just an average player.  I worked in children's chess for seven years.  By age 13 or so, we lost most of the  girls.  They just couln't handle the boy's rudeness and agressive attitude.  There were once players who were gentlemen. ( I exclude women because, by and large, they still are considerate.)  Even Bobby Fischer, once the pregame histrionics were over, and the game had started knew how to behave.  Now, If I get an advantage on a player, a depressing percentage of the time, he will start with verbal abuse.  Chess can still be played as if you respect the person across the table.  I intend to keep playing that way.

WELL,I GUESS THE MONEY WAS RIGHT SO,UNLESS YOUR PAYING HER BILLS,IT SHOULD BE A PERSONAL MATTER.

Thanks Natalia, pretty finish.

Ignore the haters, and add Alexandra to your list!

I feel like watching a crowd of teenager acclaiming the winner of a cat-fight. Seriously, most of this article is either self-promoting or dissing the other player. I have no lesson to give to a GM in chess, but this article clearly isn't about it.

It would be more interesting if you focused on helping chess players instead of entertaining your fanbase.

YOU ARE AN EXCEPTIONAL AND INTELLIGENT PLAYER EVER IN WOMENS CIRCUIT.

how good are you at darning socks?

I find Natalia's stereotypes about what "men tend to do" rather exaggerated. Yes, some men do this, but to claim that most men, or men in general "tend to look down on women’s chess, joke about their level and style of play, and also discuss the female players’ looks whenever they have a chance." is outrageous, especially since the only people who could talk down about a WGM's level of play would be the very few Super GM's of higher rating.

I struggle to find the purpose or logic of the first three paragraphs of this article. 

And for the record, I am very opposed to sexism in chess. However, I think resorting to baseless, insulting generalizations about male chess players is not the answer.

Neat! I wish even half of it has been absorbed in :)

the checkmate threat was a real blinder, nice going.

B97 11.0-0 is also playable, but 11.Be3 develops the bishop with a tempo and provokes Black to play Qb6. The complications there are mostly in White's favor (I mean, Black has to be precise to obtain an equal position), so why avoid them?

SukerPuncher333 If I say that this is my home prep, it doesn't mean that it's the one and only line I'm playing. Also, I've got a lot of deviations along the way. Anyway, any pro preparing against me will look through the database and review the games I have played in this variation (as well as others). Therefore, I am not giving any secrets away by saying that I have analysed this before - that's pretty much common wisdom.

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I don't think it was the word "sex" that drew me to this article but the truth behind her words.  Yes, you can see that female chess players (especially novice ones) are not taken seriously.  I've had experiences that have made me discouraged and slightly disenfranchized regarding the game.  Instead of being looked at as a serious opponent, it has been looks or lack of skill that has been the topic that I hear about.

When I started playing six months ago I'd only heard of the males within the game. I am so glad to meet more women on this site that share my love of chess as well as refer me to professional female players  that I can look up to and study whenever I hear the debate regarding gender and chess.

Thanks for the article. Have a great day today.

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Can some one tell me why Chess is segregated? I don’t believe there is a valid reason in our advanced society. Should a man concern himself with making the woman cry? I think this young ladies Chess is fantastic, however, I do not believe that she would be quite as successful or rated so high with a deeper pool of opponents. Women being the minority in competitive Chess. Don't get me wrong, this young lady could smoke me in less than 20 moves routinely. I do believe that the barriers of female and male segregated chess should be abolished. The practice is sexist and, as we can see above, only serves to separate the sexes in the endeavor of Chess. Possibly some male GM's would like to step up and pose for a nude rag?

why are people bringing religion into this? religion is just silly.

and this article seems to be nothing more than just a glorification of the author's own game. the annotations are gag-worthy, especially the last one about how it was a beautiful elegant mate... ugh

Let's be honest. It appears that chess.com couldn't care less if they offend people. As long as they get hits and click-throughs which they can leverage into more ad sales, they're completely content.  There is no excuse for the images posted here to have been left to sully the minds of our young people. Shame on you, chess.com.

oh wow this an amazing post, thanks for the hot pics