Lady Chess Players

queenie do you mind grabbing me a beer on your way ....

 

TalFan wrote:

 I read that when S. Polgar plays she likes to look for the combinations that are pretty and prefers them to the more aggresive straight forward types that majority of males would pick .. 

 

 

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If the above statement is true, then I would say, that Polgar does women a dis-service by saying such silly things, and she perpetuate's men's opinions of women that we are all air heads.  When playing Chess, we women are no different to men. We like to win, we love to win. We can be aggressive in our play, we can be calculating, and logical, the only problem we women have (or some of us have) is that we have not been taught the game by someone who is really great at the game, someone who really know's what they are talking about. We normally have to teach ourselves how to play.

 

Do you want any potato chips with your beer  Talfan?

When playing chess with a woman its easy to underestimate them becouse most men I think don't see woman as strategic thinkers.

 

i'd say i under estimate youth far more than gender... just as a natural bias of being older... i feel like i should be wiser.  although, i suppose if i was wise i'd already know that age conveys no real benefit in smartness.  My experience playing women chess players is ...limited.  can tell you though.  (although this is i suppose sexist) a low cut top and a few beers and i can't concentrate to save my life.  but all things being equal... there's nothing stopping a woman from being a damn fine chess player.  And i'd argue that there are advantages to be had... women are clever, can be manipulative, and aweful aweful crafty. All things they learn trying to navigate some of the obstacles life puts in their way...because things aren't so equal.  That coupled with breasts.... and well.  They've got weapons that have nothing to do with the peices on the board.

i never underestimate lady player,chess is not the competition of lady and man

i know a great lady player,she about 2000 above rating

no matter u are lady or man,if u train ur skill hardly,u then will known not gender got the problem but how much u have work for ur brain.

and last,to everyone,please dont understimate on female!!if u do that ,i chanllenge u then!!

I play the board not the person

wolfgang3423 wrote: I play the board not the person

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May have read that quote from one of Pandolfini’s books, but can you also try to know the player’s style to gain some ground on the board?

Almost all the women I've played chess with have been talented, at least more so than I am. As to their scarcity, I suppose I attribute that to the fact that chess in the U.S. has been generally unpopular since Bobby Fischer stepped out of the limelight.   In addition, I feel that there are a lot of other activities that take up women's time; I remember in my highschool a lot of girls played field hockey, or soccer, a few were in theatre or dance, but there were no chess players among them. 

In my college days i used to see very less response from the female population in chess competitions. But those who came were really good players.

 Made a note earlier this blog but I dont care if your a woman or not I'm glad to see you gals here! Furthermore, at least (HERE) if you were to tell me you had a headache I sure would believe you!

I'd just like to chip in here to say that I certainly don't feel underestimated by male players, nor was I trying to start a controversial gender based argument. I was merely curious to see what people's opinions were. Oh, and I also don't think that chess has anything to do with gender... the whole thing came from me suddenly noticing, after six months of playing, that the vast majority of my competitors have been men. I'm very new to chess, and I was taught to play by a girl, so funnily enough, I never actually realised that it is a male-dominated game. :)

Something nice I discovered this week... I teach English here in South Korea, and I've been asking my students if they like to ply chess... and almost all of them do... just as many girls as boys.

There is  a song [or lyrics] called  "The female of the species is more deadlier than the male"  - Lets hope one day, and with more females, those lyrics will apply to chess too.

I love that song... very, very catchy... I heard it quite recently actually, after having not come across it in about ten years. :)  Nice analogy.

Reb wrote: I used to underestimate female chess players for 25 years in the US, but since coming to Europe I no longer do. Why? In the US I won every game I ever played against females in tournaments, and rather easily. However, I admit that during those 25 years I probably only played a dozen , or fewer, games with females. Since coming to Europe I have lost more games to females than I care to recall! Whats most striking to me is that there are many more females playing here than in the US (southeast) when I was playing there. Why do females seem more attracted to chess in Europe than in the US ?

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 Females seem to be pretty weak at chess here in Ireland but other european countries seem to have a strong selection of females. I know some younger females (same age as me) who play chess and they have been 2000ish since around 15-17 yrs old. Maybe the american view of chess is that its for geeks but in some european countries chess is more part of the lifestyle i suppose. 

Reb wrote: I used to underestimate female chess players for 25 years in the US, but since coming to Europe I no longer do. Why? In the US I won every game I ever played against females in tournaments, and rather easily. However, I admit that during those 25 years I probably only played a dozen , or fewer, games with females. Since coming to Europe I have lost more games to females than I care to recall! Whats most striking to me is that there are many more females playing here than in the US (southeast) when I was playing there. Why do females seem more attracted to chess in Europe than in the US ?

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 Men are more attracted to chess in Europe than in the US as well.

For God's sake, the U.S National team doesn't have one single U.S born player let alone someone who's family has already been in the U.S for more than 2 generations.

For other women here (and some men) that might want to read a book about this topic, there's a book called 'Chess Bitch" by Jennifer Shahade that is allll about the womens in the chess. I just finished reading it, and it was very interesting. 

Are you kidding me intimmidated.. of course i'm intimidated by women female chess players as well as anyone else who moves the peices across the board. The game of chess has so many possiblitiles that one cant take any opponent lightly. I've played alot of weak players and alot of strong ones. I would like to see more female players, at least I'd have some common bond with women.

 

Hey honey wanna go to the movies.. no lets play chess instead.. The chessplayers dream. 

My general experience and observation is that ON AVERAGE, women and men have different strengths and weaknesses, and on average men are stronger at chess.  However, the women who like chess well enough to play tend to be pretty good players and there are some VERY strong lady chess players out there, stronger than I will ever be.

Funny thing, the shooting sports are also dominated by men, but women tend to be naturally better at it.  One of the reasons that the Olympic shooting events are not only not co-ed, but are all completely different events is to keep from bruising the egos of the men by giving up a lot of medals to women. 

I would like to see more females playing bcuase most are soft players don't have killer instinct. They are easy win!

Qique wrote:

I would like to see more females playing bcuase most are soft players don't have killer instinct. They are easy win!

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“Fascinating” theory you got going over there, and do tell (type); how did you arrive with this conclusion…were they club players?