are men better at chess?

i disagree btw

My gosh does this retard even play chess and if he does't, why should we pay attention to his advice? What does he know about stem exactly? (former math teacher here).

Innate biological factor in chess has been forcefully debunked by Laszlo Polgar (picks 3 random girls and brings them in the legit 2400-2700 range).

You have to take into account that the chess experience at the disposal of male and female is very different. Girls are exposed during their formative years to a separate league ("female chess") where the skill level and the challenge is a lot lower than in the corresponding male events. So they never build themselves as a player the way male do (I have example of some woman about 400 elo below me and she won a trophy in that kind of league. I never won a single chess tournament in my life).

 

Now next troll: why are white overwhelmed by asians and indians at "stem" topics? Biological factor?

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzrdKBGBhPU

@David 

Politics. Everything Milo says is political, stupid, and, of course, political.

Equal representation is a fallacy btw

This thread is probably gone in a couple minutes but one of the reasons chess sexism is alive and well is because these matters are never debated sensibly.

Interesting article:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-best-and-worst-countries-to-be-a-female-chess-player

Nope

Does it matter?

Years of nonsense only to reach the conclusion that nobody knows why men play chess better than women.

   RedGirlZ......your "friend" high-jacked this account....https://www.chess.com/member/huskies99                                       

The answer depends on what you mean exactly, we do see more men in the elite level (that's undisputable even when Judit was still active) but it's not clear why, a lot of this is related to the fact that less women play chess compared to men but that by itself is not enough to account in the seen disparities, is this innate ability? Maybe, another unrelated difference is that women stop playing before men.

uhhh, no u couldn't superstar.   ::/

Having coached a state high school women's co champion, who often showed up for team matches and Swiss tournaments wearing the soccer uniform from the game in which she had just played and who went on to become a high school math teacher, I can vouch for the fact that women can thrive in chess as much as man up to a high club level.  If Grace, my girl co-champ, could go on to major in mathematics in college, I think she could have risen to master level in chess with the same effort.

It's unclear why fewer women become as good as Judit Polgar - who has defeated every world champion over the last half century at one time or another, but her example and those of several other women demonstrate there is probably not a biological reason for fewer women playing at a high level.

So there is likely to be a sociological reason: lack of opportunity, a tendency to not want to devote so much of life to a game, etc.

As a female player, I can offer a personal insight... I came here to improve my game, I love playing chess! My score has steadily improved, but when I first started, my score was quite low. Thus I was playing less talented (maybe less serious) players. The onslaught of personal and misogynistic comments via chat, almost made me walk away. Sometimes quite graphic comments. A little flirting isn’t bad, but that is NOT what I’m describing. BTW, I have very thick skin, it takes a lot to insult me...

You may ask: Should I take the time and hassle of reporting this?? Time I’d rather devote to improving my game....I think not, I want to concentrate on the enjoyment factor and not dealing with endless emails back and forth from customer service..I’d rather just win the game with these desperately ignorant people and move on to more challenging players.

Culturally, men tend to be more exposed to mechanical problem solving in childhood (example: my Father never taught me how to diagnose car problems, I had to teach myself). So problem solving and puzzles tend to be more familiar, in general, to men. They aren’t better at it, they just tend to be more familiar with it. But things are changing, so be prepared for a lot more competition....in all areas!!

Sounds like a threat lol

Poor Yani the troll is looking to gin up controversy to get his name out again. Don't feed the troll.

 

Well said.

Cultural reasons grounded in childhood opportunities and expectations, and in bad manners from pigs.

In all honesty, fewer women equal less whining about third-world chess-related problems.

And more kitchens.

Yes, they are better on average, just as on average they are better drivers. My mother used to mention that she could make very good rice puddings.