Can women be as good at chess?

True, I'm just me, I'm not "women". In fact it's one of my personal joys to hear about this "women" species from those who know:)

There's nothing debate. You can just look it up. I am right and you are wrong because that is what the lists that show where the female GMs are coming from.

Ukraine has 4 female GMs, Canada 0, USA 1

Placement of the gender equality index: Georgia 76 Canada 9 USA 8.

This says if anything: You want many female GMs, you need to be low on the gender qquality list.

http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/GII

Sorry, it's me again.   My eyes aren't so good -  did you ask if women are better at chest or at chess?

Teach me about inverse ratio

Hilarious 8 pages off off off topic , woffwoof woff, stop pepete!

Hi MOON nice to see u again, Raspberry swept, it happens.

this thread is fascinating, the best of us,if we know who I'm.

Elubas is ALWAYS good on any subject, too bad he finds me undecipherable. I work like a beast to be better.

Back to the topic the favourite of frenchies, respecting Dames, ....ie checkers too, it is not funny. The truth is never funny; the peace is. Too much psychodram , here.

(nb i loved the joke : ....Dyson, Mike Dyson ...)

When you know who I am, u go back to topic, ppl. And only the topic, ty for OP, for Elubas work, bwahaha ViceOP : no show !! is this a pb ? No Sir, a revolution !

Vive OP, vive chess , CC, moon, and Jovis.

My point is that those 4 girls are very good, but outnumbered. Women are good at chess, but because they are outnumbered they seldom reach top 50. The youngest of these girls also might be the largest talent at Nordstrand, certainly GM -talent, maybe super-GM talent.Her father told me she got the same talent as her big brother(clubchampion) but that she is working harder.

I also believe that the danes are worse than norwegians skiing because they are outnumbered and also lacks trainingenvironments.

If, and that is the really big if, the girls keep on working hard at chess for more than a decade, many of them will become strong GM`s. The problem is when they get 15-20 years old there will be distractions that might pull them away from the board. Boys have that problem too, but because of the huge number there still are many supertalents left that is hardworking.

I am going to say something really racist here, and it may offend some people. But, humans as a race created chess.

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I think you forget that the men on here have studied 'women' in detail and have highly specialised scientific 'knowledge' about a woman's psyche and sex differences. Including our vulnerabilites, fears, passions and anxieties... we must read what they say, in order to give us a greater understanding of ... women.

Another little snippet of scientific excellence... gone forevs.

yes

We think one's  forget that the men on here have studied 'women' in detail and have highly specialised scientific 'knowledge' about a woman's psyche and sex differences. Including vulnerabilites, fears, passions and anxieties... it is a must to read what we say, Pdela master of Science, in order to give us a greater understanding of ... women. I assume we probably should know more about it.           

Truth is something like a bottle , something half full, half empty. Sometimes me Frenchbasher no Pete, empty the bottle. Fear is important , i assume it is a hint of paranoia too. sometimes it derails from topics, sometimes it helps us to drive better left than right. Who knows ? Elubas, Elroch, El Cordobes ??

Nothing of what you have written actually proves a non-cultural origin of the gender differences. For instance: how many gangs do you have in mind that would accepted a homosexual as a member? Plus what are our culture's expectations of non-male genders? Aren' t we taught that aggression is a man's attitude? As i said before: self fulfilling prophecies.

If the problem with gay men was just non-acceptance by straight gang members, they could form gangs themselves. But that's not frequent at all.

As for cultural reinforcement, yes, men are being taught aggression is male behavior. But so are gay men, and gay men are still less aggressive. Haven't you ever wondered why gay men are cursed with words like "sissy", or "girly"? If they were more aggressive on the average, the curses would be "rabid dog", or "troglodyte". But it's not common at all to hear gay men being called rabid dogs, is it?

Don't get me wrong: I'm not taking for granted social behavior when considering male and female roles. But I don't think it's correct to say ALL male and female behavior derives from social norms.

Hmm...Don't know about this 'gay men are not aggressive' stereotype you're fixated on? There are famous gay serial killers--Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Wayne Willams, etc. 

Most tournaments are open to all, so this sounds like something you made up off the top of your head. It seems the majority of events for active players are necessarily open events.

Also, it seems to me this is only a good argument if females and males were statistically equal at all levels except at the top (where supposedly the ~2500 rated women are getting stuck by playing women only events). Because e.g. as an 1800 female in a female only event you could play higher rated players. It's only a problem for the top rated females.

Women are not as good as men in chess., and the reason is biological ... - an assumption that has little empirical evidence to support it, but still there seems to be something that can't be explained, like the ratings difference of top men versus women players, and never in recorded history a world champion woman... Who knows, the jerks maybe proven right in future, (I'm in pessimistic mood now) :P