I think it's because chess, being such an old game, is subject to certain long held 'beliefs', such as Women not being as mentally capable as Men and thus requiring seperate treatment. While there are differences between the sexes, differences which do extend to the brain... I think it remains to be seen wether this difference is the reason for male domination of the game or is simply due to societal factors. Personally, when I sit down at the board I play the same regardless of the sex of my opponent.
How come titles are gender separated?
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Beats me, I find it all a bit daft...sexist even
Women in chess are a minority. I think separate titles are used to try to encourage more women to play.
PalmliX wrote:
I think it's because chess, being such an old game, is subject to certain long held 'beliefs', such as Women not being as mentally capable as Men and thus requiring seperate treatment. While there are differences between the sexes, differences which do extend to the brain... I think it remains to be seen wether this difference is the reason for male domination of the game or is simply due to societal factors. Personally, when I sit down at the board I play the same regardless of the sex of my opponent.
I think you mean "is subject to certain long held truths, such as women not being as mentally capable as men". lol
It's not that we are more capable of playing chess, we're just more capable of shutting up, a very important virtue in the royal game.
FIDE is just sexist that way. Its supposed to encourage women to play more but I still dislike it.
Just curious as it doesn't make sense to me in a non-physical game to have titles and competitions divided by gender. O ye of knowledge, what's the word?