MariasWhiteKnight wrote:
Nobody thinks a WGM is the same as a GM. Or anything like that.
Except for Dina.
I think the WCM title should not be given out anymore
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sawdof έγραψε:
chesssblackbelt wrote:
No WCM is lower than 1500 on chess.com so this isn't true.
So confident
@michou228
I'm better than a master!!
May 24, 2024
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#144
Velocity wrote:
But they don't face disadvantages - they have just the same strength as men!
Having the same strength is not the same thing as facing disadvantages. That is in fact the entire point: women could be just as strong chess players as men but are not because of the disadvantages they experience from quite a young age.
It's not just in chess - society is in many ways still hostile towards the equal treatment of women. I posted some of that stuff earlier which you dismissed as irrelevant - obviously, since as a man you haven't faced any of those disadvantages yourself. Try listening to women instead of assuming things on their behalf. That was the point of some of the links I posted earlier, which I will post again now
https://chessdailynews.com/why-is-there-a-need-for-girls-or-womens-tournaments/
https://lichess.org/blog/X9i1gRUAAJzOKpd0/invisible-pieces-women-in-chess
https://en.chessbase.com/post/why-chess-tournaments-can-be-hostile-for-women-and-girls
https://theconversation.com/whats-behind-the-gender-imbalance-in-top-level-chess-150637
May 26, 2024
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#145
Well yes. there are intermediate players with a WCM title, for example lularobs
Velocity wrote:
Well yes. there are intermediate players with a WCM title, for example lularobs
Some tournaments offer titles if you acheive a certain performance in it - this is how players earn titles with lower Elos.
It isn't just female events though - it happens with general titles, too. You'll find male players with titles who are also lower-rated, for the same reason.
MaetsNori έγραψε:
Velocity wrote:
Well yes. there are intermediate players with a WCM title, for example lularobs
Some tournaments offer titles if you acheive a certain performance in it - this is how players earn titles with lower Elos.
It isn't just female events though - it happens with general titles, too. You'll find male players with titles who are also lower-rated, for the same reason.
She earned hers for a 1500 performance rating....
May 28, 2024
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#148
Konaekkk wrote:
MaetsNori έγραψε:
Velocity wrote:
Well yes. there are intermediate players with a WCM title, for example lularobs
Some tournaments offer titles if you acheive a certain performance in it - this is how players earn titles with lower Elos.
It isn't just female events though - it happens with general titles, too. You'll find male players with titles who are also lower-rated, for the same reason.
She earned hers for a 1500 performance rating....
This exactly. Surely this isn't the standard for a FIDE title!
FIDE awards a CM/WCM title if you score 50% in an Olympiad. AFAIK, Roberts scored 40%, plus one of her opponents failed to show up, giving her a default victory, which gave her 50%.
Male players recieve the same option. If you score 50% in an Olympiad, you'll be granted a CM title ...
May 29, 2024
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#151
The 44th chess Olympiad in India held in 2022.
People have always been able to earn titles at official events with relatively low ratings - some people earned the GM title that way. She’s from a very small federation which is how she managed to earn representation - the individual federations also define their own requirements for their National Master title.
Her example is an inspiration and an encouragement for young women to get into chess. She loves the game and she promotes it amongst her followers and peers. She’s also spoken about the harassment she faced at chess events, showing that women are still being discriminated against by the game - maybe not officially but certainly practically.
People have always been able to earn titles at official events with relatively low ratings - some people earned the GM title that way. She’s from a very small federation which is how she managed to earn representation - the individual federations also define their own requirements for their National Master title.
Her example is an inspiration and an encouragement for young women to get into chess. She loves the game and she promotes it amongst her followers and peers. She’s also spoken about the harassment she faced at chess events, showing that women are still being discriminated against by the game - maybe not officially but certainly practically.
May 30, 2024
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#152
Yes but we're lowering the standards of "master with this". Like I've said before, even my blitz rating is higher than hers! How is someone ranked 290 000th in the world a master??!!
May 30, 2024
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#153
Because the title is not awarded for your blitz rating - it’s awarded for your OTB performance in an official FIDE event, which she has achieved. If and when you achieve that, you will get a title too. You could move to the island of Jersey yourself and see if you can play well enough to represent them at the next Olympiad.
David έγραψε:
Because the title is not awarded for your blitz rating - it’s awarded for your OTB performance in an official FIDE event, which she has achieved. If and when you achieve that, you will get a title too. You could move to the island of Jersey yourself and see if you can play well enough to represent them at the next Olympiad.
still, a 1400 performance rating and a 40% score is not title worthy
heck even I (a bum) could perform at 1400 for an event if I'm on a good day...
May 30, 2024
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#156
She’s the #1 ranked woman from Jersey with FIDE - sure, if she was from a larger federation, she wouldn’t have earned representation at the Olympiad, but you’re effectively saying that the Olympiad should have a minimum rating cut off, which means some of these smaller countries wouldn’t be able to field a team at all. You can go and make that case to FIDE if you like but it’s how the rules are and she earned it, just the same as how Alireja Firouzja earned his place in the Candidates’ tournament.
Btw her title is a conditional one - she doesn’t actually “get” it until she reaches a FIDE rating of 1800
Btw her title is a conditional one - she doesn’t actually “get” it until she reaches a FIDE rating of 1800
Alireza earned his place by going 8/8 in an open tournament where he also faced a 2600, the alireza road to candidates tournament didnt get verified by fide, on the other hand dominguez also tried to make it through an open tournament and got a couple of draws until he left not to lose any more rating. The two cases are completely different...
May 30, 2024
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#158
Btw there’s only 8 men from Jersey with an active FIDE rating, ranging from 2079 to 1735, so if you think you’re good enough, you could try moving there and giving it a shot. Although you’d have to win at least 40% of your games at the Olympiad, so who knows? https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?tops=0&ina=1&country=JCI
May 30, 2024
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#159
Ah yes, the open tournament that consisted of mostly inactive GMs - completely within the rules but not exactly “earning” the rating boost he got from it, eh? No, that’s completely different
David έγραψε:
Btw there’s only 8 men from Jersey with an active FIDE rating, ranging from 2079 to 1735, so if you think you’re good enough, you could try moving there and giving it a shot. Although you’d have to win at least 40% of your games at the Olympiad, so who knows? https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?tops=0&ina=1&country=JCI
I'm clearly not atleast 1735 yet so I would be the worst player in Jersey 
Even on chess.com, its AFAIK supposed to be like this:
400 - new to chess
800 - beginner
1200 - intermediate
1600 - advanced
2000 - expert