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EdoubleU52
Apr 15, 2017
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If chess is a thinking game and there are is no advantages, in regards to any physical aspects, then why are there leagues based solely on gender? Curious to hear some thoughts on this.
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Kpop4Life
Apr 16, 2017
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#2

so that each sex can have a champion

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grinderlux
Apr 16, 2017
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#3
To give women a chance to compete at higher levels, as women are underrepresented in this game, which lowers the chance of having strong women. Also, they say that men have a bigger QI variation (more men with very high or very low QIs), while women don't have these big variations and thus have less strong players compared to men.
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EdoubleU52
Apr 16, 2017
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#4

Kpop4Life wrote:

so that each sex can have a champion

Do you know if they ever play one another? I don't know much about anything other than the rules of the game. It would almost seem like the powers that be think that being a male or a female..... (who am I kidding, haha), that being male is an advantage in itself.

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Strangemover
Apr 16, 2017
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#5

The most recent article on the site features a game between women's champion Hou Yifan and Fabiano Caruana, who has been a top 5 player in the world for some time. Hou Yifan won the game although this was surprising as Caruana is rated quite significantly higher.